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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The following worksheet presents the history of Uncle Sam as one of the American national symbols". After the text there are three exercises - true or false, comprehension questions and writing ( ...
The worksheet aims to help students understand the usage of personal pronouns and how to answer a question starting 'whose'. It also gives opportunity to revise colors and clothes. As it has color ...
There are six Vegetable Bingo Cards. A teacher names vegetables. Students cross the picture of the word they hear. If a student has a line vertically or horizontally, S/he says bingo. It's a sim ...
Here's a simple word search puzzle full of vocabulary about travelling by sea, hope you'll find it useful! List of words used in this word search: SAIL, NAVY, STEWARD, OVERHEAD, EMBARK, STATEROOM ...
Here's a PowerPoint presentation on days of the week. This presentation can be used with teenagers or adults. At the end of the lesson students will be able to say all the days of the week and als ...
This worksheet, suitable for intermediate students, was designed to consolidate students' knowledge concerning conditionals and environment related vocabulary. Students are asked to complet ...
The song is based on the idea of the hero. We can have more types of exercises with this, including what is the idea of the perfect boy... it includes a pre- talk about the features that are neede ...
An MTV Cribs episode where Teen stars Soulja Boy Tell 'Em, Lil Mama and Mark Indelicato take you through their Los Angeles and New York apartments. This worksheet includes listening comprehension ...
This material is aimed at elementary and pre-intermediate learners of English. There are two tasks - to say whether the statements are true or false, and to answer the questions (using the Presen ...
This wordsearch puzzle worksheets will help the students to learn new weather words. Enjoy! List of words used in this word search: MISERABLE, NICE, HUMID, TERRIBLE, WET, HOT, LOVELY, SNOWY, ICY, ...
A simple colour vocabulary chart and different icons to descibe colours, using 'it is blue...' or full sentences (The cat is black). Includes basic colours, a mention of light and dark, also beige ...
Reading comprehension based on true advert about the best job in the wolrd. ”. The position is for a caretaker to live on and look after a tropical island in Great Barrier Reef. There's also ...
This game is excellent speaking and listening practice for beginning students of all ages. Students should have been introduced to numbers from 1-20 and multiples of 10 up to 90. Students should ...
This worksheet helps to check reading comprehension and recognizing nouns. The topic is "My Birthday". The main idea is to use this worksheet after you have introduced the nouns. Students hav ...
This worksheet consists of three pages. The first gives a run down of the third conditional form and why we use it. The second contains a story in which our hero has a really bad day. The third ...
This is a worksheet about geeks and their ability/inability to make friends. It is based on part of an episode of the TV series The Big Bang Theory. The worksheet includes the links to said part o ...
You go through the list with the students all the while you give examples of how to describe words in the different categories. While the students are doing the exercise at the bottom of the work ...
Here's a colourful boardgame on animals vocabulary, to encourage elementary students to start making sentences. It's played with dice and counter, where students land on a square they must make a ...
This worksheet is very useful for speaking and debating, especially in pairs, because students will express their attitude towards different things. If the teacher gives instructions to respect ea ...
This is a 2-page worksheet to practise the Feelings. The first page is a poster which can be extended to a speaking activity where the students have a look at the pictures and describe the situati ...
Get ready for the most terrifying and sweetest Halloween's party ever! Let your students enjoy this special meals... Really funny! All the recipes are easy to do, even at class (for example, spid ...
Crosswords are an excellent way to improve your vocabulary. They help you remember words that you have already learned, and can even help you learn new words. This beginner crossword is all about ...
This worksheet concentrates on weather idioms. You can use it as a test or an exercise. As an additional exercise students may write a story using the idioms or provide an explanation for the idio ...
Elementary worksheet consisting of 21 riddles. Students or teams of students read the riddles to each other and the other team has to guess. Focuses on reading aloud, pronunciation, listening, lis ...
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