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 word search puzzle to practise vocabulary connected with furniture, appliances and utensils that can be found in the kitchen. Students are asked to find the words in the grid and then ma ...
Very simple shapes' bingo aimed to preschool and elementary sts. Ask you sts to paint the shapes and then use the colors and shapes to play.. You may create your own cards or cut down one of the b ...
This is a quick time-filler to review the Imperative. Students advance on the board, when they land on a square they must answer the question" What did she say?" using the imperative. Recommended ...
This is a Pre-Intermediate/Intermediate word search puzzle for teaching and revision of the prefixes used to form a negative form of an adjective. List of words used in this word search: IMPOLITE ...
The idea for this worksheet has been taken from Top Gear Magazine. The worksheet presents a real-life full-colour advertisement of the new car from the magazine and 4 questions with multiple answe ...
There are 3 different types of exercises the first grammar one aiming at the present and past form of to be,another that checks the listening skill by using homonyms columns working on word order ...
A set of Flashcards which can also be used as classroom posters, for presenting the months of the year. A fun way to teach this important topic to lower-level students.
This is a worksheet to learn some vocabulary related to the environmental problems the Planet Earth is facing. There is a picture dictionary followed by a word search puzzle. Recommended for Int ...
A colourful birthday chart to use in class to remind the students’ birthdays, which can also be used to teach the months of the year, numbers and dates. Activity suggestion: 1. Give a copy ...
Read a text about Lala. She is a penguin. She likes her family, fish and shopping. This reading and exercise will help to improve Ss' pronunciation, spelling, reading and writing. Also they can co ...
With this worksheet students learn the difference between a.m. and p.m, then they learn to tell the time, and practice it through 2 different tasks. It can also be used as a classroom poster. Re ...
This worksheet is an insight into formal office setting conversations with examples and many useful sentences. It is for all the users and very useful for the non-English speaking students. It con ...
This Power point lesson contains pictures of jobs and words of personal pronouns. Students, when looking at the pictures, will say the name of the jobs. Then, they make sentences with the suggesti ...
A categorised index of 495 story elements including: settings, characters, situations, objects, and times. Ideal for prompting writing exercises and class discussions. Can easily be used section ...
Intermediate worksheet on the topic of mass media. I created it for 13 to 15 year olds. Hope you will like it. List of words used in this word search: TALK, BROADCAST, MOBILE, RADIO, NEWSPAPERS, ...
Here's another nice worksheet with pictures. It will help you to monitor your students' knowledge on the topic VEGETABLES. The task is easy - your learners will need to read the descriptions and c ...
It's a nice worksheet with pictures.It will help you to monitor your students' knowledge on the topic FRUIT. The task is easy - to read the descriptions and to colour the pictures. Children will r ...
It's a nice worksheet with pictures. It will help you to monitor your students' knowledge on the topics CLOTHES and COLOURS. The task is easy - to read the descriptions and to colour the pictures. ...
Howdy people In this simple worksheet you will find a good way to review body parts taking into account a fictional manga character who is well known by kids nowadays.. That's why I think it is an ...
Students can learn about different kinds of musical instruments, can work in pairs miming playing a musical instrument, asking each other using present simple. they will need to look at the chart ...
The aims of the powerpoint: to practise the vocabulary, the prepositions of place, to describe a town and there is there are stucture. Students will need to match the pictures to the words, tick t ...
It's a nice worksheet with pictures.It will help you to monitor your students' knowledge on the topic ANIMALS. The task is easy - to read the descriptions and to colour the pictures.Children will ...
This is a pair work matching game dealing with clothes, footwear and accessories. There are 32 picture cards and 32 word cards; the aim of the game is to match the words and pictures. Teachers&rs ...
Board game with sentences on each square that the students have to re-say in the third conditional form. Good for revision or to reinforce the form after introduction to the grammar. Better with s ...
This wordsearch is a useful game to revise some vocabulary about the environment and natural dissasters. List of words used in this word search: RECYCLE, POLLUTION, WASTE, RAINFORESTS, THUNDERSTO ...
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