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 simple picture crossword for revising food related vocabulary. Recommended for elementary students who are asked to complete the crossword by using the across and down picture clues. The ...
This is a reading comprehension worksheet on the topic eating habits. Recommended for intermediate students who are asked to read the text and say if the sentences given are true or false, match w ...
This is a 2-page worksheet for teaching or revising jobs and future career related vocabulary. Students are asked to label the pictures, identify the equipment in the pictures and then match them ...
The worksheet aims at measuring the extent to which advanced beginner students have grasped a number of items covered over the lapse of three months or so. The worksheet contains four exercises th ...
This is a matching descriptions to the places activity; 2 copies in 1 worksheet; can be used in a variety of activities: as a warming up after studying the topic, as a short test to check the gene ...
These flashcards can help to present food and drink vocabulary. They can also be used to practice grammar structures such as there is/are, countable or uncountable nouns, some, any a/an. ...
Beginners conversational worksheet for simple introductions and normal greetings. List of common manners and polite words/phrases and appropiate use. I have also included some helpful conversation ...
I have used this presentation as a transformer for different level. If I have a beginner group, I show them till the last two slides. If i have an elementary group, I play riddles with them. So I ...
This crossword puzzle is good for practising basic environment vocabulary. In general, I believe that crosswords, word searches etc. are fun and they help students acquire necessary vocabulary in ...
This is my first worksheet to share. It is a review/ lesson for infinitive/gerund use. The students will first see the use of various verbs followed by either gerund or infinitive in the context o ...
A listening puzzle on the song "I will love again", by Lara Fabian. The students will listen to the song and complete the space (a space for each letter). Each time they listen to the song and wri ...
This powerpoint presentation can be used as a get-to-know-you or icebreaker activity with a new or existing set of students. It is a great way to learn about your students' likes and dislikes and ...
listening and reading comprehensions +video. This is about bullying and its possible consequences. With another teacher we used it as a test for our pupils in France. At the end of the sequen ...
This power point presentation is about friends, friendship. It contains positive, happy pictures. There is a beautiful song. Can be used for discussions, ice-breakers and studing vocabulary. It ...
Listening Activity. Listen and watch to the introduction of the Syracuse University Library carefully. Then use the words given on the lists to complete the gaps. There are five parts to complete ...
EFL Classroom Listening Activity Topic: Negotiating and Giving a Complaint Vocabulary items Match the words in column A with the correct meanings in column B. True or False Put a T if it is true ...
A class mingle in the 'Find someone who' format. Topic covers activities students may have done during the summer holidays. Each line has a picture and the topic. Students ask the question, and th ...
This is simple PPT file. It's titled "Name the relationship". As it only conatains pictures I recommend to use it as a warm-up activity. Students are shown the pictures of celebrities and are ask ...
This is a picture dictionary which can also be used as a study sheet or a classroom poster for teaching or revising computer related vocabulary. The worksheet is available in both colour and blac ...
Here's a lovely mini-book for revising the weather related vocabulary at elementary level. There are eight page with vocabulary in order to teach the new vocabulary in a simple and appealing way.
A worksheet that goes with the movie 'New Year's Eve' from 2012. The worksheet includes a little bit of prediction based on the actors, some vocabulary to review together and only 3 comprehension ...
A worksheet about family relationships and the film "The Descendants". The students should give some opinions about concepts like "descendants", family relationships, "inheritances", then watch th ...
This worksheet requires that students use their dictionaries to complete the meaning of the words is their ESL learners. It could be assigned for homework or used as a small test. In the first exe ...
These worksheets are useful for young children. They are for children who started learning English as a second language. The first one is nice to consolidate some English speaking countries. The s ...
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