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 the 4th part of my worksheets "Let´s read and write about...´ Students have to read the text on the given topic, then they do some post-reading tasks.
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A collection of Family Day trivia questions that a creative teacher can ask their students on the Family Day or even make a quiz lesson out of it! Detailed answers are provided if you're like me a ...
Exercises to practise making suggestions (speaking+multiple choice, correcting mistakes) plus some tips to make suggestions and a sample dialog to make suggestions. I collected all these exercise ...
<p>It's a listening worksheet. It's great to work with teenagers who have a good mastery in English because as rap singers sing so fast it's difficult for students who have li ...
A movie worksheet with 2 activities related to the movie 'Up'. The first activity is the following: I. Seven sentences have been removed from the text. Choose from the sentences A-G the one whic ...
This worksheet provides lots of health vocabulary practice. It has words to classify accordingly and some pictures to illustrate them. Students can use their dictionaries to solve the exercis ...
This is the second part of a movie guide. I used with pre teens. At first they find it a bit difficult but since they really like the story, they are willing to put up with the hard work. Pay clos ...
It's a good movie to watch with pre teens and teens. You might have to explain specific vocabulary, especially if they are kids. I made this worksheet for 10-11year-olds. They could grasp the mean ...
This is the third part of my worksheets "Let's read and write about...'. Student have to read the text on the given topic, then they do some after-reading tasks. First they have to decide if the s ...
Here's a series of activities (commenting on pictures, readind definitions, expressing opinion and learning proverbs) on money leading students to give their opinion on pocket money and whether pa ...
This worksheet is based on a shopping clip from Pretty Woman movie. It will improve your students' communicating skills in terms of discussing how to buy things. You will just need to connect the ...
This is the first part of my worksheets "Let's read and write about...' Student have to read the text on the given topic, then they have to do some tasks connected with the text. First they have t ...
This worksheet is useful for children. It can be used alongside a story illustrating the character's personalities. It is divided into two activities. In the first one students have to match one a ...
This reading comprehension worksheet is suitable for learners of English as a foreign language, it contains comprehension, vocabulary, and grammar questions in addition to a paragraph writing at t ...
Comprehension sheet for the 3 minute video about an elephant and her friendship with a Bela the dog. Two-page worksheet contains questions on the video and a small vocabulary section. The moral of ...
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Words like bargain, credit, debt, financial, economical, economic, valuable, worthless, profitable, precious, pricey, priceless, well-off, fortune, valuable, overpriced, etc. Students need to inse ...
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This is an easy Valentine song worksheet on listening based on a very popular song. There are 5 exercises to do during the listening. First students have to listen and write the words they hear, t ...
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