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 crossword puzzle gives young ESL learners a chance to use their knowledge of English and Disney princesses. Students read the description of each character, use the crossword to help work out ...
This crossword puzzle gives young ESL learners a chance to use their knowledge of English and the Avengers (superheroes). Students read the description of each character, use the crossword to help ...
This English printable worksheet can be used to widen your students' vocabulary about summer! They are asked to write the letters on the lines to match the columns correctly. There are twelve word ...
A ppt presentation with 30 famous persons of 30 different countries, including their profession. Great to work with both topics and refresh it with your students. It's a fun guessing game to do wi ...
This video activity is desgined for teenagers of pre-intermediate level. It is one of the animations videos UNICEF has created to show refugee children from the war in Syria. In this video, ...
This ppt is based on English Result textbook (pre-intermediate, student's book, Oxford University Press). The aim is to teach students how to describe routes, what words to use (prepositions of di ...
Vocabulary worksheet for beginners. The topic is divided into 4 parts: wild animals, domestic animals, sea animals and irregular plural form of some nouns. This logical division will help the begi ...
This worksheet can be used for revising food related vocabulary and for teaching adverbs: sometimes, usually, often, never. The students are asked to write down what they like / don’t like f ...
This worksheet can be used for revising weather related vocabulary and for teaching adverbs sometimes, usually, often, never. The students are asked to decide what the weather is like in fou ...
This card game (for 3 or 4 players) can be used for revising food related vocabulary and quantities. The object of the game is to collect complete families.( Here quantities: a slice of, a bottle ...
Reading comprehension worksheet that can be used to test vocabulary and for teaching or revising environment related vocabulary . Matching, gap filling and writing activities. It can also be used ...
This card game (for 3 or 4 players) can be used for revising furniture related vocabulary. The object of the game is to collect complete families ( bedroom, bathroom, living room, kitchen, dining ...
Print out different bingo cards for each child plus a call sheet. Cut out the call sheet and put the squares into a hat or bowl. Hand out one bingo card to each child (each card should be differen ...
This board game can be used for revising places in town related vocabulary. The students have to roll dice and name the place shown on the square where they land or follow the instructions. If ...
This worksheet contains 8 flags with a list of reasons why people love doing something in their free time (hobbies). It will be useful for practicing subordinate sentences with "because", e.g. I l ...
This board game can be used for revising furniture related vocabulary. The students have to roll dice and name the item on the square where they land. Or they make sentences like: “The a ...
Here you can find cards with different kinds of hobbies that can be used during the English lessons to practice speaking about this topic. Also these cards may be spread out to practice gerund. St ...
In this worksheet you can find pictures matched with the correct words that are often confused by students. The content is based on the student book of American English File 3B. The included ...
Match these useful classroom expressions with the adequate pictures. This activity can be used after having taught the basic structures to communicate in English in the classroom. The average leve ...
Presented as a powerpoint it teaches a student to visuallise, pronounce and name colours and count a variety of fruits. Can be printed for students with 3 slides on a page worksheet wit ...
The powerpoint is primarily introducing the varrious sounds of the vowel 'a'. It also revises colours and use of the pronoun 'this'. It develops visual, sounds, writing and reading.  ...
This is a reading activity. The worksheet contains the examples of some of the most beautiful banknotes of the world. They are described briefly and the students must match a picture with a correc ...
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