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 colorful boardgame which is aimed to review some important grammar topics: verb tenses, reported speech, degrees of comparison, plural nouns, some / any, adverbs, modal verbs, etc. Suit ...
Pupils are expected to be able to tell time by drawing the hands of a clock. There are two activities in this worksheet. The first one is drawing hands of a clock while the time is given and the s ...
Pupils are expected to be able to read calendar. There are three main activities in this worksheet, which are answering questions based on a Calendar, fill in the blanks using preposition in and o ...
This is worksheet on word formation. It is a writing activity. Students work on their own or discuss it in pairs. SS should rewrite the word in brackets by adding prefixes or suffixes so that it f ...
This is a reading activity which is aimed to introduce personality adjectives. Students are asked to make a list of all adjectives in the text, dividing them into two lists: positive and negative ...
Comparing of the main points of educational system of GB and USA. This worksheet consists of several texts (with tasks) about British schools, stages of education and an example composition "A typ ...
The file includes an article to work on reading comprehension and oral skill (int./ upper int. students) and some excercises on the song itself to work on students' oral and listening comprehensio ...
In this exercise pupils have to unscramble the words and then they have to solve the secret message using the code. Pupils can practise vocabulary about food and drinks and the structures "Do you ...
This weekdays worksheet contains all necessary activities for consolidation. It is useful for spelling, spekaing, writing, and after having done this ws students will be able to talk freely on thi ...
A lovely and colourful cut and paste activity on weather vocabulary for beginners. Students are asked to cut the words and paste them under the corresponding picture. This is a pdf document availa ...
This is a worksheet to practise the Alphabet.The students are supposed to look at the picture, take the first letter hint and find the word in the wordsearch. For more worksheets you can visit my ...
The set of exercises may be helpful for activating the new vocabulary on the topic "House. Rooms. Things to do at home." You may choose matching activity, filling in the table, completing the sen ...
Synonyms - Antonyms Worksheet for elementary students. This worksheet has both synonyms and antonyms test with multiple choice questions. The purpose of this test is to check for students' un ...
This a colourful boardgame, suitable for elementary students, for teaching cardinal numbers from 1 to 100. It is played in groups or pairs with dice and counters. When students land on a square t ...
Four funny and useful worksheets! Prepare for the activities by discussing the symbolism of eggs at Easter. Your students can use these decorated eggs as Easter presents, to decorate the Easter tr ...
Two funny and useful worksheets! Children practise co-ordination and kin-aesthetic skills through art and crafts activities. Help them to express themselves creatively by making Christmas decoract ...
Two useful and funny worksheets! Use Halloween as an opportunity to make masks and costumes which the children can use to disguise themselves as monsters or other creatures. This is a great way to ...
Useful and funny worksheet! Stimulate your students' creativity and imagination by making a colourful Saint Valentine's Day patchwork poster. Keep up the tradition of Saint Valentine's Day by maki ...
This is a listening activity for high school aged EFL students. There are fill-in-the-blank, word classfication, matching, comprehension check, and discussion activites. Music video by Miley Cyru ...
Useful and funny worksheet! Talking about the seasons, days of the week, cardinal numbers, temperature and weather. Make this colourful class calendar, children can use it to repeat the date and w ...
This is a picture crossword suitable for elementary students, for teaching or revising Autumn related vocabulary. Students are asked to complete the crossword with the words given, match them wit ...
This is a board made to play scrabble. Enjoy. You can use it in all levels to review vocabulary or just have fun. This link gives you different fonts for the tiles. http://www.fontspace.com/catego ...
This worksheet is called 'Number Words to Spell' and it is also available for free at http://www.lauracandler.com/. This compact one-pager conveniently lists all numerals 1-20, 30-100, as well as ...
This printout is called 'Back to School Materials: Student Snapshot' and is also available for free at http://www.lauracandler.com/ - do not hesitate to check it out for more teaching ideas, works ...
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