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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A worksheet with 32 pictures & 32 words to learn/ revise vocabulary on health problems. The students have to match the pictures and the names and then write down the correct name under the cor ...
The following worksheet is to be used as a response and review of The Lorax. Using a combination of following directions, writing and drawing skills this worksheet focuses on the students' opinion ...
This is a worksheet on sports related vocabulary, which includes a picture dictionary and a wordsearch puzzle. Recommended for elementary students, it is available in 2 different sizes ( formats) ...
Here's a set of high quality flashcards. There are 30 different jobs and occupations presented by amazing illustrations of animals. Recommended for elementary students, these cards can be used to ...
This boardgame is designed for elementary students who are studying jobs and occupations related vocabulary. Students work in groups of 3-5 with dice and counters. When they land on a square they ...
Play it like any other board game. Fun way to review or teach parts of the body. Grammar review: articles, numbers, questions, verbs. How to play:
Throw the dice and lets say it lands on number ...
In this worksheet children will look and count the following fruit: apples, lemons, bananas, kiwis, pears and plums. If you like, you can let them colour these fruit according to what you say (ap ...
You can find some taboo words that you can use and play in your class. You can divide the class into two groups and one by one your students can come and try to explain the word on the TOP without ...
This is a worksheet containing 6 sets of sentences. Each set requires 1 phrasal verb with the particle out. It can be done as a warm-up or revision exercise or anything you want. At the end there ...
This vocabulary sheet is a good introduction to the topic of environment. It introduces students to the following vocabulary: deforestation, alternative energy, pesticides, global warming, endange ...
Different activities concerning health problems. There are 2 sets of sentences (1,2...). The 1st set is an odd one out activity and the 2nd a gap-filling to choose the right word. Then the student ...
This is a reading comprehension exercise consisting on filling 10 gaps all over the text. The words and 5 more distractors appear in the chart above the text. The text has been taken from a travel ...
We HAVE… WHO HAS… VOCABULARY GAME How to play the game: ● Distribute the cards randomly to your students. Some students may get more than one card. ● Select a student to ...
This worksheet contains a number of activities the topic of countries, nationalities and flags. It was originally created for Cypriot children who attend the second class of Gymnasium which is equ ...
It's an interesting reading activity about Mark Zuchenberg, the Facebook creator and his Time's nomination for the person of the year award. With comprehension activities such as pharse matching, ...
This is a game I made to practise clothes vocabulary with children from the ages of 7+. You can either use a normal dice, or have them spin a coin and move one for heads and two for tails if you w ...
Always a Bridesmaid is a low to intermediate beginner worksheet that highlights the use of pronoun it vs. the verb form it's. "This" and "that" are also used frequently within the dialogue and pro ...
This is a pretty easy multiple choice activity, suitable for elementary students, for teaching or revising jobs and occupations related vocabulary. Students are asked to look at the pictures and ...
This is a classroom poster which can also be used as a picture dictionary or a study sheet, on ailments, injuries and diseases: headache, toothache, flu, cut, bruise,etc Recommended for elementar ...
Here's a nice and fun poster featuring a famous text by Gary Provost, quoted in Roy Peter Clark’s (terrific) Writing Tools, about the melody of the English language. Please share it with you ...
Fill in the blanks in the lyrics. This song in one of the most famous Queen's songs, and my students really enjoy doing this kind of activities. This kind of activities are very useful for student ...
A follow-up activity to complete the series of 5 ws about different types of food. It's a multiple choice exercise with 30 pictures with three possible answer. The students have to decide which th ...
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