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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Here's a worksheet about Palindromes for the ones who are tired of teaching grammar the whole time. I am one of those sometimes.. . My students loved it and some of them even made a list with pal ...
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This worksheet can help when you start the first week revision with elementary class. It is easy to follow and contains funny images. At first you find the task on everyday activities, an easy one ...
Communication and vocabulary activity for kids and adults. By pairs, ask your students to first read the instructions and try and understand the meaning of every word. Once the whole group is done ...
The worksheet is a colourful speaking card. Following the steps of the exercise kids will be able to make up a short story about personal information about the character. This card is an effective ...
This worksheet gives vocabulary about holidays, types of accommodation, holiday equipment and useful adjectives for describing holidays. It is rather communicative. I suppose you'd enjoy it!
Student A
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This is a great little activity to practice polite requests starting with 'Could I borrow...?' with beginner level students.
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Use as a sort or matching puzzle to learn the English suffixes. Cut out the definition cards. Use them to match against the suffixes. Each suffix has examples of words to use as hints.
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This is a true-life story that happened to me while travelling to the seaside in my native Ukraine. The worksheet presents a nice share of summer vocabulary and the task that follows it can be cre ...
The title says it all. This is a chart with some basic vocabulary on it. The purpose is to use it as a reading chart but there are many other ways to use it of course. Spelling, pronunciation you ...
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Work in groups of four.
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