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 is PowerPoint presentation for very young students on means of transport related vocabulary. There is a simple vocabulary lesson with audio followed by a pretty easy spelling game.
A ready-to-use article about the courses of the day in a central European country, the Czech Republic. New vocabulary is highlighted and listed on the right. There is a follow-up of four basic con ...
This easy task sheet halps the learners to practice the different buildings like florist's, library, bookshop, toy shop, restaurant, school, pet shop, supermarker, market square and bakery. The te ...
Here are sentences to use when you are playing a pictionary sentence game! The rules of the game are the same as the normal pictionary game but the students have to guess a whole sentence not just ...
This worksheet is a combination of listening and speaking comprehension based on popular song 'Video games'. Students have to complete the gaps, match the sentences, answer the questions about vid ...
Happy Mother's Day!
For all mothers out there, we have prepared another nice poster - print it out and enjoy! Works wonders as a conversation starter for the upper levels! Click the image below t ...
Great Mother's Day activity to do with kids and teens. A space for a picture or drawing, a list of adjectives and a small text talking about the mother of the student, in which s/he has to fill th ...
This ppt will help your students to learn the names of the subjects at school, the school things, the rooms. You can discuss students' activities after lessons and aswer the questions about schoo ...
This a vocabulary worksheet that may be useful when working on murder stories / detective stories / thrillers (weapons are related to verbs / actions). It also enables pupils to train on the passi ...
This is a worksheet for revising house and furniture related vocabulary. Students are asked to complete the words with the missing letters and then match them with the pictures.
This is a simple power point presentation with pictures about hobbies. It is quite useful for kids. Hobbies such as reading, cooking, riding a horse, swimmimg, skating, running, taking pictures.. ...
30 questions on topics that go with the present simple: free time & hobbies, food & drink, holidays, jobs, animals and sports. Elementary students are able to understand and give answers i ...
This is part 2 of Food Idioms. There fifteen pictures and their names. Learners must macth them. It can be used as a warmer for pre intermediate learners or as pre-activity for lower levels. My su ...
Food idioms with a brief definition of idioms. Learners have to match definition with meaning. There are two different blocks. It is possible to use them individually. There is a pre-activity with ...
This worksheet is recommended for intermediate level elementary school students. The worksheet drills "What time do you _____ ? I _____ at _____ ." For example, What time do you wake up? I wake ...
This is a foldable poem for Mothers Day. It can be printed and used with students to teach them the poem. Inside the foldable they can write a letter to their mother like I LOVE YOU MOM BECAUSE... ...
This is an Earth Day printable poster. The first page displays the student's promises and resolutions to help the Earth to make it a better place to live in. The second one can be used with studen ...
This worksheet is a pair work activity using adjectives to describe personality and appearance. The aim of the task is to complete a crossword. Students take turns at giving definitions of the wor ...
It is a test for intermediate pupils. The text is about sports in Britain. Part 2 is about eating, past simple and past progressive, there is also an activity about Easter and the third task invol ...
This is a webquest on advertising which will guide your students through the process of designing a webquest. In this worksheet your students will read about propaganda strategies and techniques. ...
Personal information: Ask and answer about name, age, nationality, town, hobbies and family. There are three exercices; the first is a reading exercise; the second is a question activity and the t ...
This worksheet discusses corporate ethics (i.e. whether big companies act in an ethical manner) in the context of the Durban climate summit. Students discuss their opinions on the matter, listen t ...
This is a ppt presentation of English vocabulay. It has the form of a traditional interactive multiple choice exercise. Contains 44 different jobs or professions, illustrated with gif animation. Y ...
This ppt will heip your students to remember better the names of professions, the places where people work and what they do there. They will learn many provebs about jobs and can discuss them. You ...
It helps pupils to have a clear view of Australian facts. They can do research on specific parts before then in group work they put together their work and present it to the rest of the class. I d ...
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