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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A list of words related to occupations (picture dictionary). There are sixteen words with their pictures so that students can leann them easily. Words: [i][/i]housewife, antique dealer, archaeolog ...
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A mnemonic is something such as a very short poem or a special word used to help a person remember something. In this ppt, I have put together some mnemonics to help students remember the spellin ...
Want to make your students aware of some common errors in English? Show them this ppt! It has the incorrect and corrected versions of some of the most common grammatical errors students make while ...
The topic of this color presentation is Groundhog Day. It can be used for holiday English lessons with school children. They can learn the history, customs and traditions. The presentation contain ...
Most teachers need their students to introduce themselves to them and to their other classmates especially for their first time and they need to know some information about them, this sheet can he ...
First week of class Lesson Plan: This 2- to 3-hour lesson plan provides your learners with practice in all four skills (Reading, Writing, Listening, Speaking) as well as Grammar and Vocabulary. ...
Guess your partner's character before they guess yours by taking turns asking questions. A sheet full of female characters to practise asking questions and have fun while doing it. It is an excel ...
Take turns asking questions and try to guess your partner's character before they guess yours! Pictures of male characters in an excel file to play "Guess who". You can either print and laminat ...
As the title suggests the worksheet contains a brief history of tourism. Your students will be able to find a lot of both regular and irregular verbs in past simple. You can use this worksheet t ...
This is a worksheet for teaching rooms in the house related vocabulary and wh-question words at elementary level. There are 3 activities in which students are asked to label the picture, complete ...
This is a very simple missing vowels activity for teaching or revising clothes related vocabulary at elementary level. Students are asked to complete the words given with the missing vowels. The ...
This is a picture dictionary which can also be used as a study sheet or a classroom poster for teaching or revising clothes related vocabulary at elementary. Students will have visual support to ...
Funny exercises especially for girls - reading and writing, Present Perfect Tense, questions, describing people. One exercise is prepared for Polish students, in order to teach then some new words ...
This is a listening activity about Groundhog Day. It is designed for lower-intermediate or high school level EFL classes. The teacher can choose how to use this document, but basically introduce t ...
These are cards that have to be cut before using them. Originally they were designed to practice certain verbs but they can be used to practice 'in the morning', 'in the evening' and 'at night' as ...
This is a set of pictures about a family to describe them. There is also a list of words that students should use. I don't give it to them, it should be part of the pre-teaching. I use these pictu ...
The activity is built around the song by Jason Mraz called "93 million miles". I thought it would be a nice idea to work with some general knowledge on the Solar System and then have students inte ...
Powerpoint presentation about St Nicholas Day, favourite children's holiday. It develops speaking skills and gives information about this holiday. The vocabulary is completely connected with Chris ...
Some Funny presentation for elementary students. Cool images will help young students easily to understand new material. Children can learn new words and expand their vocabulary (shadow, wood ...
This is a worksheet for elementary or pre-intermediate teenage or young learners. The activities in this worksheet should help the learners practice and improve their reading skills. The text its ...
This is a worksheet to review the months of the year and the four seasons. The kids have to put the months in order (by filling the little boxes with the correct number for each of the 12 months ...
This is one of the speaking activities that I've prepared for intermediate and upper-intermediate level on my own in order to improve their speaking skills. English is one of the most widely langu ...
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