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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With this game students will practise Past simple tense while playing! Every square provides a question. Every time a correct answer is given, the game can be used as a communicative activity wh ...
This is a colourful days of the week poster. It is useful to have in the classroom to recall the days of the week each lesson. There is also a small train included which can be used as a classro ...
This board game generates conversation about recycling, and also has students thinking about related vocabulary. Is a very useful followup to any recycling focused lesson. Includes giving synonyms ...
This board game focuses on wh-questions and short answers, which are a difficult aspect of English language. Students´ task is to, turn the statements into questions, asking about the under ...
The task of this worksheet is to number the boxes with the names of the parts of the body. This exercise will help your students to revise parts of the body. The picture contains various body par ...
This is a set of 20 cards / flashcards with animals vocabulary for very young students. This set can be used to teach new words or playing games. Vocabulary included: octopus, rabbit, elephant, ...
Colours bookmarks to help your students memorize the new vocabulary. Laminate for long-lasting use, cut them out and give to your students as a present. Recommended for beginners or elementary st ...
This is a simple game for young learners to practice the names of some animals. Students name the animal according to the picture in the square that they land on. Recommended for elementary stud ...
This simple worksheet (black-and-white) will help to revise vocabulary: animals, numbers and also plural. I recommend it for elementary students (especially for kids). Numbers: from 1 to 7. Animal ...
Board game for practicing make or do by saying the sentence in each square and replacing the / (slash) with the correct word. Useful speaking practice and helps to reinforce the differences betwee ...
This is an adaptation of the famous tv show "Pasapalabra". It has been prepared to divide the class into 3 groups. The teacher reads the definition of a word starting with each letter of the alpha ...
A set of exercises for there is there are. it includes such lexical topics as My room/food/zoo and animals. Suppoosed to be used by students of elementary and preintermediate The positive, negati ...
Here's the second worksheet of the set. This one is about sea transportation. It includes a picture dictionary and a word search puzzle. Students are asked to study the new vocabulary, then find ...
This is the first worksheet of a set of three on land transportation. It includes a picture dictionary followed by a word search puzzle. Vocabulary included: taxi, truck, scooter, police car, va ...
A simple Power Point Presentation explaining the use/purpose of Who, what, where, when, why and how. Parts of it are in simplified Chinese to provide a better understanding for students. This can ...
Some verbs to broaden your students vocabulary about cooking, such as boiling, broiling, I also include some utensils in the kitchen like pan, pot, oven, etc. you can use it as a warmer for activi ...
This is a nice matching activity for kids to practice pets and domestic animals. After pre-teaching the names of the pets you can check your students' comprehension using this lovely worksheet. Th ...
This is a nice matching activity for kids to practice pets and domestic animals. After pre-teaching the names of the pets you can check your students' comprehension using this lovely worksheet. Th ...
This worksheet is geared toward Japanese children learning English, however, it can be tailored to other native languages. The focus of this activity is building vocabulary of different foods and ...
This is a nice matching activity for kids to practice pets and domestic animals. After pre-teaching the names of the pets you can check your students' comprehension using this lovely worksheet. Th ...
This is a worksheet to introduce adjectives to describe food: minced, bitter, hot, frozen, fried, tinned, raw, sweet, salty and fresh. It includes a picture dictionary followed by a word search ...
This is a picture crossword to revise food vocabulary. Students are asked to complete the crossword puzzle using the picture clues. Recommended for elementary students. Vocabulary included: butt ...
This comprehensive spelling patterns assessment includes all of the K-3 spelling patterns and a recording matrix for simple progress monitoring. Unlike qualitative spelling inventories, which use ...
Students need to not only be able to read the high frequency Outlaw Words (sight words); they also need to be able to spell these phonetically irregular words. The Outlaw Words Spelling Assessment ...
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