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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Occupation Flashcards / Pictionary worksheet for young students. You can hand out this worksheet as a Pictionary / Vocabulary List. Also students can circle the correct answer of the occupations. ...
Reading comprehension activity, with different exercises, true/false, questions, drawing, etc. It can be used with children at elementary or intermediate levels. It is a good way to review verb te ...
It is fun worksheet for teachers and students to teach and learn about Halloween and scary things. Grammar topics are there's, there're, and prepositions of place. Students are required to write t ...
This is a creative writing worksheet that practices descriptive adjectives and simple present verbs. You have to create a new flavor of jellybeans. Using the simple present tense, you can practic ...
This is a worksheet for teaching or revising noun formation. From the word at the end of each sentence students are asked to form a noun (by adding a suffix) that fits suitably in the blank space ...
Here's a scary set of high-quality Halloween bookmarks to motivate your students! Print, cut, laminate and give them to your students. I'm sure they will love them.
Two dice for revising Halloween related vocabulary. Recommended for elementary students who are asked to to roll both dice and then make a sentence by using the picture clue provided.
This a simple workshop about Halloween for elementary students of English. It consists of a reading comprehension about the origin of this celebration followed by some questions and an exercise wi ...
It's an easy worksheet, a crossword made to help students improve their vocabulary on the jobs done in the house. It's a fun activity that help students improve their spirit of observation. It can ...
This is a funny song which is about students who are lazy and don't want to work. The song is a parody for the song " I am Sexy and I know it". The students can see what a person can be if he does ...
I use this game with young children to practise the names of rooms in the house and interrogative sentences with the verb to be. Students work in pairs. Every student gets the worksheet and puts t ...
With this worksheet, pupils can practice the vocabulary on camping. They simply have to match the pictures to the words. You can enlarge the pictures and hang them on the balckboard so that some p ...
Homonyms can be confusing. Here is a summary of homonyms that will be useful for ESL learners to practice their pronunciation. For example, when teacher explains how to pronounce 'bear', they can ...
This is an activity that can be completed in class or sent home for homework. This is great for beginners. These are toolbars for Excel in MAC. This is a great activity for Fifth through Eighth ...
This is a worksheet to help beginners with Microsoft Excel. This is great for 5th through 8th graders. It gives a great picture of what each item in Microsoft Excel is used for. It also gives t ...
A worksheet to review basic vocabulary about food. It can be used to revise or to assess the learning of vocabulary related to fruits and vegetables. It's a simple activity in which students have ...
This activity has been created to give the students the possibility of using the appropiate language to take part in a debate. The sentences provided will force them to move from the simple "I thi ...
A simple worksheet for beginners to identify members of the family. Great gap-fill activity for a lesson or as homework. I use this as a model for students to create their own family trees and to ...
This is a PDF version of the interactive boardgame on Halloween related vocabulary. It´s played with dice with counters when students land on a square they are asked to name the item where ...
This is a very simple worksheet for teaching or revising Halloween related vocabulary. Recommended for elementary students who are asked to label the pictues. The worksheet is available ion both ...
Make questions using the verb TO BE. The students ask about name, age, country, jobs. Revision of nationalities, countries, jobs and numbers. The students will be given the charts and they have to ...
This very famous quiz show game can be edited and used for any level according to their needs. It's based on a quiz show program. You can change the questions and make your classes more fun and c ...
Two part, past simple, past continuous, and questions, police and suspect activity cards. The first is a 'partner' reading or role play activity. The second is a speaking, gap fill role play activ ...
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