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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This is a set of cards / flashcards to teach or revise the most common phrasal verbs with in: break in, cash in, drop in, fill in, get in, chip in, give in, hand in, etc. Recommended for intermed ...
This is a worksheet designed to help intermediate students build their knowledge of phrasal verbs. The first page is basically just a vocabulary sheet listing the most common phrasal verbs with i ...
Here is a simple and enjoyable writing activity for the younger students on personal identification. The activity is pretty easy, students are asked to write a small composition using the informa ...
This is a printer-friendly worksheet to teach or revise some of the most common verbs used in classroom: teach, learn, read, think, know, write, experiment, explain, paint, draw, listen, etc. It ...
Here is a set of high quality flashcards to teach countries and nationalities. You can also play wonderful games with these cards such as memory games, slap game, go fish, etc. Recommended for el ...
This is a simple but effective worksheet to teach or revise countries and nationalities related vocabulary. The first page is a vocabulary sheet and the second page has 2 exercises in which stude ...
Here's an easy crossword worksheet on vocabulary about family members. It contains nice (and funny!) images and simple vocabulary suitable for beginner and low elementary learners. Hope you l ...
Writing: descriptions (places, people, clothes, animals...). Adjective order; opinion, size, age, shape, colour, origin, material, purpose, noun. Exercise: put the words in order. Parts of descrip ...
I used this worksheet with my Elementary adult students and they really enjoyed it. This episode is the one with Brad Pitt, and Thanksgiving dinner. There are so many things to exploit, phrases, e ...
This 16-page book was kindly provided by Suffolk Transportation Service, Inc, and is also available on their website for free download. It deals with the topics of transportation and safety (can b ...
It is a good icebreaker that can be also used for reviewing the clothing topic. It is not only about vocabulary but students can do real household chores in the classroom. However, teacher should ...
An easy worksheet about clothes and clothes descriptions: colours, position of colour adjectives before the noun. Hope you find it useful your your English lessons!
This is a worksheet for elementary students, which is aimed to practice the verb there is/are, school rooms and school subjects vocabulary. It has 3 different exercises in which students are asked ...
The worksheet is created to help students introduce themselves. The template contains such items as name, age, address, family, job, hobby and interests. A student is supposed to fill in personal ...
The worksheet can be used to review the use of the Past Simple Tense. Students, working in pairs or in groups, are supposed to complete the story in the Past Simple Tense using the pictures. One m ...
The game "Who wants to be a millionaire" can be used to revise various topics, e.g. holidays, sport, education, etc. One or two students in turns are supposed to answer 15 questions on a particula ...
Leisure activities and Hobbies board game to go with the worksheet on the topic which can be found here. Students advance on the board with dice. They are asked to make a sentence using the pictu ...
This is a worksheet to consolidate the vocabulary learnt on the topic of leisure activities and hobbies. The front page is basically just a vocabulary sheet and the second page has 2 different ex ...
2 pages filled with activities about school rooms and school subjects. Students are asked to match the school subjects in the box with the pictures, label the school rooms and find eight more in ...
A 20 mark contextual quiz which will ascertain whether or not student have read the text. This can be used at the start of teaching the novel or at the end as a tool for summarising basic facts ab ...
A good warm up activity / set induction for War or Social Issues themed lessons. Words omitted from the lyric are vocabulary that can be related to the theme. Link to the video is below. Can use o ...
This picture crossword focuses on past simple tense, irregular verbs, and it´s pretty easy to do. Students are asked to look at the pictures and complete the crossword with the simple past ...
This is a set of speaking cards to practise language functions: greeting, making requests, making suggestions, asking for personal information, etc. Students are asked to look at the cards and gu ...
This information gap worksheet can be used to practice in pairs (or mingle) asking and giving personal information, as well as revising the alphabet and the numbers. It would be useful to go throu ...
“ Susan in her Bedroom” is a simple worksheet for teaching prepositions and bedroom related furniture.
Students are asked to describe the room in the picture using prepositions.
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