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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This is a popular song which is useful for introducing or practicing "used to + infinitive". It contains a sequencing exercise, gap-fill and a glossary for the slang terms. This song would be suit ...
Get your students to practice the past simple in a fun way with this video activity. You can make it into a game by dividing the class into groups and awarding points for correct answers. For adde ...
It is a worksheet to be used with the song Ten little indians, I used this worksheet with the video. Good to be taught to kids that can dance and sing together. I also taught some specific vocabu ...
This worksheet is designed to teach the family tree vocabulary and the possessive 's to elementary students, the theme of the worksheet is a famous Japanese cartoon called "Maruko", the pictures a ...
This worksheet is suitable for young learners. In the first exercise students match opposite adjectives. In the second exercise, students write comparative adjectives to complete sentences. Finall ...
This game is a warm up activity for elementary level students.The worksheet consists of a set of pictures of animals and objects. Make copies of the worksheet according to the number of groups in ...
These are the questions I wrote to discuss with my students the 1st Episode of Friends. I use it for my upper-intermediate and advanced level students to encourage them to speak more. Firstly I as ...
This worksheet or test includes sentences practising the whose this? scrambled sentences, reading comprehension, drawing what you understand and infinitive verbs: to drink, to watch tv, to ride a ...
This test is about classroom objects (eraser, sharpener, pen, pencil, book, cd player), colors, there is / are, classroom imperatives (raise your hand, look at the board, stand up, be quiet). The ...
This worksheet offers practice for frequency adverbs, speaking activity using frequency adverbs and vocabulary expansion. - put the adverb in the right place - matching sentences and images - gram ...
Template so students can see correct way to write ABC's. When given as a handout the students can practice tracing these and then writing them on their own paper. My students found this really u ...
You will find this way of teaching kitchen related vocabulary very simple and attractive for your students. There is a picture dictionary with 40 kitchen utensils and appliances followed by a wor ...
This is a simple matching activity for revising the parts of the body. Recommended for elementary students who are asked to match the words given with the correct part of the body. The worksheet ...
This is a pretty easy word search puzzle for teaching Mother's Day related vocabulary. Recommended for elementary students who are asked to find the words in the puzzle. The answer key is included.
Reading comprehension test about a champion and focusing on simple present, this test may suit beginners. It includes a description of a famous sportsman and several activities dealing with compre ...
The worksheet presents the song What a wonderful world by Louis Armstrong. The students have to put 10 nouns from the song into the plural form and then listen to the song and fill in the blanks t ...
A twist on the traditional "Battleships" game using clothing vocabulary. Designed for a private class, but could be used with a bigger group. A fun way to revise/reinforce vocabulary. The second p ...
These riddles that can be used as homework to keep students' motivation between classes. It is perfect to teach vocabulary 'on demand' and also to make them think in English out of the classroom. ...
Take me to your heart by Michael Learns to Rock: This is a song activity which is mainly focused on SYNONYMS and ANTONYMS. It is used for developing students' listening skill. I made it for my ele ...
This worksheet can be used for introducing the phonics ch,sh and th that the students always confuse through visual aids. The wheels can also be used as a classroom display. The exercises include ...
It is an interesting text about castle ghosts! It is hardly surprising that many of Scotland's castles are associated with ghosts, apparitions and strange noises - they have histories in some case ...
Understanding a reading passage can be a laborious task for students living in a country where English is a foreign language. My students need to know plenty of words in order to comprehend the pa ...
This worksheet gives you some ideas what about to speak with your students on the topic of food. There are some interesting questions which will be interesting to discuss and to know an opinion of ...
Students roll the animal dice and add animals to their farms according to the pictures. If they get a "fox", the fox steals an animal from their farm and they have to put one back. Used this in a ...
A couple of exercises to learn to use; First, Then, Next and Finally. In the first exercise they have to complete the sentences with First, Then, Next and Finally. The second exercise they have to ...
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