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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This game is about clothing related vocabulary items. It contains words such as: shirt, hat, cap, jeans, pants, sneakers, shoes, etc.. Hope you find it useful in your classes.
This is a very easy worksheet, especially for ESL young learners. Children will be asked to copy the family words and to match them with their corresponding picture. This attractive worksheet wil ...
These flashcards can be used for teaching or revising the names of food containers and quantities. Each flashcard has an illustration with the corresponding expression of quantity. If they are cu ...
This is a matching activity for teaching or revising food quantities and containers. If the cards are cut out the students are asked to match the (red) quantity words with the (blue) food words ...
I quickly put this together after hearing the sad news about Prince. The materials include an obituary from Rolling Stone (it is quite long but can easily be shortened depending on your students), ...
This is a power point presentation used for elementary students, L2, to practice "would rather ". It can be used to practice reading and speaking skills, encouraging them to talk about things they ...
This short story can be used in any English language lesson. A girl is talking about her baby brother. Students are asked to read through the short passage and then answer the multiple choice ques ...
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 dif ...
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 dif ...
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 di ...
Created for primary/elementary level. Students are asked to read the short story about a girl's daily routine and how she gets ready for school. They are asked to put the sentences in order from 1 ...
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 di ...
Having strong reading comprehension skills will also help in other subjects. Students read the text about a hedgehog called Henry and answer the multiple choice questions. This worksheet can be us ...
This English resource makes a great introductory booklet for young readers and is all about the weather. It includes 8 pages with sentences and pictures to colour and can be used in any English la ...
This game is designed to make your students talk and exchange information. The materials used are expressions coined by Shakespeare which have become widely used ("love is blind", "as dead as a a ...
This is a worksheet for practicing dictation for letters A-N. It is appropriate for absolute beginners. Have your students look at the pictures and write the words. Hope it helps.
This is a worksheet for practicing dictation for letters A-O. It is appropriate for absolute beginners. Have your students look at the pictures and write the words. Hope it helps.
This is a PowerPoint presentation for vocabulary with a number of internationally famous photos. When they are first displayed, the photo has no caption. The students are to look at the photos and ...
This is a complete lesson that I have prepared and given to my vocational classes. It consists of a reading comprehension with vocabulary and discussion + grammar covering infinitive of purpose. Y ...
This is aimed at Korean L1 interference from directly translating the phrase 'eat deliciously' incorrectly, but maybe other non-native speakers make this mistake too. It contains alternative vocab ...
This is a good exercise to give to your students. It deals with History and using the verb can exercises. Also there are instruments which they need to choose according to the movie. You sho ...
This worksheet is good to use during classes dedicated to technology and science. Students need to match ten texts with pictures and choose one robot they particularly like. The worksheet has prov ...
Mind map of William the Conqueror's family tree: it is often difficult to remember both names and the steps that led from a strong king (1066) to the Succession War (1139). This mind map shows the ...
This worksheet is suitable for the roleplay. It contains a snack-bar menu and some dialogues which serve as an example. There are also some fill-in-the-blank texts. Besides the worksheet is useful ...
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