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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A list of 47 character qualities which can come in handy while discussing a (business) personality. You can shuffle them in any way you like and teach 1) new vocabulary 2) wordbuilding 3) opposite ...
Includes reading expression and comprehension, a bit of grammar (finding different verb tenses in the poem), creative translating (translating a stanza into the students' own language, whatever th ...
This is a worksheet about physical description. Including a short explanation and exercises in which students read the dialogue and then underline the sentences, draw a picture using the physical ...
This worksheet is based on the famous song by Rihanna. I tried it with a 12-year-olds class, and they liked it a lot. I introduced it without saying which song I wanted to play- that is why the he ...
This is a simple reading that teenagers will love! It's about skaters, goths, nerds, babes and other youth styles that they know. It includes a list of headings, and they should deduce which parag ...
It`s an elementary word search to reinforce the use of adjectives that state opinios. List of words used in this word search: EXCITING, BARGAINPRICE, TIME-SAVING, CRAZY, PRACTICAL, BRILLIANT, ...
Elementary level wordsearch on feelings and emotions. Students need to find sixteen words hidden in the grid.
Vocabulary included:
1. exhausted 2. furious 3. hysterical 4. shocked 5. sad 6. happ ...
This is a worksheet about bedroom furniture, there (to be), some / any and prepositions. Includes several tasks in which students ask and answer questions about the picture, complete the sentences ...
A fill-in-the-gaps song worksheet, with a matching activity to check some vocabulary from the song and a question to check comprehension. Here's a link to the official youtube video:
New English File Beginner 1B vocabulary revision: countries of the world. List of words used in this word search: ENGLAND, TURKEY, JAPAN, SPAIN, CHINA, ITALY, POLAND, RUSSIA, HUNGARY, THEUNITEDST ...
It's a shopping scene of the movie 'Pretty Woman'. The teacher has to cut the dialogue lines and students have to watch the scene and put the dialogue in order. Very basic questions and easy to un ...
On the first part of this listening exercise learners will find a Cloze activity with the song "Drops of Jupiter" by the band Train; the vocabulary in this part has no special category or selectio ...
A word search containing vocabulary dealt with in the beginner /elementary levels of primary school. This one is meant for 1st grade EFL primary students (absolute beginners) who have had around 6 ...
A board game used for practicing prepositions of place (in, on, under, behind, in front of, between, next to, etc). Students advance on the board, when they land on a square they must answer the q ...
This is a worksheet with some activities (explaining words, answering questions ....). It's about school and its supplies. Students should describe a picture. The simple activities can be done by ...
Ss watch the video on YouTube and then solve the listening exercise in the worksheet. After these, students answer questions about the lyrics and the video. It's nice to introduce the theme "Envi ...
This is an enjoyable and useful activity for elementary students to practice describing people including 4 different tasks and a pair work activity. This worksheet is suitable for lower level stud ...
A worksheet for a song called 'Uprising' by a British band Muse. It's quite a difficult one, hope someone will enjoy it. It's supposed for thinking students with a vivid imagination who are intere ...
This is a worksheet that I use for teaching directions, city vocabulary, and prepositions. I have used it in private lessons, groups and as roleplays. It has been received well by all my students ...
This is a conversation about the first day at school. The audio is embedded into the document and also attached to it. There is a listening exercise with a few multiple choice questions. It is fol ...
An enjoyable and effective way to learn vocabulary related to clothes. Including a picture dictionary and a matching activity, this worksheet is recommended for elementary students.
Vocabulary i ...
This is a word search about Olympics-related vocabulary. There's a combination of verbs and nouns that can be useful to teach to Ss when talking about sports in general and Olympics in particular. ...
It'a a text about the current world of work and career changing. The exercises are varied and range from reading to writing oriented. There are matching exercises (to practise sentence cohesion an ...
This picture crossword gives your students the opportunity to learn about different ways you can get around. Students have to complete the crossword puzzle with the 20 different means of transport ...
Additional exercises to study do and make collocations for intermediate (or upper-intermediate) students. This worksheet can be used both to work in class and as a home assignment. It provides a v ...
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