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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Nice little fill in the blanks for the summer season. It will give individual students the ability to test their knowledge of vocabulary. Use it as a test and or to learn new vocabulary. Also use ...
If you what your lower-level students to write, this is an excellent worksheet. The main theme is music and they will love that! This worksheet will help them to make comparisons between music gen ...
In this worksheet I have included some well-known musicians. This worksheet is intended to help the students interact with each other in pairs while they practice speaking in English with a guess- ...
This worksheet will help the students use their speaking skills to talk about musical instruments and what type of music they are most common in. It was tailored for ESL students who know musical ...
This is a simple and colourful activity for teaching bedroom related vocabulary, prepositions of place and there is / there are at elementary level. Students are asked to cut the pictures, put t ...
Here's a pretty simple worksheet for teaching or revising wild animals related vocabulary. Recommended for elementary students who are asked to find the words given in the puzzle and then match t ...
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This worksheet consists of various pictures of things related to space. Students have to match the picture to the word and then speak a little about the subject. There is another worksheet which i ...
This is a colourful power point presentation for teaching shapes. It is fun for kids to see biscuits that have different shapes, such as circle, oval, triangle, square, rectangle, heart, diamond a ...
This is a power point presentation about 4 seasons of the year. It is full of colourful pictures which help young students learn seasons of the year. It also includes several activities for studen ...
A listening lesson with the song "We Are Young" . A fun lesson to do in ESL classes. Using songs to learn new vocabulary, understanding texts using songs and listening skills. Tell the students ...
Very Funny video from youtube! Listening comprehension & video watching Discussing New Year Resolutions & health matters! Anticipation, gap filling exercise, comprehension, vocabulary word ...
This is a bellringer that is meant to be a "pretest" for a study on emotions. Every sheet has five "tickets" to cut out. Students are asked to circle the emotions they do not know. The emotions li ...
How many poets could cram eBay, Friendster and Monster.com into 3-minute poem worthy of a standing ovation? This worksheet is based on a great poem by Rives, it checks your students' listening ski ...
Here's a reference poster (HI-RES) with 7 interesting ways to teach or review idioms. Click the image below to view the full-size poster for printing. If you think these idiom activities are gr ...
Nice activity on the song "Clouds across the Moon" by Rah Band. This is a good exercise to revise word order in questions. For more advanced students, they can also provide the other side of the ...
Ss will discuss about the prostitution in their countries Students could work in pairs and read one text each, then report to each other. Ask students who they most agree with - Helen Ma ...
A power point presentation with pictures to teach occupations, the use of a/an, verb to be in the present tense (afirmative, negative and interrogative forms). The pictures illustrate the occupati ...
This Pair Work activity gives your learners practice asking and answering short Yes/No Questions about jobs. '20-Questions' guessing activity, with three photos/jobs per two page ('A' and 'B') ha ...
If you have problems on writing your CV in English, take a look at the tips and later check the samples we have and try to see what is missing or not. Elicit conversation by talking to your studen ...
This worksheet is based on a video from ESLVideo.com. The activities involve watching the video for general idea and detailed information and discussing possible reasons for getting or not getting ...
This is a worksheet I developed to help my ESL students with the ever difficult OUGH pronunciation. There is a short silly story and a chart with the most common British and American English "-oug ...
Vocabulary fill in the blanks exercise, suitable to use with students at lower pre-int or pre-int level (Surrounded, intend, rural, evolved , according to,permission ,origin , migrate , fa ...
This is a worksheet to be used with Beginners. First, you can teach the students basic expressions to locate places (it's next to, it's between..... and....., it's across the street from..., it's ...
This practical worksheet is about K-Pax movie. First at all, you MUST watch the film with your students. Target areas: vocabulary, multiple choice questions and writing. The worksheet is for ...
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