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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This exercise is very easy, you can practise telling the time. There are several clocks in the worksheet. Students have to write the right time under each clock. It can be a speaking or writing e ...
This worksheet contains a story and a set of pictures that can be used in a Christmas lesson. There is also a lesson plan suggesting how the story can be applied. The lesson is to practise listeni ...
A modification of the "who said what" activity, which includes cut-up cards with sayings (answers to imaginary interview questions) and an answer sheet featuring cartoons of Brad Pitt and Hugh Gra ...
A list of useful conversational phrases used to express or ask for an opinion, agree or disagree and express doubts. Last section suggests that the students think of more topic-appropriate phrases ...
This activity is suitable for teaching comparative, superlative, auxiliaries and contractions. It includes the Topic, Level, Age, and Activity step by step. The worksheet provides exercise with ...
Well, I provide this unique description in the video I recorded and posted on You Tube. I'm sorry that the light in the room wasn't exactly bright enough to give it a professional look, but I'm su ...
Board game to practice the Present Perfect. Students are supposed to go through the sentences and complete the vebs in each one using the Past Participle. Material: dice Interaction: groups of th ...
This is a simple elementary worksheet about London. It has some typical things that you would find in London such as a black cab, a post box, a london bus, a pint of beer, etc. The students have t ...
This is a warmer I used with my elementary students (though it can be adjusted for any level). The activities are based on the song "Summer Wine" by Lee Hazlewood (1966). Though adjustable, the pl ...
This worksheet is for beginner level kids. The topic is on transportations. Covers basic kinds of transportations of land, water and air. Focuses more in strengthening the spelling and addition of ...
This is a set of high quality flashcards for teaching or revising fruit related vocabulary: grapes, banana, orange, apple, pear, pineapple, cherries, kiwi, lemon, orange, etc. They can also be use ...
This is a worksheet for revising prepositions. Recommended for pre-intermediate students who are asked to complete the story with the prepositions given. The worksheet is available in both colour ...
This is a picture dictionary which can also b4 used as a classroom poster or a study sheet for teaching or revising international food related vocabulary: Chinese food, Greek food, Italian food, J ...
This is a worksheet for teaching bedroom and furniture related vocabulary. There are two pages with activities in which students are asked to label the picture with the words in the box, look at t ...
Power point presentation being numbers and prices revision game for pre-intermediate and intermediate students. I found 15 products on ebay and students have to guess how much they cost. The team/ ...
This is a listening exercise to use with the YouTube video 'London - Ten things you need to know!'. The video shows a guide who tells us about London's famous attractions and other facts. The imag ...
The aim of the game: To practice the use of the indefinite articles. Rationale: When doing written exercises it is usually easier to add an article (if students know the rule well), because stud ...
This worksheet is for elementary level students to practice the names of different jobs. Once they find out the name of the job based on the pictures, they can fill in the crossword. It is very si ...
This elementary worksheet helps students to memorize the most important means of transportation, as well as the basic verbs related to them. Once they are familiar with the basic words, they can t ...
This is a very useful song class activity to improve students' listening. It can be used from intermediate level. There are some wrong words and as the students listen to the song they have to r ...
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