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 my new ppt for your students. After my speaking activity (Peter's Family 1) they can play and practise family vocabulary using possesives. I usually use it when they work in groups. One of ...
This worksheet explores topics such us youth, music and urban tribes. It contains lots of excercises to work with young students. In the first part, students will explore different music styles a ...
This car parts word search includes essential words, which are fun to find! List of words used in this word search: TRUNK, HOOD, TIRE, WHEEL, SIGNAL, WINDSHIELD, CLUTCH, HORN, BUMPER, HEADLIGHT, ...
A worksheet to construct compound nouns from words given to fill in the gaps in the sentences. Some of the words are used twice, but in a different order. An efficient way to show how to build co ...
This is a speaking activity designed to help you get to know your students. It is divided into several sections such as Family, Daily Activities, Home, Sports, Hobbies, Education and Holidays. Eac ...
This worksheet focuses on the 3 types of Phrasal Verbs: Separable, Inseparable and Three-Word Verbs. In addition, it calls upon Transitive and Intransitive Verb recognition. This has served well t ...
It's a handmade wheel with weather words and pictures to colour. A nice activity for very young learners but older students might be interested in it, too. It helps not only to learn words without ...
Here's a poster which will be of great help for your Father's Day lesson - put it up on a wall in your classroom and discuss the sayings with your students.
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Vocabulary revision and extension exercises on the topic family. Includes a study sheet followed by 3 different tasks. Recommended for intermediate level, this worksheet can either be used in the ...
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Add some fun to your Father's Day lesson with these 14 top-quality flashcards that can be used for several purposes: setting the overall mood for the holiday lesson, templat ...
Here is a simple lifeline to show 3 important junctures that will be used to compose mixed conditional sentences. Teaching mixed conditionals isn't such a difficult concept to teach but finding an ...
This worksheet, called 'Weather Worksheet: Billy and Maria Learn About Tornado Safety - Part 3', was originally provided by National Weather Service and is also available as a free download at the ...
This worksheet, called 'Weather Worksheet: Billy and Maria Learn About Tornado Safety - Part 2', was kindly provided by National Weather Service and is also available for downloading from their we ...
This worksheet, called 'Weather Worksheet: Billy and Maria Learn About Tornado Safety - Part 1', was kindly presented by National Weather Service and can also be downloaded from their website. Thi ...
This is a set of speaking cards to get your students to talk about themselves and to help them to develop their communication skills. Cut out the cards and give them to your students, they must lo ...
This boardgame provides lots of speaking practice for second conditional. Students advance on the board, when they land on a square they must say what they'd do in different situations. Recommende ...
This worksheet, called 'Weather Worksheet: Billy, Maria and the Thunderstorm', was kindly presented by National Weather Service and can also be downloaded from their website. This is a 13-page doc ...
It is my new powerpoint for our students. They will need to make sentences about the members of the family using possessive 's and possessive adjectives. They will need to complete the sentences w ...
This worksheet, called 'Weather Worksheet: Billy and Maria Visit the National Weather Service', was originally presented by National Weather Service and is also available as a download at their we ...
Show categories & vocabulary wordsearch List of words used in this word search: PERFORMANCE, DRAMA, ORCHESTRA, PARADE, FIREWORKS, SCENERY, AUDIENCE, COSTUMES, PANTOMIME, MUSICAL, LIGHTSHOW, T ...
This sheet has two newspaper articles that I have left gaps in. Before I give the sheets to the students, I either show them a video of the incident and pause it before the woman puts the cat in t ...
This worksheet will help your students revise body idioms. You can use this worksheet for intermediate or upper-intermediate students. Only up-to-date idioms included. Contains two exercises witho ...
This 7 page handout and worksheet provides written and online practice with English fruit vocabulary words. The written practice includes: identify the picture, hangman, crossword, double puzzle ...
This is a board game to encourage conversation and to practise asking and answering the questions using "can" and talking about one's ability. A fun way to teach modal verbs to lower-level students!
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