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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For Vocabulary revision: A powerpoint file with people showing the following emotions and feelings: happy, thrilled, hungry, sick, tired, ecxited, worried, relaxed, sad, etc. You can go through th ...
This was a fun song worksheet and lesson-filler, as opposed to a grammar-focused worksheet, in order to give my students a reward for some hard work the previous week. Therefore, the main focus of ...
Just a number of short jokes wor reading and having a nice time with your pupils :) Helps to develop reading skills in a humorous and easy way. Have a nice time.
Today we're happy to share this lovely collection of four coloring pictures for your St. Valentine's lesson. The images have been kindly provided by Crayola and are also available for free downloa ...
A little explanation of what phrasal verbs are and some useful hints each one should know so as no to confuse them with ordinary verbs after which we may need a preposition. it's a simple and easy ...
The material consists of 13 cards, each card has 2 parts: the left part contains some personal information about an imaginary person (name, age, occupation, family) and the right one should be fil ...
Reading about Halloween is a worksheet to let your students reading in class or at home. It is suitable to know how people celebrate halloween nowadays and the origins of this festival, too. They ...
Here's another great project for you to try with your learners before, on or right after St. Valentine's Day. It's a colourful candy box with instructions on how to make it.
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This is a short article about Spiderman 4 which will be on in 2012. In the article Kirsten Dunst tells what she thinks about Spiderman series and about a new one - Spiderman 4, she says who will s ...
It contains a text with the title The story behind the bus which can be used within the subject of racism and discrimination, human and civil rights. It also contains questions to check ...
Marriage is a crucial step in life. The ceremony itself is an unforgettable impression, too. This lesson will also leave an unforgettable impression - due to the things pupils will listen to and t ...
A text for intermediate and upper-intermediate students, which helps them develop their reading skills. The artcle is not very difficult and quite interesting. Hope it will be useful for your stud ...
Each of these full-color flashcard contains 9 bright illustrations and the corresponding words for each of them. Sometimes arrows are used to illustrate which part of the picture the word is refer ...
Each flashcard contains 9 full color illustrations and the corresponding words. The sets of pictures are great for games. I use them to build vocabulary on parts of body and engage my students' sp ...
Each flashcard contains nine full color illustrations and the corresponding words to explain them. The sets of pictures are wonderful for games. I use them all the time to build vocabulary on part ...
Each flashcard contains 9 full color illustrations and the corresponding words. The sets of pictures are great for games. I use them to build vocabulary on parts of body and engage my students' sp ...
Here's a great craft activity for you to try with your class on St. Valentine's - it's called a Valentine's Streamer and it's basically a hanging string with the separate letters that make up the ...
This worksheet provides good practice of present and past tenses along with adjectives while talking about a celebrity or one's champion. It is intended for pre-intermediate to intermediate learne ...
This worksheet may be suitablie for pre-intermediate to intermediate learners. It is a reading comprehension test with grammar focus on the simple present and relative pronouns who and which to be ...
The worksheet checks students' knowledge related to food. Appropriate for beginners or elementary learners. The aim of the task is to find the names of the given food products in the wordsearch, f ...
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