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 20-page 'MyPyramid For Kids' color nutrition worksheet for grades 5 and 6 (see grades 1-2 and grades 3-4) was create by the United States Department of Agriculture (Health and Nutrition divis ...
This ws deals with the origing of some sayings and idioms we use everyday, for instance, where does the saying "it's raining cats and dogs" come from? Why was it used first? It's interesting to k ...
Describe the people shown in the pictures. Describe different features, hair, eyes, nose, mouth, height, complexion, weight, attractiveness,etc. There is an example given to guide the student. Use ...
This is a nice colour poster that you can use at a lesson about nutrition or just hang on the classroom wall. It shows a pyramid with several different colours - each depicting a food group: grain ...
I used this worksheet after reading Rumpelstiltskin with my 10-12 year old sts. Can you imagine their excitement when they realized Rumpelstiltskin and Shrek met! What's the matter with Shrek? Wha ...
This worksheet has fifteen slang expressions/words. It's often used in daily English among friends and people who know each other very well. I think it's good for the ones who are tired of studyin ...
This 12-page worksheet here contains 4 full tests: Vocabulary, Phrasal Verbs, Structure Test and Listening (no audio though, sorry!).
Each test is pretty big and takes several pages. I would say ...
This is an alternative worksheet for the song 'baby' by Justin Bieber. The other worksheet for this song (on this website) is primarily a gap-fill/listening exercise, this one has a gap-fill as we ...
This elementrary grammar treasure hunt contains 11 questions about grammar that your students will compete to answer before the other team does. The questions can be adapted to suit your level.
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Every teacher knows how exciting and motivating it is for students to 'try on' a new personality, to have a chance to be someone else - even for a few minutes!
That's why all sorts of 'impersonat ...
This worksheet is about spotting lies in everyday situation. It encourages discussion and also provided students with a few ideas to help them spot a lie.
From my experience, this works jus ...
A comprehensive english test: reading comprehension, language and writing exercises in context with authentic material. It was prepared by a group of teachers and it deals with different topics su ...
This worksheet will help little kids learn to count from one to five using fingers and with images. First they can use their own fingers and then they can colour the different numbers with differe ...
This is another option if you want to have a 'fix you' lesson (there's already a very good lesson on this website for this song). This lesson is aimed at the lower spectrum of students compared to ...
This 11-page worksheet was kindly provided by Evan-MoorCorp and contains a reading text about chewing gum, spelling activities, vocabulary matching and a page (writing a letter) on using commas co ...
This Birthday Coloring Worksheet is called 'Candles on the Cake' and the kids should draw the number of candles on the birthday cake and then color it.
The worksheet was kindly provided by Crayol ...
With this worksheed students are going to be able to describe and distinguish not only new vocabulary but also some kinds of musical genres. this can be used after explain some about the eight mu ...
This worksheet will help you to know more about verb to fall and this verb with prepositions. There is an explanation and some sentences in order to use this verb correctly and properly. There a ...
Funny activities related to the protagonists and the second characters of the book Eclipse (written by Stephanie Myers) and its film adaptation (nowadays you can see it in all the cinemas around t ...
A good fun exercise which consists of matching the beginnings and endings of English proverbs, and then finding the explanation of each completed proverb. Teachers can then go on to a discussion a ...
For tweens and teens, this worksheet works as a speaking practice for the question "how do you get to...". Students mingle asking the question and ticking the corresponding box for each means tran ...
This is a revision handout for an elementary group I had. It recycles the vocab of furniture, rooms and places in the city, as well as describing rooms and cities. There is a telling the time exer ...
'How Your Body Works' is a nice worksheet to teach students the topic of body, food and digestion. Contains interesting facts, pictures, mini-book template and activities, as well as teacher's not ...
This is a role play that I use to teach superstitions. I firstly introduce the topic and then ask students to brainstorm and come up with a list of superstitions from their country. After that I t ...
Some popular American holidays - Christmas, New Year, Independence Day, Halloween, Thanksgiving. Text+Vocabulary+Questions. Aimed at intermediate students. Colourful worksheet with pictures. Gives ...
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