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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Enjoy a good movie with your students which is not the typical horror movie. The story behind is quite complex and intriguing. Here you get some activites to be done after watching the movie. Plea ...
An interesting way of telling your intermediate students the story of Halloween. The exercise works related vocabulary, listening and speaking skills. You may also take the opportunity to work the ...
A blank wanted poster worksheet to allow students to be creative in making their own poster. The students should draw a person and then make 7 sentences to describe that person. The teacher can a ...
A worksheet for students to describe a person using colour and body parts vocabulary. This version allows the students to describe the provided picture with "He has..." Apologies for the poor ...
Perfect to use when teaching the five senses, this worksheet allows students to choose which of the 4 tastes (salty, sweet, sour or bitter) is their favorite. It then asks the students to think re ...
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Used in conjunction with the My Favorite Taste worksheet (also available in my worksheets), this is a great two part activity. Use Taste Match! to introduce different foods and their associated fl ...
There are 3 activities to revise places in the city. There are sixteen different shops to find.
1-Read the shops and match them with the pictures
2-Find the shops in the wordsearch
3-Read the s ...
This is the second worksheet about the American national symbols. There is a text and two exercises - true or false and answer the questions. The question to describe your students' national flag ...
There are 4 different activities to revise the time.
1-look at the watches and write the time
2-read the time and draw the hands
3-look at the watches and choose the right option (two options) ...
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The buildings which you can find in the city. On the task sheet there are words, and the letters are mixed. The learners' task is to put the letters into the right order. It is good for revising t ...
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1-complete the words under the toys and find them in the wordsearch
2- look at the box and write the toys you find in it
3- r ...
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This is a beautiful song by the great singer-songwiter Tracy Chapman. It´s a love song. It can be used to practise first conditional sentences, especially when they are used to make promises.
There are 3 activities for little kids, they will revise coulours and clothes.
1-Complete the words that are under the pictures.
2- Find the words in the wordsearch
3- Read the descriptions of ...
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