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 worksheet is ideal as a first lesson back after the Christmas / New Year holiday. Your students will have the opportunity to talk in English about their holiday, and review the Past Simp ...
These are bingo boards on multi-part verbs for students of lower intermediate level. The aim of the game is to cross one (could be two or three depending on how much time you plan to spend on the ...
The word search using 'some, any, much, many' and a variety of uncountable and countable nouns. Useful to warm up or cool down after an associated lesson, or when your students need a break from a ...
A reading activity on a newspaper article about a surgery that can change the length and shape of the lines on the palm of our hands. People in Japan believe this procedure can change our lives an ...
Activity aimed at motivating students to talk about films/movies while empowering their vocabulary as well as improving their speech. No one has to be a cinephile to get along with this activity. ...
The topic of the game is: British festivals. The game is useful to memorize some facts connected with the topic. It can be used during the lesson: “British Festivals”. To play the game ...
Powerpoint with lots of pictures of objects. Students must name the object and then say what material it's made of, what it's used for (and who it was invented by, if possible!). It's best to na ...
A creative lesson. Students are guided through how to make an advert. They are then asked to look at 4 adverts, compare them and give their opinions on them. The part on how to make the advert ...
Powerpoint with pictures of films and TV programmes. Students have to look at the words in the slides and then match them to the pictures. The vocabulary tested is: science fiction, action, wes ...
Powerpoint for children to do their own exercise video. Slide 1 gives the link for the video. Watch it for 42 seconds and then answer the questions on the 1st slide. There is then vocabulary, t ...
Here we have an interview with Cookie Monster! He talks about his eating habits and teaches the secret of the 'Om nom nom'. It's a short video but I'm sure your students will like it. There a ...
Powerpoint with instructions for students to touch different parts of their body. This could also be combined with the game of Simon says. The final slide has some sentences which the students ne ...
Powerpoint with pictures of people. Students have to name common appearances. e.g. He is bald. Powerpoint can be adapted to fit the teacher. I have added a slide with my picture in it. I hav ...
Powerpoint with photos of jobs. Students have to name the job and then form a sentence with the job. For example, a builder builds buildings. Or, a baker bakes bread. This tests their vocabula ...
Divide the class into two equal teams. Everyone in the class should have several pieces of paper and a pen. Have one player come up from each team and sit at the front of the class. The ...
Many will agree that there is plenty of material on appearance in terms of body description but we lack something that would help our students to express their individuality best, something like d ...
This video listening activity is not only educational but also practical and fun. Besides filling-in gaps task (which I give before listening for the second time) students will learn how to ...
Many will agree that there is plenty of material on appearance in terms of body description, but we lack something that would help our students to express their individuality best, something like ...
It sometimes gets quite problematic to explain to students some technological terms, especially if their country is not that technically developed. So, this presentation looks at some core Interne ...
This is the worksheet for the ppt with the same name published at this site. At the beginning of the class, the students can rank the languages from 10-1. And then with the ppt you can check ...
Anti-smoking laws provides a reading material that aims for Elementary up to Pre-Intermediate Students. It is basically the staple for a Reading-Comprehension activity or a translation task. The l ...
This ppt is made for the conversation class (for teenagers and adults). The students can practice countries/nationalities/languages. This ppt also has a worksheet. At the beginning of the class, t ...
The title of this worksheet is 'Animals and their young'. There are ten animals in each list. Students are asked to draw a line to match the mother and her baby e.g. cat - kitten, dog - puppy etc. ...
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