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.
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Ice-breaking activity for Spanish beginner/ elementary students to be done right after Christmas. Students will review vocabulary related to the typical things we do at Christmas and will pra ...
Ice-breaking activity for Spanish pre-intermediate students to be used after the Christmas holiday. Students will practise asking and answering questions about Christmas. They are expect ...
This is a simple worksheet for practicing prepositions of time. It contains a table which shows the time and day of some TV programmes. The students are supposed to have conversations with their p ...
The letter g can make spelling tricky. When g meets a, o, or u, its sound is hard e.g. gap. When g meets e, i, or y, its sound is soft e.g. gym. Write words beginning with a hard 'g' sound under t ...
When c meets a, o, or u, its sound is hard e.g. cap. When c meets e, i, or y, its sound is soft e.g. city. Students are asked to write words beginning with a hard 'c' sound under the carrot, and w ...
I made a very informal and funny presentation to show my students titles and how to address people properly. I hope you all like it, and please, modify it as you like. For this presentation, I add ...
Youtube listening activity on black boxes, suitable for (upper) intermediate levels. It contains gap filling questions. Hope you find it useful. Instructions: do not watch the video, as it re ...
This is an easier version of the classic battleships game, which I like to use to practise letters and numbers. Pupils can cut out the ships and decide where to put them on their grid before they ...
This worksheet is used for practicing "simple past", why/ because, talking about likes and dislikes, and yes/ no questions. It contains several questions with related pictures, to look a ...
This is a worksheet for practicing vocabulary items related to describing a job. It contains two activities. First, it includes a matching activity. Secondly, the language learners are asked to co ...
This worksheet can be used for reviewing and practicing school supplies (crayon, book, table, and desk) and counting, and also reviewing cardinal numbers 1-10. It includes questions and examples t ...
This power-point presentation is used to teach and show different kinds of puppets(marionette, water puppet, finger puppet,etc.) , and the materials needed for making puppets. It is also used for ...
This topic contains a general description of how people usually celebrate New Year in France, new year activity, you can discuss how people in your hometown or family celebrate the new year.& ...
The information gap consists of two versions of job descriptions with incomplete information in each version, the two versions are followed by several activities of completing a information grid, ...
The information gap consists of one version of news reports (3 news reports)and one version of advertisements ( 3 ads) on city events, the two versions are followed by information transfer, senten ...
The information gap tasks consists of two versions, one version is a collection of advertisements on jobs (6 jobs) and another version is an email, followed by information transfer, sentence const ...
The information gap task consists of two versions, one version is customers´ reviews and the other version is advertisements of products, followed by the information grid activity, sentence ...
This power-point presentation is useful for teaching parts of the body. It contains beautiful pictures of body parts (head, eyes, elbow, hand, finger, etc.) and it also presents subject pronouns ( ...
This is a simple worksheet for practicing the articles a or an. It contains the biographies of three famous actors in which the language learners are asked to complete the sentences with a/ an. It ...
This worksheet contains two activities. It is related to the home items, like stove, sofa, cabinets, etc. First, students are asked to look at the pictures and write the missing words. Secondly, t ...
This worksheet contains the family tree of the actor, Michael Douglas. Put the students into pairs. Focus on the example. Encourage the language learners to point to the names and ask their partne ...
This worksheet is designed for teaching and reviewing prepositions of time (in, at, on, around, until) and time expressions. This worksheet could be used to test students prior knowledge about pre ...
This PowerPoint introduces letter N n. It contains some words that start with n. Moreover, it includes beautiful photos. It is appropriate for absolute beginners. You may find it useful at the eng ...
This PowerPoint contains some games that we do at the park, such as jump rope, skate, fly kites, etc. It also includes nice photos. This PowerPoint is appropriate for elementary levels, particular ...
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