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.
You don't have to register or subscribe to download any worksheet. They're all free to download, and free to use in your lessons. Plus, every single one of these worksheets is created and submitted by fellow ESL teachers, which means they're tested and proven in real ESL classroom environments. In fact, if you have a vocabulary worksheet that you've found to be especially effective in your lessons, you can submit it to BusyTeacher.org. At the bottom of this page, click on “Submit a worksheet” to upload your worksheet for other ESL teacher around the globe to use!
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This song is fun and great for teaching ‘character and personality’ or ‘relationships’ topics. It can also awake a great deal of discussion as for a perfect man, ideal boyf ...
This exercise can be used as a warm-up speaking activity for an intermediate level. If the class size is small, this activity can be used as the whole class activity. Give a card to each student a ...
I couldn't find a suitable crossword related to money vocabulary so I made one myself. Hope it is helpful. I use it mostly with my pre-ints and they take up quite some time to complete it as some ...
The title of this worksheet is 'Picture sentences - Expressions'. This resource has five different pictures to look at, and each picture shows a different expression. Students must look at the pic ...
The title of this worksheet is 'Picture sentences - Chores'. This resource has five different pictures to look at, and each picture shows a person doing a chore. Students must look at the pictures ...
An acrostic poem uses the letters in a topic word to begin each line. Students write an acrostic poem about an astronaut. This worksheet can be used as an extra resource when learning about the So ...
The title of this worksheet is 'Mountains'. Mountains are larger than hills, usually more than 600 metres high. They can be found all over the world. Students must read the information and then an ...
Helps students to understand the difference between experience, skills and attitudes. A great introduction into resume writing! The students will categorize the words at the bottom as either exper ...
This worksheet contains an article entitled "Are Mobile Phones Taking Over Our Lives?" and 5 comprehension questions. The article is basically about how diffrent is people's life with and wi ...
This is a Worksheet about the film "American History X". It is formed by 17 questions to find out how attentive were your students while watching the movie, and also some discussion questions to h ...
By presenting this classroom poster into your classes, students will have fun while learning the seasons: summer, autumn, winter and spring. Students will also have visual support in the classroom ...
Draw and write about each of the faces. This worksheet is provided by MagicPathshala.com. It's free and ready to be printed. English composition as never seen before. Play this game of treasu ...
This is an exercise which accompanies the restaurant menu from the worksheet "What Would You Like to Order?" While role playing,one student places the order,the other one is writing it down.& ...
Variety of items to choose from the menu created for improvement of students' speaking skills. Excellent to practice modals and food while role playing the restaurant scene. One student ...
These “Flash Cards” are very useful in the classroom to introduce new words for beginner and elementary students. I have designed them so that they can be edited if you require. There ...
These flash cards are very useful in the classroom to introduce new words for beginner and elementary students. I have designed them so that they can be edited if you require. There are also blank ...
These flash cards are very useful in the classroom to introduce new words for beginner and elementary students. I have designed them so that they can be edited if you require. There are also blank ...
These fruit flash cards are very useful in the classroom to introduce new words for beginner and elementary students. I have designed them so that they can be edited if you require. There are also ...
This material will come in handy while studying the ways to express how you feel. It is a list of the most unusual and fun responses picked from the Internet to the question ‘How are you doi ...
An amazing song performed by Glee Cast that your teenage students will fall in love with. It represents a gap-filling listening task that can awake a lively discussion afterwards. Designed ...
This is a gap-filling task on multi-part verbs with two columns with the second functioning as a key. Students are supposed to cover the particle column and try to remember the phrasal verb and un ...
These “Every Day Objects Flash Cards” are very useful in the classroom to introduce new words for beginner and elementary students. I have designed them so that they can be edited if y ...
These “Classroom Objects Flash Cards” are very useful in the classroom to introduce new words for beginner and elementary students. I have designed them so that they can be edited if y ...
These “Buligings in the City Flash Cards” are very useful in the classroom to introduce new words for beginner and elementary students. I have designed them so that they can be edited ...
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