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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A worksheet about the topic: booking a hotel. Students are asked to follow the cues given in order to build a dialogue where one is supposed to book a room in hotel. Suggestions are given to stude ...
The title of this worksheet is 'Numbers to 100'. This maths resource teaches students about sequences of numbers and 'one more than'. They must fill in all the missing numbers to 100 and then comp ...
This is a funny activity for teaching telling time related vocabulary at elementary level. Students are asked to cut out the hour and minute hands. Use a brad to attach the hands to the clock ...
I used it with my young learners in order to provide practice on numbers and days of the week. They really enjoyed the worksheet. In addition it complemented a reading project based on Eric Carle' ...
This worksheet is a big test for a slow learner. It has vocabulary (jobs, school stuff, numbers, family), subject prononuns exercises, possessive pronoun exercises, different types of sentences -s ...
The video worksheet is targeted on Elementary and Pre-Intermediate level students doing a General English course. The issue for discussion is public transport. Before viewing the teacher asks the ...
This is a simple text + fill in the gaps with verbs in past simple + comprehension questions. May be used with students of pre-intermediate level after summer discussing holidays. May also ask the ...
Songs are fun! It is a really powerful song practised in a simple way for students to enjoy it. They love it. This song is really well-known though the band, Mika, hasn't had many hits. Its size i ...
This is a worksheet for teaching weather, months and seasons related vocabulary at elementary level. Students are asked to make their own weather house. There are illustrations included.
By presenting this quiz into your classes students will have fun while learning eating habits related vocabulary. It will also encourage healthy eating and it's perfect to be used as an introducti ...
An interesting interview with Emma Watson from the Times magazine series "Ten questions for..." where the questions asked are selected from the questions sent by readers. There are several questio ...
Designed for beginner and elementary students this worksheet concerns jobs, professions and occupations. There are three tasks where students will have to guess which job/ word is described in eac ...
This role-play is made up for students of the elementary level. Divide your class into groups of three and distribute the cards among them. The task is to make up a dialog introducing a newcomer t ...
Questions presented in this worksheet concern Brown’s family tree. Firstly, you present the picture of the family and ask your students to look at it for a couple of minutes and remember as ...
This is a worksheet to review simple past and present perfect related to famous singer Rihanna. Students complete the sentences related to her life, write her biography, complete an interview and ...
With the help of this worksheet you will teach your students the most widespread body idioms with words ‘eye’, ‘arm’ and ‘leg’. They will have to match up the i ...
No doubt that wordlists are essential elements of studying and further reference. This particular wordlist is designed for ‘Culture and Art’ topic and comprises the most common words r ...
Good to use with kids for pronunciation and revision of vocabulary. Kids love it! You can find the song on youtube and expand the exercise with vocabulary on pets and wild animals...You can make a ...
The title of this English resource is 'My Lunch'. It is about a boy who makes an unhealthy lunch while his mother is sleeping. Students must read the poem and answer the study questions. There are ...
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This is a PDF presentation to introduce vocabulary at the early stages of teaching topic “Appearance”. It is an easy and fun way for elementary learners to get acquainted with new wor ...
This is a PDF presentation to introduce vocabulary at the early stages of teaching topic “Sports”. It is an easy and fun way for learners to get acquainted with new words and guess the ...
This is a PDF presentation to introduce vocabulary at the early stages of teaching topic “Around the House”. It is an easy and fun way for the elementary learners to get acquainted wit ...
Have students read through criminal’s description and complete it with adjectives of appearance given on both sides of the picture. As a follow-up activity you might also like to ask your st ...
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