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 was created for primary/elementary students. Students are asked to read through the poem and underline the correct spelling of the word in brackets. They are then asked to answer qu ...
It's a nice and rather wise cartoon, simple at first sight, but deep and educational at the end. There is a Halloween topic, teenager problems, siblings relationships, friendship and lots more to ...
This worksheet introduces seventeen phrasal verbs with "get" and five idioms with "get." Instead of providing the definition for the phrasal verb and idiom, there is a sample sentence. Using the s ...
This PPP can be used for the course of Business English or in a lesson dealing with entrepreneurship. The presentation contains some proverbs which are split up. At first the students can see the ...
Pets Corner - This word search was created for primary/elementary students and can be used as a fun activity with your class. There are fifteen different pets to find hidden in the grid. Students ...
What is the weather like in summer? What do trees look like in winter? What happens to the leaves on the trees in autumn? Students are asked to identify the four seasons by writing the correct sea ...
How well do your students know the parts of the human body? This worksheet was created for young learners to help them label the parts of the human body. It will also help students with their spel ...
This power-point presentation is prepared for teaching and reviewing about Polar regions: iceberg, arctic fox, puffin, polar bear, etc.. It also contains some questions to ask. It's appropria ...
This power-point presentation is prepared for teaching and reviewing about tropical rain forests : bamboo, canoe, parrot, toucan, etc.. It also contains some questions to ask. It's appropriat ...
This power-point presentation is prepared for teaching and reviewing African plains such as: buffalo, water hole, acacia tree, lion, etc.. It also contains some questions to ask. It's appropr ...
The 5th of November being "Anti-Bullying Day" in France this worksheet will help start discussion with your pupils. The sentences are myths and facts about bullying like : "Bullying is a normal pa ...
Apart from being Guy Fawkes' Day in England the 5th of Novembre is now "Anti-bullying Day" in France. This listening is a good summary of what bullying is, who the bullies are, what victims can do ...
This worksheet is designed for group work. Pictures and descriptions are cut-outs to be made as a wall poster. Suitable for primary school students. Each super hero characters has his name an ...
A free-to-use ESL unit suitable for intermediate level learners. This unit includes speaking, reading, listening, vocabulary and grammar practice. Links are provided for the audio clips for the li ...
The goals of this worksheet is to encourage learners to be more descriptive in their writings, using new vocabulary in terms of adjectives. They are asked to complete several exercises including f ...
The aim of this worksheet is to encourage learners to use their knowledge of adjectives and to learn new adjectives. They are asked to choose from a selection of adjectives to describe the picture ...
I like using this one for warming up while working out the vocabulary of personality and character. Four different tasks are given here not to get bored. Plus you can add a wordle worksheet with p ...
Preteach the idioms using the video. Explain that pronouns, prepositions and articles are missing. Ss need to match the parts and add some more words if neccessary. Don't forget about the feedback ...
Pre-teach the idioms using the video “Learn English - English Idioms for Personality & Character” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdSBqoteJpI. Desperate housewives season 1 e ...
The quiz will help to clatify the main points in being an ecologically minded person. By answering simple questions a student is aimed to think about his or her regular actions as ones which are " ...
This is a worksheet based on an interesting and a very informative video "How to Recycle in New York City" instructing New Yorkers on the process of recycling. The worksheet contains two exercises ...
"Waiting for Love" is a song by Swedish DJ and music producer Avicii which was released in 2015. It is an easy song worksheet for beginners to practice listening skills and the days of the week. I ...
This is a creative way to introduce currencies that are used globally to your ESL classroom. This powerpoint presentation is divided into three parts. The first focuses on identifying the currenci ...
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