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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Your learners look for words connected with parts of the body. The words are placed horizontally and vertically. List of words used in this word search: HAIR, NOSE, HEAD, TOES, TEETH, HANDS, BODY ...
. A set of 28 cards on Food Vocabulary. Depending on your students' level they can be used in several ways such as memory games, conversation cards, oral test, group work, etc…
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PPT about TOP 10 endangered species 2010. It contains the following information: the names of the most endangered animals in the world, some facts about their habitat, some descriptive information ...
Find all 7 days of week in this simple word search puzzle! Great warmer activity for Elementary students/kids. Have fun teaching days of the week! List of words used in this word search: MONDAY, ...
Simple but useful worksheet about Animals including a picture dictionary and a word search puzzle. Students will also have visual support to remember the new vocabulary.
Have fun with your students practicing adjectives of personality/character with this presentation with sounds and excellent graphics. First they study the adjectives, and then they have a multipl ...
This is a teacher led dictation. The teacher will read a number of classroom objects while students will draw and write the correct number and color in the box.The level is 1st or 2nd grade and us ...
This exercise contains the description of the personality characteristics of the12 signs of the Horoscope. It is followed by a chart that the students need to fill in according to the text. It is ...
A worksheet to practice vocabulary and in a quick and simple way. Put the students in pairs. Give each pair of students two different cards. Explain the rules: - Students must fill in the blank ...
By introducing this activity into your classes, you'll help students will fun while learning new vocabulary. Includes a blank wheel and cliparts. What to do: 1. Photocopy all pages for each stude ...
This worksheet can be used as a kind of additional material for the book English Idioms in Use (intermediate). It contains idioms of happiness and sadness with their translation. It will help your ...
You can use this split crossword to do some revision on CLOTHES, or as a follow-up after presenting the vocabulary. There are two worksheets, one for student A and another for student B. This can ...
Easy food worksheet for kids. Worksheet about likes and dislikes where they can match, colour and learn names of differente types of foods, and also how to say whether they like them or not. It is ...
Easy way to learn how to describe people's activities and work. List of words used in this word search: SHOEMAKER, ACTRESS, STEWARDESS, PHARMACIST, PILOT, LIBRARIAN, NURSE, BOOKSELLER, DOCTOR, SI ...
A word search for the days of the week, months of the year and the four seasons. List of words used in this word search: SATURDAY, AUTUMN, JULY, WINTER, MONDAY, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY, MARCH, FRIDAY, ...
Let your students have fun and revise their vocabulary! List of words used in this word search: FISHING, CYCLING, TENNIS, TABLETENNIS, KARATE, BASKETBALL, SURFING, RUGBY, BASEBALL, BOWLING, GOLF, ...
This is a classroom activity for practising questions in the simple present and using adverbs of indefinite time (always, sometimes, never). Pupils walk around the classroom and find a partne ...
An elementary word search on musical instruments. This is consolidation exercise which follows up on the previous introduction to musical instruments worksheet. List of words used in this word s ...
Use this simple word search puzzle with your students and ask them to find adjectives to describe people. List of words used in this word search: HELPFUL, CLEVER, NAUGHTY, HARDWORKING, TALKATIVE, ...
This song worksheet is for elementary level students. Use it to teach some new words about animals and their activity and practice listening skills. It's a very amazing and incredibly cute ...
Board game to get students thinking & speaking about common addictions (mobile phone/ shopping/ smoking/ coffee). Useful supplement to lessons on Addiction. The student who lands on a square r ...
This is a quick time-filler to review the Simple Past tense, Regular and Irregular Verbs. Every square provides a picture clue and a verb. Every time a correct answer is given it can be used as a ...
This is a pairwork activity in which students have to ask and answer questions about Charlie Chaplin and Agatha Cristie. Each student has to ask questions about a famous person in order to find t ...
Giving Directions: turn left, turn right, go straight ahead, roundabout, crossroads, go around. Places in Town: bank, barber shop, department store, parking lot, movie theater. The game: ...
This is a PowerPoint that I created to check the students' knowledge on the present simple tense and, at the same time, revise the time and vocabulary related to daily routines. First students cl ...
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