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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The title of this worksheet is 'Tom Goes Fishing'. Tom goes fishing with his grandad. Grandad explains to Tom that he must be patient and wait for a fish to pass by. Students read the text and ans ...
Whales have been swimming in the oceans for millions of years. They are large, gentle mammals. Whales are warm-blooded and have no fur. This reading comprehension includes some interesting facts a ...
This is a useful and very simple worksheet for revising the vocabulary about the weather and the seasons of the year. You can also revise the vocabulay of clothes. It can be used with beginner stu ...
This is a simple worksheet with single comic strips for students to use their imagination and fill the speaking bubbles freely. There are no conditions except that they have to write at least 2 se ...
This is a picture dictionary which can also be used as a study sheet for teaching computer related verbs at pre-intermediate level. The worksheet is available in both colour and black and whi ...
This is a pretty easy matching activity for teaching or revising countries related vocabulary at elementary level. Students are asked to match the flags with the words given. The workshe ...
This is a worksheet for beginners. You show them or make them listen the song "Five little monkeys", which you can easily find on Youtube. The aim of this worksheet is to have students pract ...
This is a wordsearch from the book "The great mysteries of our world" by Gina D.B Clemen. It contains 33 challenging words about the dissappearance of "Mary Celeste" which is in chapter 1 of the b ...
My summer: this is a rebus story, that is to say, a story which combines words and pictures. Here, pictures represent entire words. There is a colour version, a B&W one and the key. This type ...
Hospital vocabulary 1: a picture dictionary with words related to common vocabulary used in hospitals. This worksheet is great to learn some specific words and you can change or add images to go o ...
Describe this girl: an activity to practise descriptions. There is a picture of a girl and some words that can help students to write their description. Though some words are given, you can add mo ...
This worksheet can be used to enhance vocabulary related to common subjects such as music, cinema, sport, etc. It includes a section for Phrasal Verbs, which students usually find challenging, and ...
Simply cut out the shapes and hide the shapes out around the the classroom and tell the children to find one of the color/shape combinations. For example, say, "Find the purple circle". And the fi ...
A very simple review sheet for active children who like to color. They simply color-in the shapes the color that is written inside of the shape itself. I use this with very young students. It is a ...
Here is are some comprehension questions to the film Nightmare before Christmas. Things like: Where does the story take place? What is the town called? When Jack comes back to town, they ...
This is a PPT based on the topic of discipline and a 2 minute funny video called “Seven ways to discipline your child”. The PPT includes two questions about the video and types of disc ...
This activity can be used as a time filler,warm up or just a fun moment. You can split students into groups or in rows if your class is large.The aim of this game is let students sing songs with t ...
This is a PPT version of the Would You Rather speaking game. It is aimed at teens with a mixture of funny and serious questions. Don't forget to encourage the students to explain their preferences ...
I have created this worksheet to motivate students to some proverbs (bearing in mind elementary students). They have some images and an imcomplete proverb below each image. With the help of some w ...
This is a worksheet for a listening and comprehension lesson based on the animated film "Toy Story." This exercise focuses on character, as Toy Story has a wide variety of interesting characters w ...
This reading comprehension includes interesting facts about forest wildlife. How do trees in a forest help the animals that live there? What does nocturnal mean? Students read the article and answ ...
This reading comprehension includes interesting facts about seashore wildlife. How do plants help some of the seashore creatures? Why are crabs called the seashore's 'cleaners'? Students read the ...
The title of this worksheet is 'Fun at the beach'. Students look at the picture and think of an interesting, creative story to go with it. They could maybe write about their own fun day at the bea ...
The title of this worksheet is 'Chipmunk snack'. Students look at the picture and think of an interesting, creative story to go with it. Students write their story on the lines provided and can th ...
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