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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After vacation, let your students have fun in class with this game! Play domino and review some homonyms at the same time. Each of the words has been carefully chosen, so that there is variety in ...
This a concise lesson plan on the use of "Will" for future predictions based on a Futurama episode - including a short speaking and writing activity. In terms of grammar progression it is ba ...
This test on CAN, ANIMALS and IMPERATIVES has two sets that look the same at first glance but they have some little differences to prevent students from PEEPING. If one of them tries to cheat by ...
This is material for specialized school. This is material for for English literature lesson. It tells about one of the period of the English literature The Renaissance. There are also portraits o ...
I find this activity useful for the first lesson since it allows students to get to know each other and it takes the pressure of them of having to stand up and introduce themselves – the oth ...
Ss read a short story about the three sisters and answer the after-reading comprehension questions in writing.
This reading activity is kindly provided by Evan-Moor Corp and is also available on ...
This worksheet is good for a discussion about emails.What makes a good email and what should be put in an email. One can ask them if the points are really necessary and if so why? or not, why not? ...
Students listen to the melodies of Vivaldi's "Four season" The task for the students is to guess what season is played, and to say what each melody is associated with. Another task is to make ...
This is a nice matching activity where Ss have to find the corresponding cards to describe what people of different professions have to do in their line of job. Then they have to create sentences ...
I use this worksheet when explaining the difference between England,The United Kingdom and Great Britain, and also including Ireland. The fact of having all the flags on the one sheet helps show c ...
This worksheet is for those who learn synonyms and antonyms. The examples are very easy, to fit elementary students. May be used as homework or as some kind of a test.
The worksheet opens with a section on vocabulary anticipated to be new to students, then moves on to a brief narrative regarding an agreement between two men regarding the rental of a house and ne ...
This lesson plan will provide your students enough practice at using verbs with two objects in the context of a questionnaire about attitudes to money. Your students will love it because it is per ...
Designed as a small group activity, this worksheet can also be used by pairs or even individual students to practice family relationships. Students fill out a family tree using cards on which fam ...
The children can cut the times and glue it in the correct places. It's very good to practice telling the time in a very different activity, latter you can correct it and the students can practice ...
Alphabet flashcards for beginners.
English alphabet for little children (pre- school education, kindergarten). These are flashcard for the youngest learners of English. Great for the first lesson ...
This is a nice and cute collection that was kindly provided by Hallmark and can be also downloaded from their website.
There are 7 funny Hoops and Yoyo tags (you can also print them out on specia ...
The worksheet presents the song of Stacie Orrico - I promise I will, with completing, joining, ordering and question activities. It's not a very popular song but it was nice to introduce the topic ...
This is an introduction to the past simple tense. First students read and answer some questions about Mata Hari, the famous spy, then they are asked to reflect on grammar rules based on the bio an ...
This is a short exercise that is very useful to revise descriptions and to introduce the interrogative form of the modal verb CAN. It has been specially designed for elementary students aged betwe ...
This worksheet offers a great (and creative, too) activity for you to try with young learners.
A couplet is a two-line poem that rhymes. Each line contains the same number of syllables.
I found ...
Story-inventing is not only a nice way to improve speaking and writing skills but also is useful for revision of word stock and grammatical basis especially after a long break. One of the simplest ...
This activity is to get students motivated and eager to share their experiences and interests. It can be adapted to different levels and contents; and also allows students to add to their classroo ...
A class charter poster that is based on the European Rights of a Child Charter. After discussion of the right to learn (have education), right not to be bullied etc, children can either fill in i ...
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