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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Can be used as an introductory task for a class about cinema or before watching a movie. Work in pairs playing out a dialogue between a person who wants to go to the cinema and a cinema clerk. I ...
Students listen to the song: "Friends will be friends" and correct the lyrics. After that, they sing along and then discuss the importance of Friendship in groups. There is also an opportunity to ...
This worksheet consists of two exercises. In the 1st one the students have 18 sentences with blanks and verbs in brackets. They have to write the correct form of the noun. In the 2nd one they have ...
A big quiz about the UK, the USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. The questions are marked according to the difficulty level. The quiz is made as a multiple choice test. The questions are about ...
This is a 20 sentence worksheet for elementary students to test their understanding of the modals can (can't), have to (don't have to) in the context of sports. It has two simple exercises (10 sen ...
This is the song about Valentine's Day I came up with for my students. We normally sing it with the guitar accompaniment. I also recorded it so that other teachers can use it in class. You may dow ...
Students, divided into two teams, are supposed to choose a square, mark it with a cross or a nought, depending on their team, and make a sentence using the past modals and the verb given in order ...
Worksheet introducing the question How are you? and the words sad and happy. I use it with first and second grade. It´s a very easy worksheet where they can work the writting. then we have ...
This is a very beautiful song, originally composed by John Deacon for the film "Highlander", and sang by Freddy Mercury. I found a wonderful acoustic version sang by Stevie Ann, a Dutch singer. Th ...
This is a worksheet suitable for intermediate students on cinema related vocabulary. There are two activities in which students are asked to indicate which words / expressions from the list fit t ...
A game where students have to read out the beginnings of quotes about Valentine's Day/Love, and find the correct endings. e. g. 'Love...' - 'conquers all.' Virgil Works at all levels pre-int -> ...
The worksheet contains six famous quotes about money with illustrations. Give them out to the students to share their explanations or opinions as a warm-up activity for any topic connected with m ...
This is a basic transport vocabulary worksheet for beginners. All kinds of transports are illustrated with pictures, that can be cut and used as small flashcards for following vocabulary games.
This is a video worksheet on topic "Education in the UK". Your students don't know what a boarding school/ a core subject/ a national exam/ a vocational training / a tuition is? Show them the vid ...
A great video about the ways humans interact with animals. The worksheet contains discussion questions based on the information from the video. [starting 1:14 min]
Hi everybody! I teach six and seven year old kids. I had to teach them the alphabet so I did this worsksheet for them. They liked it. It's very useful. You can practice colors, animals too. Hope ...
This worksheet works on students' vocabulary about Carnival. Students are supposedd to complete the text with the missing words. teacher can translate the words that are missing and let students g ...
Apple tree bingo card is designed for kids. An apple contains a letter (or a word) just like a square of traditional bingo card. A tree has a lot of apples. It's friendly to young students. My kid ...
It is a worksheet for beginner or elementary students. It is about programmes on TV and the uses of the present simple tense. There is also an exercise on adverbs of frequency. You can also find a ...
This video activity brings some comprehension questions and vocabulary practice regarding phenomena. It's been created to be used when teaching about mysteries, phenomena, monsters, etc. It is sui ...
A jobs pictionary exercise followed up by additional exercises reinforcing the new vocabulary i.e. matching the definition with the correct name of the occupation. I designed it especially for you ...
In this worksheet our students have to read an interview. Once they have read it, they have to answer to the interviewer's last question. Once this is done they read the text again and decide whet ...
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