Welcome to the word building section of the site which has worksheets meant to help your students learn more vocabulary words. There are several subsections which allow you narrow down your search; they will make the search for the perfect worksheet even easier. This is an amazing word building worksheet with over eighty words that have a similar meaning to the word say. There are a number of activities explained on the website that you can use with learners of any age. If your students are at a lower level, consider removing some of the words so that they do not become overwhelmed with new vocabulary. Perhaps you think the focus of this activity is a little limited but it is just one example of the 252 wordbuilding worksheets available on this topic so you are free to use another one.
After students have a good vocabulary base, you can help them expand it by introducing synonyms, antonyms, prefixes and suffixes. These are simple ways that students can rapidly increase their vocabulary. Most beginners will not have enough vocabulary to draw on for these types of exercises but intermediate and advanced learners can certainly benefit from them. Generally this sort of activity should not be the primary focus of your lesson but rather used as a short warm up or review exercise.
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This is a Pre-Intermediate/Intermediate word search puzzle for teaching and revision of the prefixes used to form a negative form of an adjective. List of words used in this word search: IMPOLITE ...
A puzzle for the use of prefixes in- and im- Original words: imperfect, indecent, impolite, impatient, incorrect, inhuman Final word or phrase: Impressive Created using our FREE Double Puzzle Cr ...
This board game generates conversation about recycling, and also has students thinking about related vocabulary. Is a very useful followup to any recycling focused lesson. Includes giving synonyms ...
Worksheet for pre-intermediate students to learn and practise compound nouns. The students are asked to study 25 compound nouns: aircraft, airmail, armchair, blackboard, butterfly, blueberry, clas ...
The initial part of this resource involves the teacher cutting up a list of 10 or so opposite adjectives for the learners to then match up. After they have put them together go through pronunciati ...
Students have to put the adjectives in the relevant boxes marked im/un/in - initially the teacher should do some pronunciation work, drill the students on word stress etc and check the meanings (d ...
A list of 47 character qualities which can come in handy while discussing a (business) personality. You can shuffle them in any way you like and teach 1) new vocabulary 2) wordbuilding 3) opposite ...
Do your students need some additional word formation practice? This worksheet could be just what they need . They have to complete the texts with the correct derivatives and compound words. There ...
This wordsearch will be used for students to look for the prefixes/ suffixes in each word. Later they will be asked to write sentences using those words. List of words used in this word search: L ...
This is a theory worksheet to help your learners understand the difference between such synonyms as SAY-TELL-SPEAK-TALK. This can be used for Russian students and I hope will be very useful. The w ...
This worksheet is useful for children. It can be used alongside a story illustrating the character's personalities. It is divided into two activities. In the first one students have to match one a ...
This worksheet can be used at the lessons of practical grammar. It helps to teach the students to correctly build the antonyms and synonyms from different parts of speech. Then there is a table w ...
The lyrics celebrate the political changes in Eastern Europe at that time – such as the Polish Round Table Agreement and fall of the Berlin Wall, the increasing freedom in the communist bloc ...
These tasks are based on the story "The Luncheon" by S. Maugham. They include the following: true/false statements, synonyms, antonyms, paraphrasing. Suitable for elementary and pre-intermediate s ...
This worksheet contains different kinds of vocabulary work dealing with the topic economic activity. Special attention is paid to the word usage of: economic, economical, economically, economize e ...
A very nice reading passage for pre-intermediate levels. I've enjoyed a lot making this worksheet and included many comprehension exercises(4 pages). So, I really hope you like it.
It has: 1) a v ...
This is a pre, while, post-viewing worksheet based on a short part of the famous Twilight film. It is the scene where Bella and her schoolmates talk about the school event. Students are asked to f ...
This is a full lesson plan based on the grared reader about a boy who didn't know fear. The lesson plan that was kindly provided by Evan-Moor Corp contains an activity (crossword) on action verbs, ...
The test is divided into six exercises that deal with the business English vocabulary. There are matching and multiple choice exercises. Furthermore, the students will need to read the definitions ...
It´s a song that can be used with Pre- or Intermediate students.
Listen to the song. Fill in the gaps with the missing verbs from the lyrics.
Working with verbs by writing sentences. Find ...
After vacation, let your students have fun in class with this game! Play domino and review some homonyms at the same time. Each of the words has been carefully chosen, so that there is variety in ...
This worksheet is for those who learn synonyms and antonyms. The examples are very easy, to fit elementary students. May be used as homework or as some kind of a test.
Use as a sort or matching puzzle to learn the English suffixes. Cut out the definition cards. Use them to match against the suffixes. Each suffix has examples of words to use as hints.
When it ...
This worksheet has 2 pages and 6 exercises. The exercises are on matching, numbering the lines, filling the empty spaces.
They are about Past Simple - regular / irregular verbs. Also about aspect ...
How many verb do you know that have the same (or nearly the same) meaning as 'to say'?
This worksheet contains 81 (!) of such verbs - each on a separate card. It's up to you how you are going to ...
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