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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A short biography of M. Thatcher for some students might not know her with a very easy exercise on vocabulary and questions for post watching discussion. The aim is to get intermediate and higher ...
This is a very useful worksheet for elementary kids. In the first exercise, there is a crossword for them to work on by looking at the list of words they have. In the second exercise, they are ask ...
After watching the movie Persepolis, students answer questions based on it and work on vocabulary. Persepolis is also a movie that can be worked for different subjects such as social studies, they ...
For teaching phobias. It's a match activity to introduce the topic Fears and Phobias. Use the video The Big Bang Theory, Season 5 Episode 9. (subtitles in English or no subtitles depending on the ...
Students must read about the London Olympics in 2012 as well as previous Olympic Games held in the city. Then the students must answer several questions to do with the text. I created this sheet m ...
This is a worksheet for teaching summer related vocabulary. There is a picture dictionary which can also be used as a study sheet followed by a worsearch puzzle. The answer key is included.
This game was designed for an elementary group of early teenagers. The idea is to review things learnt in class by providing them with an easy but entertaining game in which they will find most of ...
This worksheet was designed basically to work with kids, since they have to identify the different objects as well as identifyiing the different colours. However, the pictures can be really useful ...
Especially for kids, this game makes them acquire classroom language and there are many ways in which they can play. What I did was giving them a dice and they had to perform the action as well as ...
A humorous presentation on what can make a first date go wrong. It gives students ideas to further discuss the subject and to practise vocabulary related to relationships. Ask your students to li ...
Here's a pretty easy matching activity for revising rooms in the house related vocabulary. Recommended for elementary students who are asked to match the words given with the picture. The answer ...
This is a fully animated PowerPoint presentation, with audio, for teaching or revising feelings and emotions related vocabulary. There is a simple vocabulary lesson followed by a multiple choice ...
The following presentation provides pictures and some information about some of the favourite English holdiays, such as: St. Valentine’s Day April Fool’s Day Easter Mother’s Day ...
The presentation gives some information about the most popular American holidays: New Year’s Day St. Valentine’s day Washington’s Birthday Easter Independence Day Thanksgiving ...
This is the second part of the reading in "The world's most poisonous" series. In the second part your students will learn about the blue ringed octopus, the stonefish, the banana spider, the inl ...
The test consists of 2 parts - 1) choose the correct word (4 variants) and 2) insert the correct preposition. All the questions are related to the topic of well-being. Such words and word combinat ...
This is a two-page worksheet dealing with verbs that students often find confusing and therefore misuse them. You can let your students complete the sentences with appropriate verbs individually o ...
This worksheet provide jobs in a funny way. Students work in pairs and in groups, they guess and discuss jobs. It can also be used a class activity. Can be adapted and taught to beginners, elemen ...
A passive voice test based on the topic of using cars and its effects on the atmosphere. Different tenses of the pasive are evaluated (present simple, simple past, present perfect, simple future, ...
This worksheet reviews the family members vocabulary. It has the Simpsons' family tree, the students use it to write the family relationship of the characters. Teachers can adapt this activity in ...
A great way to start working on a task-based project: the final task is to create and record a radio programme. It includes ingredients, cooking instructions and a conversation between a host and ...
This worksheet based on the Ghibli studio classic "Princess Mononoke", an animated movie that can work with both teenagers or adults. It is designed for upper-intermediate/advanced students of En ...
This is a colourful worksheet to review house vocabulary covered with my 7-8 year olds, and to help them make some sentences in the present simple using verbs like, eat/sleep/cook/play. There are ...
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