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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4 unusual and fun situations for students to role play. Tested in the classroom. Students love them and get all involved and enthusiastic. Perfect for intermediate level and up. For your convenien ...
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This is a worksheet containing two short exercises on reading. The tasks are: true / false sentences and matching the words with their definitions.The text is short and easy and the exercises are ...
This is a worksheet about job description. Each student is given one job with all the information needed (workplace, company...) Students will ask questions such as: What do you do? Where do you w ...
This is a multiple choice worksheet to practice simple past. Students watch Mr Bean's video and they have to choose the correct option according to what they saw in the video.
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This pictionary can either be pinned up in the classroom or given out to students in order to learn the vocabulary of aches and pains. Make sure you check the pronunciation before they go off to ...
This is a gap fill activity using the British Olympics 2012 'flame song'. The worksheet is a listening activity then a look at the vocab finding synonyms. Then adjectives, comparatives and superl ...
This is a set of activities based on the movie "Tangled". It includes vocabulary practice, mainly. The colouring activities are optional and there are 2 pictures (one of the princess for the girls ...
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This a conversation style worksheet that should get your students talking about the subject of mobile phones. There are eighteen conversation questions on the sheet that revolve around the topic o ...
The 12 powerful words are words that show up repeatedly in the academic setting. This is a quiz over those words with word bank.
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This is a picture crossword for teaching or revising food related vocabulary . Recommended for elementary students who are asked to complete the crossword using the across and down clues and then ...
Hi It can help the students to practice question making. After the cards are spread, the students are supposed to mingle and ask each other questions to find their family members. Questions regar ...
This documents is made up of three different parts - 17 pages in all - exercises are composed of simple, compound and complex sentences so that you can easily use it with several different levels. ...
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