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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You can find a vocabulary assistant on the topic with the explanations of different places where people can buy things (bucket shop, locksmith, bakery, butcher etc.) and different synonyms for "co ...
A set of all the expressions and words that can be used during the classes. It helps you to organize your lessons without using your native language. It is also a good idea to introduce it at the ...
In the slides we have a vanishing dialogue and some grammar points about word formation. First of all you ask you students to repeat the dialogue and practice in pair. Then, you go to the second ...
Some basic phrases to help students interact in English. It contains sentences such as: *Greetings* *Being Polite* *Asking for help* *Asking about words* *Asking for permission* It is very help ...
This is a short, easy and fun listening comprehension. I only transcribed :=) I used it last year with my class (age: 12, level A2.1 CEFR) and they enjoyed reading and listening. For higher level ...
This is a Halloween activity, very interesting, you can practice Halloween vocabulary with your students. This a Haunted house, ask the students to draw the house, and connect the words to the ne ...
It's a power point presentation to teach movie genres and vocabulary related to the topic, such as food eaten in the movies, etc. It also makes a review about telling the time. In the end there's ...
This is a helpful visual aid for teaching animal classes. This aid is good for very young leaners as a prompt or a poster, since it shows general classification. It contains the pictures of animal ...
This worksheet has a variety of sports that are played at the Olympics. It is a great tool for class competitions. I have found it provides fun for learners of almost any level from high level ...
This is an episode-by-episode question guide to the series "Mind Your Language". There are questions for all but 3 episodes from the series. Many episodes are available w/subtitles on YouTube...
Some very simple example of what you can do with this awesome movie of PIXAR studio. It is really entertaining and fun itself. It takes only five minutes to watch and about 20 minutes to work o ...
A vocabulary activity to go through all the main verbs that might come in handy in the kitchen. There are lots of pictures, a follow-up activity with monolingual explanations and the whole workshe ...
A 2-page board game for pre-intermediate students (any age, but preferably high school students or adults) to practise mainly situations. There are also some questions, like 'list five irregular v ...
Students should fill out this sheet with information about him/herself. Then they can crumple up the paper into a ball. Students toss the ball around the room until the teacher says stop. Each ...
A song about love. Used in conversation class when the topic is love. Vocabulary about love and sing along activity. The students get involved when there is music in the class. Great opportunity t ...
Group the students and let them ask their classmates how they spend their free time, what their favorite pastime is and how often they do it. A group should call one member from the other group an ...
Group the students and task them to make their own poem about their pastime following the given sample. In this activity, they will be able to express their opinions about various pastime. They wi ...
Vocabulary worksheet on clothes (a coat, a shirt, a T-shirt, a skirt, boots, mittens, shoes, socks).You may also practice the phrase I HAVE while learning the vocabulary. You may also find a video ...
Note expansion for students to write sentences to tell about the time for some events. Students are given cues to write sentences using present simple to describe an event. Students change the p ...
It's Halloween season. If your students are fed up with pumpkins and costume parties, maybe they will be interested in reading a spooky story. However, they will have to complete it by choosing th ...
Very simple art activity to be used in conjunction with teaching jobs vocabulary. Preteach jobs vocabulary using flashcards, then do a speaking activity using the flashcards and the sentences [/i] ...
Simple cards featuring a variety of famous people (most of them no longer with us) to be used when practicing years, birthdays plus introduction of the past simple of to be. I created them with my ...
This is a reading worksheet for intermediate and upper-intermediate students. It starts with a speaking warm-up where students are to discuss a few work-related quotes. Next, they move on to a spe ...
This is a game where students can practice their small talk skills, and see how networking works in real life. Explain to the students that they are at a party, and each one will get a certain ch ...
This worksheet has The Simpsons family tree which is helpful to create sentences using possessive nouns. This worksheet is really easy to undestand and for sudents to practice simple present and v ...
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