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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This is a wordsearch puzzle for revising types of films related vocabulary at elementary level. Students are asked to find nine types of films in the grid provided.The answer key is included.
This is a wordsearch puzzle for revising shopping related vocabulary. Recommended for pre-intermediate students who are asked to find in the grid ten words related to shopping.The answer key is in ...
This is a PPT based on a 3-min video called "8 Secrets of Success" on TED.com. It is useful for practicing speaking skills, especially discussion about topics and behaviours related to success; an ...
I made this worksheet to go with this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6hSylHLsYQ The worksheet includes a vocabulary matching exercise before watching based on difficult words included in t ...
The exercise is based on a Youtube video about the Beaufort Scale. It can be used while teaching the weather. I used it while having a specific lesson about Beaufort Scale. While watching, student ...
This lesson plan and worksheets aim to encourage students to practice their speaking skills, giving their opinion on certain statements the teacher will read out loud about politics using specific ...
It has 2 parts: a reading part, in which students have to read and show understanding by answering questions, and the writing part, which gives students an opportunity to use what they have ...
What is a letter of complaint and what is it written for? Who is your target audience and what is the style of your letter? Some useful phrases and linking words are listed. Worksheet pract ...
There are 3 versions of the worksheet for 3 groups of students. The topic of each is an English-speaking country (the UK, the USA, Australia). You may want to supply maps of these countries.Each g ...
This is a worksheet I used with my 4th graders. It contains the biography of this popular singer as well as of his band. They work with vocabulary from the biographies and it also contains 2 readi ...
The worksheet is dedicated to the song called "One way or another" (Blondie / One Direction), extremely popular nowadays and adored by many young learners. Apart from the gap filling exercise (lis ...
Just started working on the USA (geography, history, etc...) with my class. I prepared this listening exercise based on a video of the Ellen show called "Rainier and Atticus at the White House". L ...
I used this worksheet to introduce the topic of marriages around the world. The song has a lot of vocabulary related to the topic (e.g. bride, vows, preacher, etc.). The worksheet contains a coupl ...
This exercise, which I have designed, is very useful for students who learn English as a second language and happen to work in the field of service. I have been using it in my classes and it helps ...
It's a movie worksheet with a lot of screenshots and subtitles to discuss the main characters and the plot of the film including curses and lexis on terrorism and hostages. I used it for an after- ...
The worksheet entitled 'Australia Day' has been prepared in order to get the students familiar with Australia and its regions. It may be used in the classes devoted to culture as well as mastering ...
These 8 ESL role plays are designed to challenge learners at ILR (International Language Roundtable) Level 1 or 2. The difference between these levels is the degree of resistance created by the t ...
When I was prepearing a lesson about travelling, I made this project so that students could learn some interesting facts about Spain, particulary about Barcelona, the happiest city in Europe with ...
Fun way to practice places in town vocab as a warmer/cooler. I used flashcards from the Learn English Kids website. I put flashcards around the teaching center. Make sure they are hidden in places ...
This is a Ppt about some places you would finnd in a city. It contains images of the following places: airport, museum, restaurant, harbour, mountain, mall, beach, cathedral, bridge, fountain, par ...
I made up this easy, fun exercise for my ESL class here in Oman. They were unfamiliar with some of the vocab, hence I made this.This is just a simple write the names of the objects under the pictu ...
This is a crossword puzzle for teaching computers and Internet related vocabulary. Recommended for intermediate students who are asked to complete the crossword by using the across and down clues ...
This is a classroom poster which can also be used as a picture dictionary for teaching or revising fruit and vegetables related vocabulary. There are 36 new words illustrated with pictures for eas ...
This is a board game I design for my ESL adult beginners class. It deals with the third person affirmative, negative and questions with do and also with jobs. These are the answers (in case you ne ...
A good and extensive list of practical expressions, using three uses (informal, less formal and formal). Easy to put in use, as long as the majority of the expressions is for classroom use. It hel ...
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