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 short Ppt presentation about a movie Hot Rod (2007). It was designed for students with a very low English level. I use it to explain the plot, introduce the main characters and the key w ...
This is a worksheet for a movie Hot Rod (2007). It was designed for students with a low English level. First I introduce to the students some key words, like: stuntman, stepfather, heart transpla ...
Which one is different? Cross out the word that does not belong and explain why. There are fifteen rows and each of them has got four words. Students will have to cross out the word which is diffe ...
This is a nice song to practise the days of the week. There is a very easy task to help students work with songs from Day 1. The activity is a fill-in-the-blanks aimed at listening and wri ...
This worksheet will be helpful if you want to teach your students speak real every-day English and use active vocabulary at a high level. Unlike traditional vocabulary sections, that provide only ...
This is a crossword puzzle for revising environment related vocabulary. Recommended for intermediate students who are asked to complete the crossword by using the across and down clues provided. T ...
This is a very simple matching activity for revising fruit related vocabulary. Recommended for elementary students who are asked to match the pictures with the words given.The worksheet is availab ...
Hi, I'm a newbie here. I'd like to share a review on Animal Kingdom. It covers land and seaside animal homes, sounds, and special features to describe the animals using adjectives. Besides vocabul ...
This quiz is to be used after watching the episode of the series Everybody Hates Chris - Everybody Hates Halloween.Here we have true or false sentences in which the students should answer and prac ...
This reading comprehension has been designed to test Ss' knowledge, understanding and use of must/ have to and their negatives. It may also be used to introduce travel documents vocabulary. ...
It is the second part of Education in Britain I. Text, tables, oral & written activities. Appropriate for teaching comparison of educational systems in different countries. Intermediate/Upper- ...
Text, tables, oral activities (followed by part 2). Text retrieved and adapted from www.projectbritain.com. Suitable for intemediate/upper-intermediate secondary-education students.Appropriate for ...
There are 12 personalities here, each stating their name, age, a like/ dislike, and a possession. It can be used for introducing yourself/ another person; talking about likes/ dislikes, age etc.; ...
A basic reading comprehension exercise based on a famous film actor. It practises the simple tense of ' to be', personal subject pronouns, and some useful vocabulary like the family words. It can ...
Spot the prepositions used in the rhymes and circle them in worksheet.Yankee Doodle went to town, a-riding on a pony.Visit MagicPathshala.com to learn prepositions and for follow up activiti ...
Beginner level, suitable for young children (age 4 - 6 yrs old). After watching the animated film Finding Nemo, children are asked to match the names of animals and other related vocabulary with t ...
This colourful worksheet is a gap-fill that helps young learners think about pairs of animals and the adjectives that describe them. The pairs of adjectives are opposites. The animal words and opp ...
It is a persuasive text about the influence of adverts on children followed by different level questions. The questions are divided into five tasks. The first task tests the understanding of the m ...
This is a more complete version of the previous worksheet. I used one episode of The Big Bang Theory - Season 5 Episode 9 - to talk about fears and phobias. There are questions and a matching acti ...
Use the words in the word bank to fill in the missing words in the sentences and fill in the blanks. A Business English worksheet to be used for for either Intermediate or Upper Intermediate. Th ...
This worksheet helps to enrich student's vocabulary. It gives synonyms for so often used words like "good" and "bad" and provides examples where and how to use them. At the beginning of the lesson ...
This is a simple scaffolded paragraph writing activity based on the topic of a country a student would most like to visit. The task is suitable for elementary levels and higher (the higher the le ...
This is a picture dictionary which can also be used as a classroom poster for teaching sports related vocabulary at elementary level.The file is available in both colour and black and white version.
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