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 is for beginners learning to differentiate colours. Learners should read the colour, find the circle with the number of the colour and colour it.They should also practise writing an ...
This worksheet is intended for beginners learning to write. Learners are supposed to read the word, write it on the line underneath it and match it with its picture.They don't have to draw a line, ...
Match the names of games with pictures. I printed, coloured and laminated them and I am using them for many things. Young learners can match them, learners can also develop speaking by picking out ...
This crossword was developed to help review the vocabulary for an introductory legal English course. This covers about half of the course and the remainder will be uploaded shortly. The feedback I ...
This powerpoint presentation helps students to understand a text about Sydney. If they have seen the presentation “A Postcard From Dublin” before, it enables them to write their own po ...
This powerpoint presentation helps students to understand the text of a postcard and gives them an example how to write a postcard by themselves. In addition they get to know some details about Du ...
The worksheet is about asking and answering how much questions. It is recommended for elementary school beginners as it has letters to trace. The background knowledge is the numbers and it also ha ...
This domino printable is meant for elementary, pre-intermediate students to practise jobs and past simple. You need to cut out domino cards along the dashed line. This game of dominoes is usually ...
A thanksgiving mini book for fun and learning about this festival. After doing the activities students can cut and paste it and they will have a beautiful mini book. They enjoy this activity a lot ...
This is a fun PowerPoint activity to practice body parts and descriptive adjectives. The vocabulary in this example is for intermediate level, but it could easily be adjusted for any level. Make s ...
This is a worksheet for intermediate students to practice phrasal verbs with particles away and back. All of the examples were carefully chosen and verified by a native speaker who is a profession ...
Learners have to match colour names with the corresponding characters, this way they can associate images which are significant to them with the colours they are learning. Each characters has a ...
Do you sometimes find it difficult to connect well with students in the classroom setting? I do. How about becoming a vendor of English words and sentences on the sidewalk, outside school, etc.? I ...
Is algebra a difficult topic? It doesn't have to be! This maths worksheet was created for primary/elementary students and is a really simple way to get them started. If they already know simple ar ...
Here's a slightly tricky Easter crossword for the kids. An enjoyable ESL word search puzzle with pictures to study and practise Easter Holiday vocabulary. Find and circle the Easter Holiday vocabu ...
In this worksheet your students have to recognize, analyze and circle the best option for each sentence, taking into a count the right use of the quantifieres, they can work in pairs and then shar ...
A classroom speaking activity to practice describing people. Students ask yes/no questions about appearances to find the criminal via the process of elimination. Target language includes: "Is he.. ...
With this video lesson, kids will enjoy watching the funny story meanwhile teachers can practice present simple, past simple, food, and listening skills. First watch the video and elicit wha ...
Use to as a preposition before a noun or as an infinitive before a verb. Use too as a synonym for also or to indicate excessiveness before a verb. Use two to spell out the number 2. Students choos ...
Use to as a preposition before a noun or as an infinitive before a verb. Use too as a synonym for also or to indicate excessiveness before a verb. Use two to spell out number 2. Students cho ...
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