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 worksheet uses present progressive and clothing vocabulary. The communicative purpose is to describe what other people are wearing if students lose a friend or family member in an English spe ...
It is a unit of Tiny Talk 1A book - unit 1. We can use it for teaching kids from 4 to 6 years old. This unit is about weather and feelings in this weather. E.g., tt's raining - I'm wet; it's sunny ...
A simple and foldable worksheet to use for new vocabulary and beginning sentence structures. Students can read it and write the meaning in their own language. This can be used for a side-by-side ...
Here you can find a country studying worksheet about New Zealand with a crossword and some useful links for online training, including video task and a couple of online tests. There is an answer k ...
This speaking worksheet is created as a game for our speaking club, and I think it's a great way to recycle your material and get your students talking at the same time. This game is also a nice t ...
This is a fun video activity to practise using reported speech. Learners listen to cute kids speaking. Then they change the direct speech into reported speech (indirect speech). It can be do ...
Worksheet for primary/ elementary learners. It contains words like: basket, bunny, card, catkins, chick, daffodil, hot cross buns, lamb, painted eggs. It can be used at school or during private le ...
This worksheet is helpful for practicing spelling and it improves students' writing skills. This is appropriate for young learners and early beginners. Hope you find it useful.
This research activity was created for primary/elementary students. They are asked to use resources like the internet, library books, or magazines to help them answer the questions about the Sumat ...
This typical format is based on practicing the present simple tense focused on daily routines, likes and hobbies. There are 10 different cards, each one with two facts to find out. I think that a ...
This worksheet is helpful for practicing spelling animals related vocabulary items, and it helps to improve students writing skills. This is appropriate for young learners and beginners.  ...
This game is useful for reviewing food categories related vocabulary items. Just print and cut each card, stick them face down on the board, write numbers at the back of them and divide ...
This worksheet is appropriate for young learners. It's suitable for reviewing food related vocabulary items. And it's also useful for practicing simple present, count and non-count nouns ...
This worksheet is useful for asking and reviewing job vocabulary items and different kinds of occupations. It's also suitable for practicing the simple present tense. This worksheet is appropriate ...
A fun way for kids and adults to learn personal pronouns. Using family vocabulary they can make co-relations with the pronouns such as I, he, she, they and others. They can name t ...
This is a very colorful alphabet that you can print and use for teaching the abc whether you're introducing them one by one or as a whole. Kids will love to relate the letters to the animals ...
This worksheet is helpful for improving students' writing skills, and it's appropriate for practicing simple present. Students should start each sentence with "there is" or "there are". It's ...
The power-point that I have designed can be used for most English levels; it is versatile and should be used with the teachers’ discretion. I have included 10 vocabulary words that have been ...
Small talk 1 is a worksheet I have created for young and adult learners to practice speaking skills. It contains very basic questions such as name, country they are from, age, where they live, job ...
This is a worksheet for teaching or revising bedroom related vocabulary. Suitable for elementary students who are asked to read the words given. You are able to practise vocabulary with your stude ...
This is a conversation class based on common vocabulary based around vacations. Learners start off by reading where people like to go on vacations while tuning into key vocabulary. They then have ...
This worksheet gives students an opportunity to practice their models of obligation and recommendation while practicing airport vocabulary. Students start off with a conversation and then talk abo ...
Small talk 2 is a worksheet I have created for young and adult learners to allow them to practice speaking skills. It contains basic questions like name, age, where they are from, where they live, ...
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