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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A reading comprehension worksheet for ESL and EFL students suitable for pre-intermediate to intermediate levels, this test deals with travel experiences. The students are to answer some comprehens ...
The lesson consists of three traditional stages of the listening: pre-, while- and post-listening. Aim: the learners will be able to choose the appropriate words in the text, to understand the con ...
A simple word search for elementary students to reinforce previously taught Easter vocabulary. This word search can be used in the classroom or as a take home activity. Young learners will enjoy l ...
With this worksheet, young students will practice the spelling of numbers and colours while having fun completing and colouring. I'm using this worksheet with two groups of first graders who are j ...
Here are seven simple posters (A4) with classroom language. Each poster contains an image related to the phrase/question: How do you say ... in English?, What's the meaning of this?, How do you s ...
A vocabulary worksheet. There are some basic expressions connected with the topic Money. Students have to find the described word or expression. The worksheet is appropriate for intermediate, uppe ...
These simple and slightly monotonous exercises help beginner students to practice positive, negative and interrogative forms of construction "there is / are". However boring it might be, this type ...
You will find this way of teaching the months of the year very attractive and simple for your students. There is a picture dictionary followed by a pretty easy word search puzzle. The answer key ...
This worksheet is a kind of a lexical test to revise what students know about the superstitions in Russian culture. Students must fill in the gaps with the offered words and choose synonyms or ant ...
This is a set of high quality flashcards, which can also be used as classroom posters, for teaching or revising the weather related vocabulary: sunny, cloudy, stormy, windy, snowy, hot, cold, etc
This is a very attractive worksheet for teaching the weather. It includes a picture dictionary which can also be used as a study sheet followed by a word search puzzle. The worksheet is available ...
This worksheet is for students to practice countries and nationalities and remember some flags names. The students answer these simple questions: Is he/she from...?, Are you from...?, Are they fro ...
A rather funny reading worksheet for both ESL and EFL students. It focuses on the use and form of the second conditional through a series of comprehension, grammar, and pronunciation activities. T ...
This reading comprehension worksheet may be suitable for ESL or EFL learners with pre-intermediate to intermediate levels. It focuses mainly on simple past, used to for past habits, and relative p ...
The students have got 36 pictures of animals that they have to find in the word search. They can first write the names of the animals under the correct picture to check the spelling and then start ...
Elementary song (with video) worksheet for kids teaching vocabulary related to magic and fairies and definitely - Winx Club; includes fill-in-the-gaps activity, matching activity for teaching verb ...
This is a power point presentation to learn main cooking verbs, designed for those teachers who motivate their students taking cooking classes as part of daily teaching. I hope this will help col ...
The worksheet is about “Idiomatic Pairs of Words” such as: pros and cons, sick and tired, grin and bear it, take it or leave it, slowly but surely ,.. etc
There is an introductory exp ...
Let your students have fun before going on Easter holiday. Here is an easy crossword puzzle for them. Some clues are written in speech bubbles, others are given as pictures. When they complete the ...
The PowerPoint presentation focuses on the figures and events of American history depicted in the film "Forrest Gump". It helps EFL students to get the more profound understanding of the plot. The ...
Using the names of animals, complete the fill in the blanks exercise. When you fill in those words, an extra word will appear in the box. I hope you like it and find this worksheet interesti ...
It is a worksheet with different types of hair for boys and girls. It is used for describing people. You can write sentences using the information, such as:
She has got a pony tail.
He has got l ...
A WORD FORMATION worksheet containing basic rules about how to form nouns from adjectives by adding suffix -NESS to the adjective. There are four rules, some examples and a corresponding exercise. ...
Through this game students will revise food related vocabulary. How to play: - One student stands with back to this presentation. - The class gives the student clues to the vocabulary word on scr ...
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