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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This is a simple picture crossword to consolidate the topic BODY PARTS for pre-intermediate students who have to complete the crossword puzzle according to the pictures. Words included: head, elb ...
This is a set of speaking cards on DESCRIBING PEOPLE each card contains a Picture and related information: name, age , country, physical description, clothes and interests. Students pick up a card ...
This coloring sheet is ideal to teach elementary students (third or fourth grade) vocabulary about animals and what they eat. The students can trace and paint while learning new vocabulary. This c ...
It's simple. They have to complete the crossword with vocabualry about the restaurant. First thing you do is give a list of vocabulary related to a "restaurant context" and then you tell your stu ...
Flashcards about days of the week presented by beautiful and colorful clowns to help children memorize the new vocabulary. When printed on A4-sized sheets, they can also be used as classroom poste ...
Worksheet on types of houses, including a picture dictionary and a matching activity. Words included: igloo, cave, flat, skyscraper, hut, building, house, tent, palace, etc
This PowerPoint presentation was designed to reinforce vocabulary on types of houses. Includes the most common types of houses illustrated with images and sound for easy memorization and yet a mul ...
A set of 24 flashcards to help memorize leisure activities vocabulary including indoor and outdoor activities. Each flashcard contains a colourful illustration and the corresponding word or senten ...
This is a cut and paste activity about weather vocabulary for very young students who have to cut and paste the words under the correct picture, you can also ask them to color the pictures. Let th ...
Use this double puzzle to revise vocabulary related to environment. It will come in handy for the Earth Day or Earth Hour lesson. Enjoy! Original words: renewable, pollution, recycle, resources, ...
This handout can be used for practicing either “Degrees of Comparison of Adjectives” or “Used to”. There are several pictures of celebrities students have to describe and ...
The worksheet presents visa forms and is great for practicing dialogues on giving personal information for elementary levels. It presupposes pair work on asking and answering questions about the n ...
This presentation will help you to warm your students up. If you areteaching the topic about houses and housing it would be very helpful. You can use it ase a communication activity and discuss th ...
This is a classroom language poster for your young students with sentences and images so they can understand them. It can be used to teach basic vocabulary related to commands and class rules.
A board game to practise Present Continuous in which students have to make affirmative, negative or interrogative sentences according to the pictures and the verbs given. Recommended for elementar ...
It's a worksheet about Obama's life, where your students will discuss the President's actions using 'since' and 'for' - according to the reading comprehension. They are going to compare the presen ...
Three listening activities on Obama's speech on Bin Laden's death: in the first exercise students have to rearrange sentences, in the second one they will have to look for some words which contain ...
This worksheet has vocabulary and discussion questions. It's great for both presentation of new vocabulary on “Feelings and Emotions” and improving your students' fluency skills. There ...
Activities are based on the song by Katy Perry E.T. Futuristic Lover. The worksheet is to be used while teaching Mysteries/Aliens/UFO/Extraterrestrial etc. Also the subject area can be extended to ...
This handout is aimed at practicing vocabulary on the topic "Family" and presents 5 different activities. At first, by means of pictures and prompts students are presented new vocabulary. Then the ...
This is a short fact file about the House of Lords. It can be used in culture lessons about British politics. Either hand it out to all pupils, or let them compose their own questions to it in sma ...
This is a multiple choice exercise on FAST FOOD vocabulary. Words Included: biscuit, bread, butter, chips, salad, hot dog, pizza, hamburger, noodles, French fries, etc Suitable for elementary stu ...
In this elementary level double puzzle your students will need to find and unscrambled names of the days of the week. After they have unscrambled them all, they will find the secret word. Origina ...
This double puzzle can be used to check how much your students know about renewable sources of energy. If you expect them to be familiar with these words, it can be a good warmer. You can also use ...
This word search contains some basic units of the International System. Hope you find it useful. List of words used in this word search: KILOGRAM, VOLUME, SECOND, LITER, AREA, MASS, DENSITY, TIME ...
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