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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Here is a text "My Family" for beginners in English. It has got a pre-reading and after-reading tasks (questions). New difficult words are written in bold as it's easier to find and learn them pro ...
This worksheet is for beginners (mostly children) who have started to learn the topic "My House and Furniture". Here you can find active vocabulary, useful phrases, some questions on this topic. A ...
This is a transcript of an Expedia travel video with mouth watering pictures of the afternoon tea in London. A few vocabualry words are also included. Videos are great fun and an excellent learn ...
This worksheet is for beginners (children mostly) who have started to learn vocabulary on topic 'Weather and Seasons'. Here you can find basic phrases and tips how to ask questions about the weath ...
This worksheet provides listening tasks to go along with an audio from Voice of America about a report on gender equality. The link to the page is provided at the top of the worksheet. This can al ...
This is a little exercise on the topic of amusement parks. Students need to fill in the gaps and then choose the park that they like the most. Additionaly you can cut out the pictures and let lear ...
Students are supposed to work in groups of 3-4 and complete the task. The task includes sentences like ' We like.... I wouldn't prefer.... Politicians are people ...". Students are supposed to com ...
This worksheet contains a weird news taken from The Huffington Post. It is about an Italian chef who made a pizza diet. This could be an excellent opportunity to discuss the importance of having a ...
First, students must look at the pictures that show some jobs, read the bubbles and match them according to the description. In the second activity, students must look at some pictures and ask and ...
A worksheet based on video Ben & Holly's Little Kingdom. It's difficult to find suitable videos for English learning kids. This one I enjoyed. Hope your learners will also do. Several tasks li ...
This worksheet may be interesting to a class of teenage girls. Tavi Gevinson, being a teenager herself, tells about her own web magazine and problems that modern girls and women face. Not only thi ...
The worksheet is dedicated to Intermediate / Upper-intermediate students. It relates to the mysterious monuments of Easter Island and the history of the island itself. Apart from cultural issues, ...
The comedy show "Mind your English" is the perfect tool when teaching English. The segment can be found on Youtube (the link is included into worksheet). It's a simple worksheet with vocabulary fr ...
Telling the time activity practices asking and telling the time in English. It contains a multiple choice questions exercise which prepares and leads students to the less controlled one wher ...
This workesheet was designed for intermediate or advanced students. After you have taught environmental problems, you can use this paper to follow up. Students are able to write an essay/compositi ...
A song to enjoy! Ideal for teens or young adults. A vocaculary activity: matching words and pictures. A simple fill in the gaps with the words presented in the images. A great opportunity to refl ...
PowerPoint about the Hindu festival of Holi. Discussion about Hinduism, where India is? Go through the story of Holi and the discussion can be encouraged. Finally, there is a gap fill and further ...
A PowerPoint presentation to introduce the students. There are some questions that students have to complete and, at the same time, answer. The students share the information related to their job/ ...
This worksheet has been designed for young learners of English and it's filled with illustrations to have fun while circling vocabulary related to school objects. It is known that young kids like ...
In celebrating World Poetry Day, students can enjoy completing this fun poetry worksheet: My Puppy Ate My Earbuds. Students are asked to read the poem and underline the word in brackets to complet ...
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