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.
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This is a worksheet for teaching or revising food related vocabulary. It includes a picture dictionary which can also be used as a study sheet and a simple matching activity to go with it.
This is a 2-page worksheet, for elementary students on days of the week. There is a picture dictionary followed by an easy wordsearch puzzle. The worksheet is available in both colour and black a ...
I devised this song worksheet for a 14-year-olds class, and they loved it! I have used a song that they're listening to all the time, so it's very motivating. At the same time, it includes a fair ...
How to introduce the past continuous to your students? Here is a MP3 file and the worksheets that go with it. It's a complete lesson. Your student will hear a text, will discuss it, will add deta ...
This is a 2-page worksheet for teaching fruits and vegetables related vocabulary. It includes a picture dictionary followed by a wordsearch puzzle. The worksheet is available in 2 different sizes ...
This is a very simple worksheet for teaching or revising parts of the body. Recommended for elementary students who are asked to draw a line from the word given to the picture
This is matching activity for teaching or revising furniture related vocabulary. Recommended for elementary students who are asked to put the words given in the right compartment of the house.
It's an interesting dialogue in a form of an interview taken at the market in one of Asian countries. It also includes some tasks for reading comprehension and a multiple choice vocabulary activi ...
A legendary song by The Queen, which was requested by my students - proves to be still interesting to the teenagers. presented as a gap filling exercise. Abundant in adjectives, Future Simple form ...
1. Give out the worksheets to the students. 2. Listen to the song and fill in the gaps in the lyrics. 3. Check the answers. This is a very nice version of the song and both children and adults li ...
The article presents the nutrition problem that many children and teenagers face, it helps students understand how to eat more healthily. It contains vocabulary connected with food, food preparati ...
There are 5 different tasks for the pupils concerning means of transport.. Task 1: match the pictures with the words. Task 2 classify the means of transport according to the places. Task 3: odd on ...
It is a worksheet about animals and the use of the present simple tense. In the first exercise, students have to find 9 animals in a wordsearch. The second exercise is linked to the first one sinc ...
This worksheet is for pair work. It can be used for introducing or training headline vocabulary. 1. Divide the class into pairs. 2. Give out a set of cards (Card A and Card B) to each pair. 3. Exp ...
Use the pictures as visual prompts to encourage to students to describe houses and different landscapes. For pre-intermediate or intermediate students, encourage them to discuss the advantages and ...
This is a great worksheet to show your students about the wild life. You can also work with adjectives and words that we can find in the forest. It's awesome to work with kids. They love it! And i ...
This is a worksheet, suitable for elementary students, for teaching toys related vocabulary. Students are asked to study the words, find them on the wordsearch puzzle and finally match the words ...
This is a realia quiz testing geography, politics, literature, history etc. of the USA. Cut up the 2 sheets according to lines; the students should join the matching pairs. Adjust t ...
This worksheet can be used after studying Gerunds and Infinitives as a summing up activity. 1. Ask the students to fill in the gaps in the song with the approprate verbal (Gerund or Infinitive) 2. ...
It's a multiple choice activity useful once students are familiar with different words expressing feelings (uncomfortable, indifferent etc). It contains 8 idiomatic expressions like 'getting cold ...
Matching vocabulary of cooking verbs and their definitions. Then instructions on how to make a microwave cake that students have to put in right order. Worked really well with a group of Saudi hou ...
A simple while-watching activity for pre-intermediate teens (12-13) to go with a video from You Tube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckIHRT-SkIs Students are asked to take notes labeling parts of t ...
This worksheet will help you to teach fans of Jennifer Aniston Present and Past Simple easily!!! My task contains sentences you need to put in the correct tense. Fun saying of Jenifer will surely ...
Used to teach children as best as you can. Previous word search have functioned really well to me, but I would like to share this one with you all. List of words used in this word search: PELVIS, ...
For young learners, the students must identify the correct word and then re-write it. Includes simple vocabulary - doll, teddy bear, car, paint, ball, duck and cow. Can be used for revision or for ...
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