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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Three sets of exercises on phrasal verb "to come".
Just a bit of explanation and practice: 1) Study the explanation and match the pictures. 2) Choose the correct answer. 3) Fill in the p ...
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A multi choice answer quiz divided into three pages corresponding to three levels of ability. Students who are of Ket standard should get through most of page one, while Pet level students wi ...
Similar to "English proverbs 2", which got sent in the wrong order! Students have to match the beginnings and endings of common sayings, and then find the right explanation. Usually fun for a ...
This 7-page lesson plan involved several pre-writing activities, as well as individual and group writing tasks that your learners will enjoy.
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This worksheet will help your students to understand and to use the Present Continuous. The good thing about this worsheet is the approach given to the Present Continuous. Students will realize th ...
This is not really a test. This is a wake up exercise to remind students to pay attention to the instructions before starting work, If they follow the instructions, written in the imperative voice ...
A multiple choice quiz to review idioms and similes. Guess the idiom/simile by looking at the pictures provided on top and then circle the right choice. This worksheet is specially appropriate ...
This lesson teaches about food, it consists of four pages and is excellent for high beginners. It focuses on several grammar points such as How Much/How Many/Some/Any/A lot. It has many bright p ...
The worksheet is about quantity words and adjectives. Also it has got some vocabulary about jobs. The worksheet contains fill in the blanks activities.The students need to know the quantity words ...
This is a nice worksheet with images of a few endangered species with information on how many of them are left on the planet. Your students are supposed to match the numbers to the pictures of the ...
This is a full lesson on personal information for beginners. First students read and complete some application forms. Then they read and practise a dialogue. Finally they focus on the pronunciatio ...
A complete worksheet recording a recent Associated Press style story of 500 words dealing with an issue relevent to everyone today..."The Crises" and how it is hurting real people. Included is a s ...
Mind map for an oral presentation to prepare in groups or individual. Also, it can be used for speaking on the first day of class, answering all or some of the questions given. For the writing, st ...
A warm-up activity for a first day class. Each student is given a piece of paper with some information about their teacher, they have to memorize it. Then they stand up and share the information. ...
With this worksheet, the students can practice some classroom objects and, at the same time, the colours. They have two activities to make: 1st, they have to match the words with the right pictur ...
This is a worksheet you can use with your students on the first day back to school to get to know them and their favourite things better. This worksheet is for young learners who can already writ ...
This worksheet was used to present and practise food vocabulary and appropriate language at a restaurant. There is a picture of different kinds of food and drinks with their corresponding names to ...
This is a worksheet you can use with your students on the first day back to school to get to know them and their favourite things better. This worksheet is for very young learners, who can't write ...
It's a worksheet for practicing the adjectives, it contains two activities of completing sentences with adjectives and also students have to draw their favourite animal and give a description for ...
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Categorize, the word says it all. Sts have to write famous places, people, food etc in the correct boxes. There's an answer key as well because some of them might not be very common but are famous ...
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