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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Short reading with reading comprehension exercises. Simple reading activity with comprehension questions about the Carnival in Rio de Janeiro. It describes this celebration and its origin. You wil ...
This is an Easter worksheet for young learners. They can practise some colours, cardinal numbers and there is/ there are structure. The worksheet involves colouring and drawing Easter eggs, comple ...
Bingo: a fun game to review school supplies, colors, and numbers. The teacher has to read out the words by randomly selecting them from a bag and the students have to cross them out. This game can ...
This PowerPoint contains the vocabulary items related to school supplies, such as scissors, pencil, table, chair, desk, glue, etc. It is appropriate for both absolute beginners and elementary leve ...
Today is Dick King Smith's birthday! Dick King Smith was an English writer of children's books. He grew up in the West Country, where his family ran several paper mills. Students are asked to fill ...
Help students to tell the time and practise it in daily conversation. It has wonderful pictures of clocks so that kids might get interested. Kids can practice with each other with the images of cl ...
Another episode of Anglophenia. This time Siobhan Thompson educates us on the differences Americans and Brits have regarding clothing. Watch the episode and label the items of clothing, according ...
It hides 15 money words, expressions or idioms inside. It can be in every direction, backward, forward and across. To make it more challenging, I haven't given word list. Students have to find the ...
It is prepared by one of my students and it is really funny and enjoyable. As she presents her subject through cartoons and pictures, it becomes more understandable and easy to grasp the differenc ...
As it is difficult to find exercises related to nouns derived from phrasal verbs, I prepared this worksheet so that students can practise more. It contains 50 exercises in which students are expec ...
This is a good activity to start a lesson about traveling, places or tourism. Students will have to look at the pictures and match them with the right names of the countries. Teachers can divide t ...
This worksheet is good for young learners that only recognize capital letters as they have to colour the animals following the number and its colour written on a side. It can be used to work with ...
The worksheet begins with a reading where a woman talks about herself and what she likes or does not like doing. Then students complete a chart with her personal information. After that, they say ...
This is a vocabulary worksheet for young learners. It contains pictures and names of different places: lake, mountains, river, jungle, sea, desert, field, forest, city, country etc. There are also ...
It explains the use of nouns derived from phrasal verbs through proper examples. In 3 slides it gives explanation and then the exercises part starts. Students try to find out the correct noun suit ...
It's a test paper requested by second graders, testing numbers, colours, seasons, clothes and simple objects. I used shapes and pictures. The test involves drawing and colouring. The teacher reads ...
A list of exercises including vocabulary for rooms of the house, pieces of furniture, hygiene products and also professions. It's good to use as a review or a class plan, as it has a lot of conver ...
This is a worksheet based on ELF School Phrases # 1. It is designed for elementary level and it includes three sections; before watching, while watching, and after watching. Download the video her ...
In this Powerpoint presentation you will have some images that represent a country. Students must create sentences (or describe what they see) in order of guessing the country. After a few images ...
In this worksheet, students can practice their knowledge of proper and strong collocations through a series of exercises focused on Use of English Part 4 for CAE and/or CPE candidates. Students mu ...
Here is a worksheet for a dictation about colors. It is useful for students who've just learnt how to write colors. There are some missing letters to complete the words. This worksheet can be done ...
This is a power point about "shapes" and their color. It is about four basic shapes. After you teach them the shapes, this powerpoint can be useful for the activation part to check their understa ...
This is a Powerpoint presentation that illustrates the beautiful tale of the hummingbird and the fire. You can use it with students of all ages to discuss the importance of small gestures and of d ...
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