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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Hello! This is a nice worksheet with colorful and funny pictures. Students can practise the names of jobs. It also contains the names of unique jobs, such as dog psychologist, chocolate taster, ma ...
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 "-ou ...
Use this Word Search to introduce or reinforce "Emotions" vocabulary. Use it as a fun "warmer" or as a fun homework assignment. Can your learners find all 18 words in only 12 minutes? Words inc ...
It's a useful Power Point presentation about William Shakespeare's works and the theatre of the Renaissance. It helps students who study a bit of English literature to better understand the magic ...
This animated PowerPoint is about New York. There are 15 slides. They describe the city's location, history, popular places to visit, New York's boroughs and their inhabitants. The info is short. ...
I made this worksheet for my students to revise the vocabulary of family members. But instead of creating their own family tree, students can practice the vocab on a well-known family: The Simpson ...
It is a story loosley based on the story The Littlest Pumpkin, but I've adapted it, changed it and made it for Valentine's Day. It can also be used for Mother's day. I use it when talking about Va ...
This is the addition to the Power Point Presentation "The Very Hungry Caterpillar". It is a good idea to read the presentation in class and give this handout as homework. It's a great reading task ...
This worksheet deals with the environment and the threat of the global warming. The lesson contains 2 parts: a speaking part to introduce the subject,a reading text after which pupils are supposed ...
Revision and practicing telling time. PowerPoint presentation includes examples of telling time using phrases quarter to/past, half past as well as tasks for practice. Practical for elementar ...
Short quiz on numbers and school subjects. Practice writing and reading numbers to one hundred as well as spelling of school subjects. Tasks include unscrambling the letters, filling in the sent ...
Easy worksheet about days of the week. Unscrambled words and fill the gap exercises. Students will be able to review about the vocabluary without get bored. They can do in pairs or all by themselv ...
This is a visual vocabulary worksheet with some basic adjectives of personality, mainly in opposite pairs. It can be used to describe someone or to introduce oneself. It ican be useful at the beg ...
This worksheet can be used with fast finishers to keep them focused, as well as the whole group of Ss. The task is to match two parts of sentences to make logical phrases. All of the 13 sentences ...
A classical song by Midnight Oil. I use this song to introduce the topic of "Protecting the Environment. Enjoy!! There is a cloze exercise first (students have to find the missing words) There ar ...
This pictionary can either be handed out or pinned up in the classroom. You could then take out the words and give them out in class as revision later in the week. Depending on the level of the ...
This worksheet will help those who are teaching students to read plus students will learn some new words. The words are put in the same order as pictures below. So it's possible first to read the ...
This 8-page PPT starts off with a few examples of vocabulary needed for the exercises. Do it as a slideshow and give them time to look at each plan and answer the questions before clicking to see ...
This worksheet starts off with a few useful phrases and some help on pronunciation. Go over these before starting. Then using the maps for orientation do the two exercises. The first is quite s ...
I designed this worksheet to practice indirect questions. A student will play one of the roles in it as a celebrity, while the others may ask questions based on the gists given. Of course, you can ...
A very simple movie activity for elementary students. Give students a photocopy and ask them the questions on it. Play the first minutes of the video and elicit the answers from them. Provide fe ...
This is a picture dictionary which can also be used as a classroom poster or a study sheet. Recommended for pre-intermediate students who will learn bathroom items related vocabulary. The workshe ...
This is a very simple worksheet for revising kitchen items related vocabulary at elementary level. The activity is easy, students are asked to label the pictures. The worksheet is available in bo ...
This is an interactive boardgame for teaching or revising cardinal numbers from 1 to 12 at elementary level. Students are asked to spin the wheel and name the item where they land or make a corre ...
This is a Bingo activity based on Fairy Tales Titles. It is played like a normal bingo game. Teacher chooses her own criteria. I discussed with the children about different fairy tales and th ...
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