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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This is a five-part worksheet that lets the students evaluate the myth or legend that they read in class. There is a Yes/No section that asks what they think about the story; another one calls for ...
This is a five-part worksheet that lets the students evaluate the myth or legend that they read in class. There is a Yes/No section that asks what they think about the story; another one calls for ...
This is a five-part worksheet that lets the students evaluate the myth or legend that they read in class. There is a Yes/No section that asks what they think about the story; another one calls for ...
This is a five-part worksheet that lets the students evaluate the myth or legend that they read in class. There is a Yes/No section that asks what they think about the story; another one calls for ...
This is a pretty easy worksheet for elementary students on dates, months and days of the week. There are 3 easy activities in which students are asked to write the missing letters to complete the ...
When teaching new vocabulary I usually try to present a word not only orally, but also in writing. This particular worksheet can be used when teaching classroom items. It enables to present the ne ...
This is basically a matching exercise which will back up the pictionary I sent before. Students have to match the pictures with the different aches and pains. You could then put them into pairs ...
Here goes a power point presentation about some natural and human landscapes. It might come handy for classes in which this kind of vocabulary is going to be taught. It may be also useful to train ...
You can use Farm animals flashcards to learn beginners new vocabulary. You can play "What is missing" or ask questions like: What is it? What colour is a hen? Where is a hen? You can play charade ...
This is another of my discussion worksheets that I use with my adult students. They pretty much all have the same format. Each worksheet has 18 discussion/conversation questions that revolve aroun ...
This is a good activity for kids, to practice tha spelling of the words "living room", "bathroom", "bedroom", "kitchen" and "garden". Ask students to draw a garage on the left side of the house, w ...
Song worksheet - Listening Comprehension: Without You by David Guetta (featuring Usher). This worksheet practises listening comprehension and consists of four exercises. Students have to listen to ...
Here's a fully animated PowerPoint presentation with sentences, images and audio so young students can understand classroom related vocabulary. It can be used to teach basic vocabulary related to ...
This is an interactive boardgame for teaching school supplies related vocabulary. Recommended for elementary students who are asked to spin the wheel, count the number of spaces in the game and n ...
This Elvis Presley biography is a good reading practice, as well as a gap-fill exercise where our learners decide whether to use active or passive. There's a song ''Suspicious Minds'' with a link ...
This is a worksheet for elementary students on farm animals related vocabulary and present simple tense. There are 4 different and simple activities in which students are asked to match the words ...
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I put this worksheet together in my first year of teaching topical subject of early part of 2012 introduce the difficult words: Friendship, SAFETY, the law, keep in touch, spreading ideas, oppres ...
This activity is directed to beginner/elementary students and is supposed to be done after they have been practicing food and meals vocabulary. The questions are personal and the students should a ...
This is a worksheet containing two short exercises on reading. The tasks are: true / false sentences and matching the headlines with the paragraphs. The text is short and easy and the exercises ar ...
A conversation style worksheet that revolves around the topics of feelings and emotions. Generally speaking I use these worksheets with large classes, but they work just as well with small groups. ...
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