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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My senior students like all sorts of puzzles very much. These worksheets are suitable to practise vocabulary easily in different ways and having fun. With crosswords, scrambled words and "snake-wo ...
This worksheet is helpful for improving your students listening skills. It is appropriate for elementary students esp. young learners. It's based on a story book called City Girl, Country Boy (Dol ...
This worksheet is appropriate for reviewing and practicing how to describe people. It's appropriate for elementary students. This worksheet includes some questions related to physical appearance a ...
This is a worksheet suitable to revise the months and the ordinal numbers. First the students read the whole sentences and then they fill in the corresponding dates in their short forms. At the en ...
With this worksheet your students can practise the ordinal numbers and the days of the week. They learn how to say the dates in a correct way and the different ways to write them. If they know the ...
This power-point presentation is based on a story book called "City Girl, Country Boy" (Dolphin readers, level 4) which is suitable for elementary language learners. It shows some differences betw ...
An information gap exercise for groups of 3. This is a speaking and listening exercise to practice sentences structures associated with food shopping e.g. "How much are the----?" "Excuse me, I do ...
This is a worksheet featuring a youtube video report on transport preparations in London ahead of London 2012 Olympics. It is intended for intermediate students and above and can trigger discussio ...
The first exercise is the gap fill. Students work in pairs and try to complete the questions about houses.They are given the first letter of each word. Once finished they ask each other the questi ...
This is a worksheet for practicing "Food Quantities". It is designed for elementary level and it includes an activity in which language learners are asked to look at the pictures and write. Hope i ...
This is a game for practicing expressions, like sleep well, merry Christmas, well done, etc. It is designed for pre-intermediate level and the instruction of the game is included. Hope it works!
A nice warmer or filler for your lessons - a poem about summer, the main activity is for students to fill in the gaps. The words are given on the slide as well and in the end they see the wh ...
This worksheet is based on the BBC 6 minute English (Glass Half Full) which you can find following the link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/general/sixminute/2014/01/140123_6min ...
Vocabulary included: sit down, (don't) stand up, clean up, don't run, don't shout, walk, please, thank you. - Fill in the blanks using polite requests. Use please and thank you in ...
The activities of this lesson are focused on reading and speaking and are based around a wonderful poem "Phenomenal Woman". As a warmer students look at photos of famous women and discuss what mak ...
These activities go well after you've already presented cooking verbs to your students. The first task is matching the verbs to pictures. Next, you can divide you class into 2 groups and ask them ...
This presentation is based on a holiday maze activity posted at www.teachingenglish.org.uk and designed by British Council. It is suitable for teenagers and adults and works well in one-to-one les ...
This is a sheet of 5 role plays dealing with interesting scenarios one might encounter when dealing with a smoker or being a smoker. While the sheet gives some details about the character to be pl ...
This worksheet helps students to develop their listening and speaking skills, because after seeing the film they must answer several questions, and reflect in some cases. Students should tak ...
This is a cut-out activity, where students can have fun coloring and joining the animal parts in order to create animal professionals. There are three professions: chef, fire fighter, police offic ...
This is a craft worksheet for preschool and kindergarden. It aims at teaching two animals belonging to the wilderness. In this craft you can either color the lion's mane and the zebra's stripes or ...
This power-point presentation is about a visit to the city. It tells us about different kinds of vehicles to travel, museums, parks, zoo and markets in the city. This is appropriate for elementary ...
I've created this poster to have a quick overview at hand on the subject of telling time. It has been carefully designed to be visually attractive yet still provides pupils with all the informatio ...
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