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 2-page worksheet for teaching living room related vocabulary. It has a picture dictionary, which can also be used as a study sheet, followed by a simple matching activity to go with it. ...
Useful and enjoyable worksheet! Encourage your students to be architects! Get them drawing and painting a three-floor house, with all its parts (living room, dining room, kitchen, bathroom, bedroo ...
This exam includes three grammar exercises and one vocabulary exercise. Grammar exercises include: complete the sentences with the present simple, name each activity (daily routine) and describe y ...
Great for intermediate students! My intermediate students were practicing phrasal verbs and I incorporated them into the vocabulary and comprehension/discussion questions. Best to introduce the ...
Here is a list of words for kids, I think this is just an easy way for kids to learn more vocabulary, the process is simple: the kids only have to learn a word for each letter of the alphabet then ...
This worksheet is about occupation words. It is for young learner students and it is in fact a maze where your students will need to find a way out by connecting occupation words. I ho ...
This is a fun activity sheet for students to do before Christmas. 1. They decorate the Christmas tree with the Christmas related objects and color it. 2. They read and circle the true information ...
The 2nd ppt to revise vocabulary on hobbies. This time you've got 26 animated slides + 4 slides with extra activities to be done after watching both ppt. They're supposed to encourage students to ...
An adorable mini book for elementary students on Thanksgiving vocabulary: turkey, corn, pumpkin pie, harvest, pumpkin, cornucopia, Mayflower, native Americans, feast and pilgrims.
This is the 1st ppt with vocabulary about free time activites and hobbies. There are 26 animated slides with attractive clipart thanks to Philip Martin. There are extra activities to revise the vo ...
This is a two page worksheet for teaching or revising Thanksgiving related vocabulary. It includes a picture dictionary which can also be used as a study sheet followed by a pretty easy matching ...
This is a 2-page worksheet for teaching the different types of music: hip hop, classical, rap, opera, country, rock, pop, etc. It includes a picture dictionary followed by a wordsearch puzzle. Re ...
This is an easy lotto game that I play with my LD pupils. It is a fun and colourful way to learn new words. It is best to laminate the pages for continuous use. You show a card with a picture or a ...
Thanksgiving is a very important American festival. With this simple and nice 8-page booklet your learners can find out about the origin of Thanksgiving Day. (In the U.S.A., it is celebrated on th ...
A ppt to revise/learn vocabulary about school subjects. 22 animated slides + an extra activity, a speaking one to talk about school subjects. It's a good way to describe subject contents, likes an ...
A worksheet with 32 words about school objects and people. There are 32 pictures and 32 words that the students are asked to match and write the names under the correct picture. After doing the vo ...
A worksheet about colors for very young students from 5 to 7 years old. The children trace the words of the colors, then they must color the pictures as requested. The pictures have their own colo ...
An excellent way to get your pupils to use their imagination while developing the speaking skills. Students take turns rolling the dice and moving the counters around the board, they are asked to ...
I found this .ppt & edited it by adding more sports to it so you'll find more than 25 different type of sport. It will help your students recognize a wide range of sports with some questions a ...
The worksheet is a self-made pictionary of the most representative house furniture and equipment, divided into 4 sections: the kitchen, the living room, the bedroom and the bathroom. There are no ...
I used this with an English elementary class. Each student gets one card. They have to introduce themselves based on the given information. This could be a way of learning about nationality. You c ...
This is a good warm-up review game for getting-to-know-you questions. Cut the questions and answers apart. Give each student a slip of paper. Students walk around the room and read their questi ...
Short worksheet to develop the use of the structure: "I'm not allowed to...." Basically, this worksheet may be used with EFL students, as in my case. The topic of this handout can help you as teac ...
Oldie but Goldie! It's just an easy gap filling exercise. My students (kids, beginner's level) enjoyed the song (listening and singing along) and we revised subjects in English. Might be easier at ...
Elementary food worksheet. Two parts: pictionary with illustrations on each word and a Matching game; you have to match the illustration with the correct word. Chicken, Fish, vegetables, fruit, ic ...
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