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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A power point presentation with some quotes and sentences for students to share opinions about. I used it from intermediate level on. In the presentation also there are opinion sentences that can ...
This presentation contains speaking questions about family such as family members, parents, brother and sister, which will help your students with speaking skills and exchange some of the i ...
This worksheet contains pictures about food. Such as: alle, banana, mango etc. A teacher can use them to teach what kids like to eat. Also this worksheet can be used in order to teach countable an ...
There are 51 cards, all you need to do is cut them in half along the dotted line. Included is a guide on how to play, a list of the letters included and some jokers in case you lose some letters ...
This worksheet starts with a Bingo game as the first step then filling the gaps with the missing words from the music, to finish you will find a Pop Wizz about the song studied above. It will take ...
This power-point presentation can be used for teaching and modeling how to order food in the class. It contains some pictures and names of different food you can ask your students to change the co ...
Song Worksheet: Roar by Katy Perry. Variety of exercises: fill in the blanks with the words that you hear, put the verses in the correct order, match the sentence halves. Plus some vocabulary/use ...
This power-point presentation helps you to teach family related vocabulary items such as: father, mother, family, grandparents, brother, aunt, uncle and cousin to the young learners and elementary ...
This power-point presentation is appropriate for teaching different parts of the house and different things in the house. It's suitable for young learners and elementary students. This file includ ...
Easy worksheet for the youngest students. Perfect to practise verb 'to be' and basic adjectives. The worksheet contain 5 simple tasks for kids who just have started studying English with a tutor, ...
This is a dialogue and role play exercise. The dialogue sets the pattern of talking in English, and leads gently into the role play exercises. The whole thing took 1 hour for my Chinese middle sch ...
This is a worksheet that can be used when teaching about UK. It has some general information about the country. Ss work in pairs, each of them having a different worksheet (A and B). Without looki ...
I have used this game when teaching a lesson about Spain to a group with mixed levels. They really had fun playing it. The questions are not very difficult and some of them can be inferred from th ...
This is a crossword puzzle about rugby (answer key included). Your students will have fun testing their knowledge on rugby. There are eighteen clues for eighteen words. Students read the clues and ...
This is my second worksheet about the Rugby World Cup. Students learn about the rugby world cup logos. They have to colour in the logos with the matching colours. Each number corresponds to a colo ...
This worksheet is for practising the names of the 20 countries competing at the 2015 Rugby World Cup. Divide your class into teams, students have to write the names at the right place, the fastest ...
"Pothound" is a great, short film by Trinidadian filmmaker, Christopher Guinness. You can watch it here: https://vimeo.com/32823310. I used this worksheet with intermediate ESL students in a Japan ...
I created this worksheet for my Cambridge English First students before our winter break. It'll help them with phrasal verbs and vocabulary. You could also hold a class discussion about when your ...
Octagons are eight sided shapes. Mr. Octopus needs to find his way home! Help Mr. Octopus find his way home by colouring a path. He can only follow octagons. This helps students identify the octag ...
This worksheet is for primary/elementary students. It’s is a contraction for it is or it has: It’s my bedtime. Its indicates possessive: The choir is proud of its performance. Write it ...
This is a dictation worksheet for food in which the students are asked to write the missing letters. It is designed for elementary level. Hope it helps.
This is a three-page worksheet for reviewing how to ask for information and respond to questions about buses and trains. It includes four activities and it is designed for pre-intermediate level. ...
This is a game based on the story book Wonderful Wild Animals. Cut the cards and write numbers 1-14 on the other side of each card. Place the cards on the board and divide your students into two t ...
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