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 a printable version of the old favorite Monopoly game, for those of us who might have no access to a Monopoly game otherwise. 2-6 players. Monopoly is a fun game for practicing communicati ...
This is good for an intro to the Present Simple forms (+ve, -ve and ?). First, I have the flags of the countries printed individually and pasted on the walls of the classroom so students can get i ...
These are 16 photo flashcards of common vegetables. They can be used for vocabulary building and review. They are; onion, green pepper, tomato, lettuce, mushroom, brocolli, potato, carrot, pumpkin ...
This is a picture dictionary followed by a wordsearch puzzle for teaching or revising clothes and footwear related vocabulary. The worksheet is available in both colour and black and white version.
This worksheet consists of 32 sentences to practise word formation. In the first exercise te students have to fill in the blanks with the correct adjective from the noun in brackets. In exercise t ...
Do you know why Olympic track star Gail Devers had many obstacles to overcome before reaching her dream? Why did they call Gail a sprinter? Sprinting means to run very short races, that is what G ...
The aim of the worksheet is to practise expressing future and suggestions. You can practise going to, present continuous, shall and expression like let's or what about...... This worksheet was pre ...
It's an activity about "crime vocabulary". It can be used with pre-intermediate or intermediate students. There are two activities: One matching and one about nouns, verbs and adjectives. The teac ...
It's a description of Sacagawea. You can use it in a history lesson or in a play. I'm going to use it in a recital where students pretend to be at a museum, not as visitors, but like in the movie ...
These alphabet flashcards can help students learn & review the 26 letters of the alphabet along with pronunciation. There are three sample words for each letter, so pronunciation can be practi ...
My students asked me to pay tribute to Whitney Houston, so I decided to make this exercise. Besides the tribute you can also link it to future tenses. Giving extra emphasis on the I will part... a ...
How dou you feel? Play a board game to practice feelings. The students can use a dice or a coin to play the game. It is a really good and fun activity to practice body language, pronounciation and ...
Match-up worksheet with key - dog idioms. If your students are interested in idioms (and are dog people;) ) this worksheet can be a good idea ;). A very nice exercise for pre-intermediate or int ...
I use a lot of music in the classroom, especially with teens, and this was a song my students requested. This is a very simple worksheet which revises regular and irregular verbs in the past simpl ...
A colourful PowerPoint presentation that illustrates dishes that commonly appear on English menus, followed by dialogues between customers and waiter. After this we have a section on problems/comp ...
This is a reading activity about interesting journeys. The texts are very interesting and at the beginning they have to talk about the pictures they have work in pairs and describe the pictures. ...
This worksheet provides with different exercises: before watching the film [/i]Casper (by Brad Silberling, 1995) the students get acquainted with the cast and main heroes with the help of Pre-view ...
It's a good way to review family vocabulary, simple present, possessives and adjectives related to personality. First you let students explore the picture to find out the relationship between the ...
This is a classroom poster which can also be used as a picture dictionary or a study sheet for teaching or revising clothes related vocabulary. The poster is available in both colour and black an ...
The worksheet contains the most popular Winter Olympic sports names, pictures and descriptions for them. The can be cut and used in different "Explain it!" or "Show it!" games. Your students will ...
This is a simple multiple choice activity for teaching clothes related vocabulary. Recommended for elementary students. The worksheet is available in both colour and black and white version and ...
This handout can help you/your Ss to learn new vocabulary and start heated discussion in the class on the topic Bribery and Corruption. It focuses on language in use and vocab as well as speaking ...
The set of flashcards to practice your students vocabulary on POST OFFICE vocabulary: post office, postman, letter, letterbox, envelope, post card, to write, to post, to read. The format id doc. ...
This worksheet is for primary students of ages from 7-10. it is very suitable to work on the comprehension and understanding of feelings through pictures and afterwards the students' own oral and ...
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