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 fun discussion worksheet on ultimate survival/traveling. Students imagine they are on a deserted island after a ship crash. They need to do a lot of things (like create a shelter, find d ...
I use these two short videos in my class about comics... Usually, I include crosswords to introduce the vocabulary, make them work on a text or interview about comics, and then I show them these t ...
The document contains 4 picture cards and 4 hobbies/interests cards for each of 4 subcultures (emos, goths, hippies, punks). This all should be cut and mixed up. Make sets of these items for every ...
This is a multiple choice activity for teaching or revising feelings and emotions related vocabulary. Students are asked to look at the picture and choose the correct option. The answer key is in ...
Interesting activities for advanced adult learners about a really typical and funny American festivity: the Groundhog Day. It contains listening, vocabulary and speaking activities. The listening ...
This is a classroom poster which can also be used as a picture dictionary or a study sheet for teaching feelings and emotions related vocabulary. The worksheet is suitable for elementary students.
This is fully animated spelling game with audio for very young students on cardinal numbers. Students are asked to listen to the word then click on the correct letters to spell the number correc ...
This worksheet is great fun when talking about your hobbies & interests. Students devide "The Pizza of Happiness" (or simply a circle) into pieces and write about important things in their lif ...
It is now the tradition in many American families to read or recite the poem "Twas the Night before Christmas" (1822) by Clement Moore every Christmas Eve. Let your students get into the Christmas ...
This is a video worksheet based on the Disney cartoon "Mickey's Once Upon A Christmas" (Part 3). The best activity to get into the Christmas spirit of gift giving! The story "Mickey and Minnie's G ...
This is a multiple choice quiz on the traditions of giving and receiving presents in different countries. It contains 8 questions with 4 possible answers to each (only 1 is correct!) Answers inclu ...
The worksheet contains the names of the main types of films, a picture example to each and 2 short activities: quessing the type of the film by description and matching types of films with some re ...
This is a worksheet for young learners. First, they have to complete the days of the week with their missing words. Next, they must draw what they do on the given days. They can share this informa ...
It's a kind of vocabulary exercise which can improve the foreign students' knowledge about political systems in the US & UK. There are some words provided in boxes above each part. The student ...
This worksheet helped me with a group of quiet students, I'm teaching English in Mexico and I have a hard time finding activities like this one so that's why I am sharing this with all of you, I h ...
This is a listening exercise to be used in a class about tourism, ecotourism, but also poverty, travelling, different cultures... I let my students watch each half of the video 2 or 3 times withou ...
This worksheet contains a fun activity for teaching kids to compare animals' weight. Students are asked to guess which side of the see-saw is lifted up. Each page has a question and answer with im ...
This is a fully animated PowerPoint presentation with audio for teaching sports related vocabulary. There is a vocabulary lesson followed by a multiple choice activity in which students are asked ...
The Proposal is a great movie starring Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds, then your students will have fun while they are trying to get some specific information from the film. This worksheet will ...
This worksheet is based on a photo article on http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/nyregion/27belongings.html. Students look at the pictures some immigrants have taken with them to NYC and try to gu ...
This worksheet is to be used after working with the two previuosly submitted ones. I started this lesson by brainstorming information about both singers. In this way, sts have the choice to partic ...
A simplified and blank family tree designed to teach students about family relationships such as Mother, Father, Uncle, Aunt, Son Daughter, Cousin, Grandmother, Grandfather, Granddaughter, Grandso ...
Students will follow directions to colour the 16 flags of the countries participating in the Euro Cup 2012. This worksheet goes with the one title "Euro 2012 Part B". This can be used as a reading ...
This simple but fun activity is to reinforce furniture vocabulary and prepositions of place. The children have to read the instructions and cut out and stick the furniture in the right place on th ...
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