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.
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I have designed this worksheet for my starter students. Have your students write the words. It is good for reviewing the food items and the dictation of course. Hope it helps!
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What is Advent? In Poland, what is normally placed on the top of a Christmas tree? Find out some interesting facts about how people in Poland spend their Christmas. Students read through the text ...
This worksheet includes some information about Irish Christmas traditions. Students are asked to carry their own research and find five Irish Christmas traditions for themselves and write their in ...
How much do your students know about Christmas? This fun worksheet can be used as an extra resource when teaching kids about Christmas! Students answer as many questions as they can. There are 15 ...
This ppt is a good game for your students to review some topics including formal titles, prepositions of time and place, meeting someone new, introducing someone, etc. It is based on units 1 and ...
This English worksheet was created for primary/elementary students. A Haiku poem consists of three lines and seventeen syllables and can be written on many themes. Students write their own poem ba ...
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This is a 10 minutes vocabulary activity: stage 1 - students learn the pronunciation of breeds, step 2 - they try to match the picture and the breed they know, step 3 - check everything ...
I used this worksheet with adult students that study veterinary medicine. 1) You divide your group into 3 groups ( text a,b,c). 2) Each student gets a table, which he needs to complete ...
This fun word search includes words that are associated with global warming. See if your students can find all of the words hidden in the puzzle. To make it more fun, see how many words they can f ...
This worksheet is a fun activity for students to practise a shopping dialogue and prices and food items. You need to print and photocopy the money and credit card so you have 2 bills and one CC to ...
This worksheet is perfect for Halloween lessons. Students should watch the trailer first and then do some interesting exercises. It is full of Halloween vocabulary, so it will be quite useful for ...
In this worksheet students will be introduced to literal and non-literal phrasal verbs. In the activity, they need to fill the gaps in each pair of sentences and decide which sentence uses the phr ...
In this worksheet students will be introduced to different sentences structures which can be used with phrasal verbs, with examples provided. For the activity, students will need to read 2 similar ...
In this worksheet, students will need to read the example sentences, identify the mistake and write the sentence correctly. This activity requires a good knowledge of phrasal verbs and should not ...
This worksheet introduces 10 common phrasal verbs, some of which sound similar but have different meanings. Students first need to match the phrasal verbs to their meanings, and then fill the gaps ...
This speaking activity can be used for one-to-one classes, pair work or groups. It would work best with small teams so the game can be played as a contest, similar to charades where the teams need ...
This worksheet introduces what phrasal verbs are and gives an example of how to use them. The main activity consists of a paragraph for students to read and identify the fourteen phrasal verbs use ...
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I give students the worksheet with faces/no description face up and we try to identify the feelings. I photocopy the sheet with feelings identified on the back. We go through a number of feelings ...
This worksheet deals with the question of gun control in the US by making use of the very funny comedian Jim Jefferies and his show on gun control. A good lesson sheet for advanced (adult) le ...