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 dont 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 is a 4-page intermediate worksheet is to accompany Dan Pink's TED Talk on Motivation. It includes discussion questions, diagrams and images to illustrate the concepts. Begin with as ...
This fun educational cloze activity can be used in your class when teaching students reading comprehension. Students read the facts about the 16th President of the United States, Abraham ...
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This worksheet contains 16 cards which you can use whenever your students are practicing how to introduce themselves and giving personal information. You need to cut them out and give on ...
The video-based worksheet deals with the topics of appearance and its possible influence on character. Students work on the vocabulary units that describe the facial structure, namely no ...
This song "Mad Hatter" by Melanie Martinez is from Tim Burton's movie Alice in Wonderland. Students watch and listen to the video on YouTube. This task is complicated. Before handing out ...
This lesson, based on a YouTube film, is about sweatshops. Students get to learn new vocabulary, watch a film, and answer open questions. The class can be divided into pairs to discuss q ...
The subject of this worksheet is Looking for adventure | Searching for happiness. It helps practice listening skills. Students listen to the song and discuss the meaning of "bein ...
This worksheet is for upper-intermediate to advanced students. It includes a set of questions about the TV series How I met your mother S01E02 – Purple Giraffe. Students watch the ...
This Music lesson plan is taught in English via the CLIL method and comprises the ballet music of Swan Lake by P. I . Tchaikovsky. It also includes creative activities that students can ...
Test and expand your students’ knowledge on An Inspector Calls. Students can discuss the characters including the theme of gender. These questions have been curriculum mapped again ...
Students watch the video, listen to the lyrics and fill in the gaps. You need to pause while listening, or you may give it to your students for listening for the first time. Let them gue ...
The worksheet teaches communication in professional settings. It can be used as a part of Business English classes at the workplace. The tasks include watching the sample videos of unsu ...
This short spelling activity for elementary learners includes a list of 12 inventions. Students learn the spellings and firstly put them in alphabetical order. They must then choose the ...
This easy worksheet consists of a board game to practise the key vocabulary and expressions about telling the time. Students roll a dice, move the number of spaces and read aloud the tim ...
This activity includes common idioms with picture clues to help students find their definitions. The resource can be use in the classroom as an activity or as a homework task. An answer ...
Test your students’ knowledge of the novel Frankenstein. The questions have been written to deepen and expand their understanding and to encourage discussion of key issues ...
This worksheet for Pre-/Intermediate levels can be used to practise listening skills, comprehension and to discuss the meaning of "being on top of the world". It can be used as a warm-up ...
This Bingo game about gorilla's can be used as a warm-up or to close the class. It helps improve the vocabulary. When the children hear a word called out, they look at their bingo c ...
This worksheet was created for Elementary level adult students. They read the descriptions and match them with the photos on page 2. The sheet can be used to revise t ...
The worksheet is based on the adapted article from the Economist describing how face masks can become fashionable items in France. The tasks are aimed at developing reading comprehension ...
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