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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For adult, complete beginner students - When using your own personal information becomes too boring (and too easy), use this activity to change things up. Each student receives a card with their ' ...
Wouldn’t it be nice to see just how much your students are imaginative and creative? These photos can be used to provoke critical thinking. Pre-intermediate students can practise past tenses ...
By introducing this game into your classes, students will have fun learning summer related vocabulary. Students advance on the board with dice, when they land on a square they are asked to make a ...
This is a worksheet for teaching colloquial and informal expressions. Recommended for intermediate students who are asked to match the colloquial and informal sentences on the left with their mean ...
This is a simple worksheet for teaching or revising travelling and holidays related vocabulary. There are two activities in which students are asked to write the corresponding caption in the pict ...
The text is taken from the novel Holes, written by Louis Sachar. It is a chapter where the author describes the yellow spotted lizard, an animal invented for the book. After the reading there are ...
Hey, teachers. Hello again. This time I would like to share one activity about numbers. First, you have a chart with the numbers and then let the activities begin. You have crosswords, mathematics ...
There are some pictures with the vocabulary related to hair style. Then, there are some descriptions and pictures of face that the teacher can use as a memory game. Example: HE’S GOT SHORT G ...
Use this handout to work on the possessive 's and the vocabulary related to family members. Example: Bart is Lisa's brother. It's a quiz with lots of vocabulary. Ss have the circle the correct op ...
First teacher presents the vocabulary related to food. Practice pronunciation, invent some games of memorization as: hot potato, bingo, memory game. Then, give this handout to your students. It ha ...
Students must read through a text about the ancient city of Rome. Students will learn about the population, history of Rome and religion amongst other things. The students must then complete quest ...
This is a power point presentation. First, introduce some vocabulary related to food, then work with ss about healthy X unhealthy food (good for you X bad for you). After that, there are some conv ...
This colourful board game is designed to create conversation about holidays and includes a variety of question structures. It includes lots of key vocabulary for the topic and is a fun way to end ...
Activity: Whose flag is this? Show Ss different countries flags and ask ‘Where are they from?’ Alternatively show them using a ppt. Ask Ss ‘What is this country famous for?’
In this memory game students will relate images and phrases about the quantity of family members, and especially, they will practice the use of [i][/i]I've got, the use of "s" in plural. Also, the ...
I used this activity with my second grade students. The children have to read some sentences and then cut and glue the pictures in the correct parts of the house. They will find it very easy and I ...
Animals and their abilities. Students look at a picture containing different wild animals and then they have to describe what these animals can and can't do. Plus: a reading activity about animal ...
Students must read a short text about the Lake District. They will learn about the climate of the region, where it is located, important industries of the Lake District and tourism. Then the stude ...
I usually divide this activity into 3 parts. The first is to hand out the sheet of images and have the students try to guess the object and either its origin or use or both. They have a lot of f ...
This is a simple and easy visual aid for teaching months of the year. It can be used in memo-games and as a poster. It helps young learners to memorize the names of the months. This aid also help ...
This is a song from the Eurovision Song Contest 2012. It is a lovely song and easy to sing. It will attract students atttention as it's a fresh song. This song belongs to Turkey. The teacher can u ...
You can practice the vocabulary of food, filling the gaps. This exercise can be used to work in pairs, or simply to remember the vocabulary alone. You can give the student a complete vocabulary, ...
The school year is almost over. Perhaps it is not such a bad idea to ask your students to look back and recall what they have done so far and provide you with some feedback. You can use this chart ...
A simple activity and discussion about English proverbs. Students cut out a list of 12 proverbs and glue/tape to match with their correct meaning. These proverbs provoke interesting discussion. I' ...
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