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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Friends, season 2 episode 16. The episode with Joey moving out, Phoebe and Rachel getting tattoos, Monica's and Ross's fathers birthday. Vocabulary building/talking exercise on roommates, age dif ...
Friends, season 2 episode 14. The one with Chandler's new bracelet, "Rachel is Ross's lobster" and the prom video. Vocabulary building/talking exercise on friendship and proms. "True or false" typ ...
Friends episode - The One After The Superbowl. The one with Ross finding out his monkey Marcel is alive, Joey's cute and crazy stalker and Phoebe singing "not-so-children" songs. Talking/vocabula ...
Friends worksheet, season 2, The One with the Lesbian Wedding. "I now pronounce you wife and wife." Talking/vocabulary building exercise on spirits, pressure management and weddings. Listening com ...
This worksheet is for elementary or pre-intermediate students. They can build sentences about what they want or don't want to do and it starts basic and leads up to freer speech. It can last anywh ...
This PPT gives a lot of useful words to let our students describe their own houses. It can be used to make them develop their speaking skills or just as a writing task. It is divided into several ...
Worksheet for the first week of class: a simple 'word bank' of useful vocabulary, together with 15 'gap-fill' sentences. "What's your name?" and "Where are you from?" and "Please don't use your c ...
A ppt file that can be used to work with should/shouldn't, includes some exercises at the end and it starts in a very easy way: the teacher must talk or comment about some common accidents and mak ...
Here's a list of everyday expressions, idioms and phrases asking you to find the meaning of each of them. Check the following common expressions, idioms and phrases and FIND OUT their meanings. Th ...
TV-series Friends, Season 2 Episode 10. The one where Rachel dates a guy who looks like Ross. Vocabulary building/talking exercise on reviews, habits and look-a-likes. "True or false" type exercis ...
Episode where Phoebe learns that her father is alive and she goes to meet him. It's Christmas time, so it's time to learn/review some common Christmas decorations. Exercises on listening comprehe ...
TV-Series Friends Season 2 Episode 8 "The one with the list" worksheet. Mostly listening comprehension. Exercises on filling the blanks in dialogues, explaining the meaning or some set phrases, sl ...
By presenting these posters, you can help students tol learn the seasons related vocabulary. They will also have visual support in the classroom to remember the new vocabulary. Recommended for el ...
A short presentation that will help teachers to work with esl class. You can find orders, requests, classroom vocabulary for everyday use. You can add your words if you need and tailor the whole p ...
This is a set of activities based on an episode by the 3 stooges. You can work on good and bad manners, how to be polite and different social classes and how different or similar they are. Apart f ...
Students are going to learn about the days of the week, months of the year and important Holidays; as well as numbers. This is a full week's lesson plan about days fo the week, months of the year, ...
Here is another of my themed conversation sheets. This worksheet covers the topic of "Happiness". If you like this worksheet and find it useful then please take a look a look at my other worksheet ...
This is a fun game to practice vocabulary with fixed spelling patterns. In case Snakes and Ladders is completely new to you, ladders go up, and snakes go down. If you convert the image to a jpeg a ...
Quick and easy board game ("Get-to-Know-You" activity) for the first week of class. Students roll a die twice to find their question to talk about for one or two minutes. (Questions such as: "Ta ...
A couple of ideas and exercises of how to run a dictionary class. It is rather a plan than a ready worksheet. It gives a clue and I am going to use it tomorrow. I will see how it's going to work:) ...
You can use the worksheet in a private class or in any sized class if you put the students in pairs. Good opener to talk about summer holidays! Have the students take turns reading and answering ...
A wordsearch for beginners or elementary students to learn/review summer holiday vocabulary. Can be used as a warmer to introduce the topic of summer holiday or back to school warmer to start the ...
There are 5 individual sheets, 6 pictures each. You can cut each sheet into "photos" (pictures), but that is not necessary. Ss work in pairs/groups trying to describe "their holiday" by showing th ...
This is a listening and speaking activity which would best suit upper intermediate and advanced classes. It is a short sketch by Alan Carr at the Apollo where he's talking about buying a property ...
This is a powerpoint presentation I've prepared to help my students with vocabulary, not only food but also some sauce and some cutlery as well. This activity is a must for visual learners and a n ...
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