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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Songs are a great opportunity of grasping everyday english and expressions we hardly ever find in books. In this worksheet, students complete the lyrics of the song by both choosing the correct ph ...
It's a collection of useful vocabulary items necessary to describe people's physical appearance. It can be used in compositions or speaking activities. I usually give out a photocopy and explain t ...
The worksheet presents the song by Louis Armstrong "What a Wonderful World" with blanks which the students have to fill in with the words connected with colours. The words to fill in are provided ...
Hi everyone! This is a fun worksheet to use at the end of your lesson or to practice the future. First teach the pupils the rules. The pupils receive a worksheet. There they can find plans of dif ...
The tasks help students to revise word building (forming adjectives from nouns; making adjectives with prefixes im-, in-, il-, dis-; making adjectives adding ed/ing, describing things and people ...
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Reading activtiy about what students do before, at and after school. They cut and glue the pictures to complete the text about a student' s day. Finally, they read the text again ans answer questi ...
By introducing this worksheet into your classes, students will have fun learning natural disasters related vocabulary. There is a picture dictionary followed by a matching activity.
This is a fully animated PowerPoint presentation with audio for revising spring related vocabulary. There is a vocabulary lesson followed by a multiple choice activity.
Find the difference in the two pictures of Frosty, the snowman, taken this winter. Complete the sentences with the given vocabulary. Students read the statement, find the corresponding information ...
This activity contains fill in the gaps exercises, identify the mistake in the sentence, organize the sentence. It's fun and very easy to understand! You can use it for beginner level students.
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I used this worksheet for my intermediate students. Before watching the video (Partly Cloudy, a Pixar CGI animated short film directed by Peter Sohn) the students get acquainted with the main hero ...
Contains most of the target language and some photos for better visualization. At the end students have to describe famous people. Feel free to change the photos of celebrities (e.g. to ones famou ...
It is a simple worksheet to work simple present tense writing about personal facts. You can find different types of activities to practise the verbal tense. Moreover, you will find a reading compr ...
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Some activities based on the film Patch Adams for Pre-Intermediate and Intermediate students. Activities include ordering the events in the film, some comprehension questions and adjectives for de ...
The worksheet consists of 3 tasks: filling in the gaps, correcting the mistakes in lyrics and putting the lines in correct order. I would also recommend translating the lyrics with the students in ...
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Since we're commemorating the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, I thought it would be interesting to talk about the real events, (using worksheets found here!) and as a warmer, I de ...
With adults or young adults in mind, this sheet is a selection of questions that English speakers will often ask or be asked on first introductions. This could act as a prompt for a role play or ...
It is a matching activity to teach natural disasters. Students will learn the kinds of natural disasters via pictures. It is suitable for elementary and pre intermediate students. You can ask ques ...
This is a intermediate/upper intermediate reading on the RCMP from the Encylopedia of Canada website. Questions after different sections for comprehension and images to keep the interest. Possibl ...
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