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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Discussion cards on Zodiac Signs vocabulary and personality adjectives. The aim of the activity is to learn adjectives describing personality, and mainly motivate students to get involved in discu ...
A quick worksheet to test young learner's knowledge of some of the house vocabulary needed for the Cambridge Starters Exam. Students must write the word and match it to the correct picture. It pro ...
Phrasal verb word search to give to your students after teaching some phrasal verbs, to make it more interesting I ask the students to make a sentence with each phrasal verb before they search for ...
This is a great way to introduce some "summer" vocabulary to young learners. There's a picture dictionary presenting 16 different new words illustrated with pictures, followed by a word search puz ...
Fill fifteen minutes of your lesson with this Summer word search. Students must find 20 different words: backpacking, bikini, beach, berries, gardening, camping, daisy, fan, diving, flowers, fourt ...
This is a fantastic game to review yes/no questions in Simple Present and Simple Past. Students can play in pairs or groups of three or four. They must ask questions and answer them correctly to ...
Revision on colors and the verb to be Affirmative and Negative. Through a link toa short video, students listen, analyze and complete a chart on colors. Also an analysis on the difference between ...
This worksheet will help students practice two phrases used to express prohibition. These two phrases are: "to be allowed to" and "to be forbidden to ". As they are quite common, it is useful to ...
I used this worksheet as part of a lesson about a bucket list. I showed the students the trailer for "The Bucket List" and explained the idiom "kick the bucket" and explained what a bucket list is ...
These pages are about materials. In the first exercise, students will have to say what these thingas are and what they are made from; in the second exercise, they will have to tick the properties ...
This wordsearch contains some words you may want you students to learn before you start discussing crimes, criminals and justice. List of words used in this word search: PRISON, GUN, ARREST, JUST ...
Decoding activity on Living room furniture. The words have been written in code, students have to use the hints in the decoder at the top of the page to help break the code, and then they write th ...
A worksheet on rooms in the house, prepositions and there to be full of exercises: matching, answering questions, drawing a plan of a house, pair work and describing places.
Worksheet to learn or reinforce Sports vocabulary. Including a picture dictionary which can also be used as a classroom poster with 40 different sports illustrated with pictures and a word search ...
This June 2011 Calendar was kindly presented by Hallmark. The calendar, featuring all-time favorite characters, Hoops and Yoyo, can also be downloaded for free from Hallmark website. Organize fun ...
This is a simple activity I came up with and used with my Elementary class. The purpose is to have the students practice writing sentences with 'there is/are' as well as remind them of the differe ...
This is a simple double puzzle with Memorial Day vocabulary. Simple words for Beginning ESL Students. Hope it comes handy for your Memorial Day lesson! Original words: armed services, cemetery, f ...
This is a worksheet one of my 1st year students made as a result of a project. They were to make up a list of words on a given topic and create some exercises using the words. So this is a workshe ...
A worksheet on uncountable and countable nouns and using measurements. Students use the example to create a revolting recipe using measures e.g. "a bottle of," "a teaspoon of," "250g of". Students ...
A paired speaking and listening exercise using countable and uncountable nouns. Students must ask the question "how much?" or "how many?" to find out what features their imaginary monster has. The ...
A simple but very complete crossword about the parts of the body. The clues are in Spanish. Students have to write the words in English of course! If you have time you can replace the the clue w ...
This is a great game for pair work. You’ll need one sheet per student pair. Instructions: • Students choose a mark of their own. (star, smiley face, heart, diamond) • Decide who go ...
This Power Point presentation can be used for teaching both Appearance and Character. It consists of 8 slides, two of which I would suggest printing and putting on the board so that students could ...
This is an elementary reading passage including comparatives and superlatives forms. The title is My Family. Eric tells about his family. He describes his sisters, parents and grandparents, and al ...
This bright handout should be used for making notes while watching a segment from the famous film series “Sex and the City” which beyond all doubt boasts fabulous fashion and style. It ...
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