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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That's nice to check the level of your students. I used it as a competition for primary students. This exercise consists of the following sections:
1: vocabulary connected with classroom,
2: com ...
This is a 2-page worksheet for teaching or revising word formation. There are simple explanations followed by a simple activity in which students are asked to form new words using the suffixes a ...
In teams, students will play a board game. To win, they need to answer 10 questions correctly. They have some fake money. For every correct answer, they take one piece of money. When they see a pi ...
Reading Comprehension text about Egypt and history of the Pyramids. BUILT ABOUT 4500 years ago, the 80 or so pyramids in Egypt are the oldest human made structures in the world. Of these, the famo ...
This worksheet focuses on food (countable nouns or uncountable nouns), it has got 2 activities: look and match, write the words into the correct columns (singular and plural). I made this worksh ...
This is a Word document with elementary worksheet for 10 basic colours. There are 10 colour clouds and 10 words describing colours. Children's task is to match words with colour clouds. Designed f ...
This is a very simple multiple choice activity for teaching sports related vocabulary. Students are asked to look at the pictures and circle the correct option. The activity is available in both ...
This is a worksheet for teaching or revising hobbies and leisure activities related vocabulary. It includes a picture dictionary which can also be used as a study sheet followed by a wordsearch p ...
The ws consists of 27 pictures and two columns with words. The studnets have to join the words in both columns to form one-word compound words. Then they have to put the name under the correct pic ...
Funny caricature of a song on pop culture (especially pretentious young "gangsters") by Jon Lajoie eg. for cooler at the end of course. Lyrics can be looked up on the Internet (Google will help yo ...
Second grade CA state standard on which reference material to use. Introduce the various reference books. Students should then be able to answer the questions by understanding the purpose of each ...
This is a picture crossword for teaching vegetables related vocabulary. Students are asked to complete the crossword and then match the words with the pictures. The activity is available in both ...
This is a picture crossword for elementary students on fruit related vocabulary. Students are asked to complete the crossword and then match the words with the pictures. The activity is available ...
A worksheet for teaching some, any, much, many and food related vocabulary. Students are asked to match the pictures with the words in box and then classify the words, write sentences with a (n), ...
What have you got in your school bag? A pair work activity to practise "Have you got ..."? and short answers, "Yes, I have / No, I haven't", plus "How many ... have you got?". Then tell the cla ...
Hello!!!! Another Snakes and Ladders but this time to practice Past Continuous. Students have to finish the sentences using their creativity. Sometimes the beginnings of the sentences are given an ...
In this worksheet the student identify the different types of pollution, then identify their effects on people and on the environment. Then, answer the questions to small texts, each text dealing ...
This is a final test for pre-intermediate students. It's based on a reading comprehension text including the following exercises: answer the questions, complete with the words given, complete with ...
This is the first time I visit the site and the first time I upload a worksheet! I hope you enjoy it! This is the traditional Snakes and Ladders .....all the sentences are incorrect so the childre ...
This is a worksheet suitable for intermediate students on Environment related vocabulary. There are two activities in which students are asked to complete the sentences by using words related wit ...
A song worksheet by Justin Bieber entitled "Pray" suitable for different topics such as war, starvation, homelessness, and poverty around the world. pupils reorder the lines, fill in the gaps, and ...
This is a 2-page worksheet to introduce the main environmental problems. The first page is a picture dictionary which can also be used as a study sheet and the second page has a wordsearch puzzle ...
This is a sentence completion sheet for idioms with body parts. Students have to choose the right body part for each expression. It can be used after learning or revising body parts vocabulary. M ...
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