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 worksheet includes gist and detailed listening questions related to a YouTube video about Bonfire Night (or Guy Fawke's Night). This is a British holiday which is celebrated on November 5th. ...
This is a short (one slide) interactive PowerPoint 'presentation'. A student has to choose which of the given words belong to Halloween topic and which to Bonfire Night. It's essential to prepare ...
I have used this worksheet when teaching police officers at pre-intermediate/intermediate level. It proved very useful because they first guessed the missing words and then they had the complete s ...
This simple worksheet revises the vocabulary flour, sugar, eggs, chocolate, butter and milk in a gapfill exercise, then the students have to cut up and order the instructions (they could glue them ...
This the first part of a collection of 40 exercises for you to practise wordbuilding in order to help you to be able to get round Cambridge Use of English section of the examination. The exercis ...
This is a worksheet that comes in quite handy if you have to revise some vocabulary to do with countries, nationalities and jobs and at the same time testing a bit of geographical knowledge and re ...
This worksheet is for intermediate or upper-intermediate where the students can know the vocabulary of the different types of doctors. The students will learn different vocabulary by means of read ...
Here you will find some pictures and vocabulary related to weddings. You can use this worksheet in different ways. For instance students can translate in their mother tongue the vocabulary. It can ...
A Revision exercise for Present continuous and the verb "to be" in two parts. Can be used for Speaking or Grammar revision. Students or teacher can ask questions to elicit negative form answers. ...
If you're teaching preteen girls who are into the Disney Channel (think Selena Gomez, Miley Cyrus, etc.) then they'll love this song! It's quite repetitive and catchy, although the lyrics aren't v ...
For low level learners working on calendar and/or holidays I hope this reading will provide a reasonable challenge. The main focus is reading comprehension using WH questions as well as Yes/No qu ...
This handout has been developed to guide students when they have to write a summary in English from a narrative text. It divides the process into different stages to make it easier and more meanin ...
This is a range of activities for all levels of students based on the plot by Guy Fawkes to blow up the Houses of Parliament. Use the activity for your level of students. There are various activi ...
The worksheet contains a short article about Halloween and two exercises on reading comprehension. It is good for low elementary students, just present simple was used. Vocabulary is included on ...
<p>This lesson is woven around a 'Garfield' comic strip. You can start by showing this trailer from YouTube (see below) and asking ss to guess the movie. Then ss may be asked to te ...
Hey guys, this worksheet is designed to practice Simple Past Tense. It is a simple introduction of Vincent Van Gogh taken from the Internet. Students work in pairs and they have to ask each other ...
Song by Celine Dion "Because you loved me" with lots of simple past verbs (regular & irregular). There are several activities included: pre-listening tasks, while-listening tasks and post-list ...
This is a boargame for teaching means of transport related vocabulary. It's played with dice and counter when students land on a square they are asked to make a correct sentence by using the pict ...
This is a simple ans easy worksheet for teaching or revising means of transport related vocabulary at elementary level. There's a picture dictionary followed by an matching activity. The workshee ...
This is a 2-page worksheet for teaching parts of a car related vocabulary at intermediate level. There's a picture dictionary which can also be used as a study study sheet followed by a wordsearc ...
The test is given to check up students' comprehension of the video devoted to the history of Halloween. The video is not so difficult for understanding and it might be shown to kids and elementary ...
Vocabulary practice for Intermediate Level learners. Have your students complete the fifteen sentences about SHOPPING with the words on the left. Words include: cash, cashier, customers, fitting ...
This is a text about Halloween describing the origin of this celebration and the typical activities done on this day. After reading the text, the students answer some questions to check their comp ...
This reading worksheet contains a text and some questions so teachers can be sure that their students have understood the text. This worksheet can be used as a reading or listening activity. Ideal ...
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