Learning vocabulary is essential for learning any language, but it can be difficult to memorize without resources. Busyteacher.org offers 14,321 printable vocabulary worksheets in several different categories, all of which are great for you to use with your students.
Vocabulary is a key component in helping students with word building. More often than not, students become stuck when speaking about their interests or jobs because they don’t know enough vocabulary to express themselves. Using these worksheets as a resource will help them build sentences as they learn to use the English language with ease. When used as homework assignments, these worksheets will make sure that students continue to use the words learned in the classroom at home, and get the extra practice they need to progress in their learning.
These worksheets can be used in the classroom in many different ways. Role play is one effective way to teach vocabulary: you can place students in a specific scenario and have them use the vocabulary on these worksheets to act out a relevant situation. Another effective way to teach vocabulary is by introducing the vocabulary words in a game setting, such as a matching game, a bingo game, or a team-based game.
The worksheets below come in many different styles. Some include cartoon characters to identify colors, some are simple fill-in worksheets, some are song worksheets, some are quizzes, some are in list form, and you'll also find many other types . This variety gives you a lot of options for creating a dynamic and fun lesson, and your students will appreciate the variety, too.
The worksheets are also grouped into “recommended,” “most popular,” and “recently added” categories – and they're also level-specific, ranging from beginner to advanced. This makes it easy for you to determine whether or not a given worksheet can be used in your lesson. If you're not sure about what a certain worksheet contains, just click on the thumbnail to preview the entire worksheet before downloading it.
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We played this role-play in our class with Russian students, so I asked the students to imagine that you can spend a gap-year not only before your studies, but also after the first or second year ...
This is a podcast from BBC Radio 4 and the questions I made for my students of upper-intermediate level. The topic itself is not that unique. However, I am sure, it will be an interesting lead-in ...
Children have to take the animals to their food by drawing sleeping lines from left to right. By this children will recognize the pet animals and the food they like to eat, they will also identify ...
This ppt presentation is useful to remember some classroom rules at the beginning of the school year. The students will remember some vocabulary and at the same time the rules that they have to ob ...
A link, a script and some tasks to the video about the USA for children and adults. The text and tasks can be used for reading comprehension, there's also a task for defining US states.
This is a small but clear presentation for beginners, kids to learn adjectives to describe food,fruits,vegetables etc.Presentation consists of pictures with fruits with matching adjectives.After t ...
A very simple worksheet using a city image to practice vocabulary related to transport.The students answer a couple of questions about the image using there is/are. There is also space for a freer ...
Power Point presentation I used with my Intermediate group to talk about accomplishments. I love Jimmy Kimmel's show for fun videos like this. I love showing the lie detector one just for fun.&nbs ...
I used this with my intermediate students. In the 'Interchange' and 'Four Corners' series there's a unit about inventions. This worksheet is about a small part of the show American Inventor. This ...
This is a worksheet to practice descriptive adjectives. Students read a description and guess who it is. Then there is an extra activity to cut and hand out to students to practice what they read ...
A 2 page lesson plan on topic of "After a Vacation". Includes: reading, vocabulary, discussion questions, grammar and phrasal verbs. How to use these lesson plans: 1. Start with vocabula ...
This set has been created for working with the song of Sesame Street entitled Home (below). The set consists of full lyrics and two student's worksheets: a page with fill the blanks activity - stu ...
This guide explains the following pattern in English: some nouns can be made into adjectives by adding the suffix -y. The guide is well-designed with sufficient spacing, illustrations, and several ...
This grammar guide teaches students the -er morpheme. Specifically, it explains how verbs can be made into nouns by adding the -er suffix. The pattern is presented clearly with sample words and im ...
This activity guide explains the difference in meaning between the verbs say and tell. It presents examples of accurate usage for each verb and includes practice sentences for students to apply wh ...
This worksheet is quite useful for all age groups to practice introducing one self and other people . It's also a good way to start the first day of the school year in terms of having students get ...
A series of worksheets to familiarize students with some common meanings and uses of the verb 'get'. Meant for strong elementary to intermediate students. 'Get' is one of the most common verbs in ...
A series of worksheets to familiarize students with some common meanings and uses of the verb 'get'. Meant for strong elementary to intermediate students. 'Get' is one of the most common verbs in ...
A series of worksheets to familiarize students with some common meanings and uses of the verb 'get'. Meant for strong elementary to intermediate students. 'Get' is one of the most common verbs in ...
A series of worksheets to familiarize students with some common meanings and uses of the verb 'get'. Meant for strong elementary to intermediate students. 'Get' is one of the most common verbs in ...
A series of worksheets to familiarize students with some common meanings and uses of the verb 'get'. Meant for strong elementary to intermediate students. 'Get' is one of the most common verbs in ...
A series of worksheets to familiarize students with some common meanings and uses of the verb 'to get'. Meant for strong elementary to intermediate students. 'Get' is one of the most common verbs ...
A useful and fun craft for young learners learning the days! the first craft is an easy and enjoyable exercise on the days and the second is a craft which is fun for children. Tthey can learn ...
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