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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The worksheet with pictures and names of different animals. Students have to match the names of the animals with their pictures. These are not very basic animals, so it suitable for students who h ...
A watching and listening comprehension exercise. Pupils watch a tourist videoc on YouTube (by Crunch TV) about London. They discover ways of transport across London, shopping areas, sights, museum ...
This worksheet is meant to practice -it endings in words, therefore, it is aimed at complete beginner students who are in their early stages of literacy. It consists of two questions in which stud ...
I created this worksheet to make a lesson on health more fun. My teenage students liked this PowerPoint presentation. They were surprised to find out how many weird fears exist. This PPP encourage ...
This powerpoint presentation will help your students learn about a famous American actor Johnny Depp. The PPT gives a lot of facts connected with his biography and career. There are two tasks to c ...
This year, Chinese New Year is celebrated on the 19 February. Use this 'copy and colour' worksheet for younger learners when teaching them about Chinese New Year. This activity could help lead int ...
This worksheet is for Russian-speaking teenagers. It is based on iCarly Episode. The video is not long, so it's suitable for the class. There is a vocabulary list, fill in the gaps activity and se ...
This is a PowerPoint presentation that defines key concepts of advertising and marketing. It also allows students to express their opinion on advertising and to analyse a couple of adverts. The la ...
This is a simple worksheet to introduce the different types of media and to define them. Students will also classify different types of media using key expressions and discuss their opinion with a ...
This is a quiz that aims to make students more aware of their media habits. Students interview each other (pair work) and then share the results with the whole class. Recommended for teenagers or ...
This is a worksheet that uses the video "The Media's manipulative influence over your morals" as a starting point to discuss the effects of the media's influence on women's self-awareness and care ...
This is a worksheet based on the film "Mad City" starring John Travolta and Dustin Hoffman. It aims to show students how the media is a powerful tool that can shape people’s opinions and sel ...
This is a worksheet based on some extracts from the graphic novel The influencing machine by Brooke Gladstone. Students will do reading comprehension exercises, summarize a page and practise corre ...
These are prompts for a debate on the topic "Should the media be regulated by the government?". I have included a debate outline that assigns roles to all of your students, in case you have more t ...
This is a powerpoint presentation of a series of pictures of high risk sports. I use it a discussion starter with high level students but it can be used for vocabulary presentation at all levels.& ...
This worksheet can be used to practise vocabulary related to sports equipment. Students will be asked to match the words to the pictures. The list is quite long, which will increase their vocabula ...
It's a typical Saint Valentine's activity. Very funny and very easy. Craft for all kind of students. It's a pop-up card. It's very easy. First step: paint, econd step: cut out, third step: fo ...
This worksheet deals with some vocabulary items related to describing a house and different rooms. It contains four activities. In activity number 4, the students are asked to compare two bedrooms ...
This song activity is designed specially for the intermediate students and is aimed to teach students some new vocabulary through a romantic song by Celine Dion and Barbra Streisand. The worksheet ...
This exercise is suggested for students of pre-intermediate level to discuss their experiences about love using the present perfect tense, introducing an Idiom "head over heels" and love definitio ...
Dealing with the theme of attitudes and values, the song by C.Santana is a suitable one to teach students the value of freedom and togetherness . The worksheet tackles lexical items in a gap filli ...
This is a listening task about a Youtube video featuring Jamie Oliver and his girls making fluffy pancakes. It's a really sweet video of about 3' and I use it in my lower-intermediate classes for ...
This power-point presentation is helpful for teaching or reviewing different kinds of shapes such as: triangle, rectangle, square, circle, heart, moon, star, pentagon, hexagon, diamond and oval. I ...
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