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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Students have match the picture with the wedding vocab. Then discuss their own weddings. It worked really well with a group of Saudi housewives. We also watched the wedding of Charles and Diana. S ...
Good idea for shopping trip. Also good for new students to help them navigate around a new town and get to know it. Students have a list of objects e.g. a pair of glasses. Students have to write t ...
These past days we have heard and seen on the news about SOPA. This worksheet will help you to have a debate with your students about this issue and see the importance of the internet. You can als ...
This is a great activity to be used on the first days at school. It shows the importance of having a friend and what we are willing to do to work things out. There are also warm up questions about ...
This worksheet is based on the TV show Glee. Before watching the episode you should warm them up a little bit asking questions about the glee club and what they think about singing. Afterwards ask ...
This speaking board game is very simple. Students have to throw the dice and move from square to square until they reach the "finish" square. They will be able to speak a lot, and their partners ...
-Students will learn the names of the members of the family with a very famous cartoon family: The Simpsons. -They will practise the quantifiers: how much/ how many. -There are some questions in ...
In this worksheet, sts. will have to Listen and fill in the blank spaces provided. The text is an elementary biography of Lady Gaga, teachers can invent the words or just google the text. First of ...
It's a great back to school activity that you can also use as an ice-breaker. Encourage students to communicate in the past, present and future tenses. Materials required - some pictures the stud ...
Can you describe yourself? Can you describe your best friend or your neighbor? What qualities do you appreciate? Oh, you don't know how to say it in English....such a pity. Then do the task in thi ...
After having studied the parts of the human body, the material should be checked. This is a helpful worksheet that allows to check up the pupils' knowledge about the body parts. The pupils should ...
This is a good powerpoint to improve your classes when you will teach numbers and colors to children. My students really like this because you need to use the computer instead of the whiteboard. ...
This is a picture crossword for teaching or revising the most common action verbs. Students are asked to complete the crossword with the verbs given and then match them with the pictures. The ans ...
This is a simple role play activity designed to get students to request and enquire basic information over the phone. They must spell and write down some basic information, but also practice polit ...
Students use a thesaurus to find synonyms for twelve adjectives provided. Students then use five of the synonyms to write a story or sentences. Students may use a print thesaurus such as Roget's T ...
Quick reference guide to help beginners use English to help themselves. This is to educate students to use command sentences/words to avoid translations. Includes: How do you say....? Can you repe ...
I saw a similar worksheet on the site, and I had an idea: this time the Simpsons are at home, doing their activities. Students can practice the present progressive and some home vocabulary items, ...
I've benefited from this website a great deal and I want to thank you all for posting such brilliant materials all the time. I'd like to contribute a bit so I am sharing a very funny interview of ...
This is a great worksheet to do with kids/teenagers. I had them read the Grimm Brothers version of Cinderella, Watch the chapter of Cinderella in Once Upon a Time (depending on the age you can hav ...
Using this worksheet you can teach your students the colours and some new words. What you can do is tell them the name of the object and its colour (in sentences such: "This is a/an (object). The ...
It's again a kind of a picture dictionary but presented as a PowerPoint presentation. It has two sections: the early devices section and the modern devices section. It presents technological inve ...
The PowerPoint presentation consists of pictures. There you can find the names of different groups of animals such as; flocks, herds and the others. It suits best to the elementary learners as wel ...
This song by Nina Simone has been designed in order to practice the parts of the body. I used it with pre-intermediate students after a review of this kind of vocabulary to get the pupils be used ...
A blank snakes and ladders game-board. You can print it out and use it for any grammar game/vocabulary game you want. or laminate it - the kids could write on it with non-permanent markers :) if ...
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