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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This worksheet is a simple wordsearch for students learning the names of chemicals. I use for teaching students who are going to be shop assistants. It is great as a cooling down exercise at the e ...
(I've got the .doc version, let me know if you want it to edit the exercises!) Halloween activity! I've made three different activities to use while/after watching the movie, so you can choose wh ...
In this activity the students have to write the correct form of the simple present's to be. On the board, I will go over the simple present form of "to be" and will make sure the students understa ...
Sometimes little children have problems making the distinction between right and left, so this is a simple exercise to make them go from one point to another by saying turn to.... and go to....., ...
This is a simple, easy worksheet, it is aimed at little children so that they can (besides knowing how to say the words) learn how to recognize the words when written. It is a simple activity, it ...
Good for basic descriptions. Students complete the picture based upon the word or words given. Helps student with word recongition and allows for students to get creative by making their own fac ...
These are short songs to practice the spelling with your students. Sometimes we don't have enough resources and this is an easy way to integrate your students with a song. They will love to sing a ...
This is a Bingo is on Personality Traits. There are many traits involved in human beings .The game will enable students to discuss these personality traits using words associated with them. I did ...
This is a worksheet for the smallest kids. Nursery or year 1 or any child who begins with English. It is simple but I hope you find it useful when busy and no song at ready. The melody is the same ...
This is an easy wordsearch puzzle for revising farm animals related vocabulary at elementary level. Students are asked to find the words in the puzzle and match them with the pictures. The answer ...
First, there are two columns for matching synonymous words. This is followed by a sentence completion activity that uses the words in two columns. Finally, there are suggestions for supplemental a ...
This is a test on the English language. Recommended for intermediate students who are asked to decide whether the given statements are true or false and quote from the text to support their choic ...
Hello everyone...I found this reading quite useful and decided to upload it on this amazing website. I've been working on this worksheet in my classes as a big motivation for my students. Beside t ...
This is a True or False activity about Kung Fu Panda 2. This activity can be done after students had watched the movie.There are twenty statements about the characters and the movie's story. The ...
Type of activity: Speaking. Pair work and group work. Aim: to practise speaking, to improve fluency, to boost your students' confidence so that they can overcome their fear of not speaking correct ...
Usually, during first lessons with pre-intermediate and higher levels, I focus on the language and cultural differences between England and the USA. The song "Englishman in NY" is a very enjoyable ...
This worksheet can be used to emphasize the importance of learning languages. It consists of analysing some scenes of the film Spanglish, always bearing in mind the main topic. Students develop th ...
Grammatical rules concerning formation of new words. All the prefixes and suffixes that create nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs et cetera. This worksheet is a presentation of how it works, togeth ...
This is not really an activity, it's more like a poster or a handout about the origins of the names of the week days. You can use it as a filler or as you wish. You may also point out that the Eng ...
Modified and useful slides on teaching the way to tell and ask about time. They are easy to use, attractive and richinstead of using a clock or drawing on the board. They allow a lot of interactio ...
It's a power point about school objects for young learners. Colourful pictures can help students memorise the names of such school objects as desk, pen, pencil, crayon, glue, schoolbag, pencilcase ...
This worksheet contains pictures of people. It can be used to practise vocabulary dealing with physical description (face, hair, age). It can be used as a speaking activity or a writing activity. ...
This word search puzzle with some house/furniture vocabulary. It includes 24 words and is not very difficult. So it's suitable for beginner and elementary students. Be sure that they know all the ...
This mind map may help you revise or develop your students' vocabulary in connection with family members. Can be used as a warm-up exercise or you can use as a tool for improving students' knowle ...
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