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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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Word Generating Technique

Word Generating Technique

This is a simple but useful word generating technique using suffixes and prefixes to create new words. Your students will love it. I personally have used it and it has given me great outcomes. In ...
7 Views 15,931 All
Obama: New Gun Restrictions ‘Not Even Possible’

Obama: New Gun Restrictions ‘Not Even Possible’

Discussion worksheet about gun laws and massive shooting in the United States.The worksheet provides a text in which president Obama talks about new restrictions to gun laws and execises the vocab ...
9 Views 240,542 Pre-IntIntAdv
Vocabulary Grade 4/5 (#20A)

Vocabulary Grade 4/5 (#20A)

This worksheet is part (1) of a 4 part set that includes vocabulary words, crossword puzzle, sentence cloze, and wordsearch. I hope it is useful to everyone interested. I use these sets for my En ...
3 Views 12,588 BegElemPre-IntIntAdv
Vocabulary 2-3 (#13B)

Vocabulary 2-3 (#13B)

This worksheet is part (2) of a 4 part set that includes vocabulary words, crossword puzzle, sentence cloze, and wordsearch. I hope it is useful to everyone interested. I use these sets for my En ...
3 Views 9,189 BegElemPre-IntInt
Vocabulary 2-3 (#13A)

Vocabulary 2-3 (#13A)

This worksheet is part (1) of a 4 part set that includes vocabulary words, crossword puzzle, sentence cloze, and wordsearch. I hope it is useful to everyone interested. I use these sets for my En ...
3 Views 8,768 BegElemPre-Int
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Prefixes and Words Exercises

Prefixes and Words Exercises

In fact this powerpoint is based on New Headway Unit 3 and 4 but of course it could be used by the teachers who want to measure their students' knowledge on prefixes and see how far they can manag ...
4 Views 25,923 Adv
Vocabulary Grade 2/3 #5D

Vocabulary Grade 2/3 #5D

This worksheet is part (4) of a 4 part set that includes vocabulary words, crossword puzzle, sentence cloze, and wordsearch. I hope it is useful to everyone interested. I use these sets for my En ...
2 Views 9,743 BegElemPre-Int
Vocabulary Grade 2/3 #5D

Vocabulary Grade 2/3 #5D

This worksheet is part (4) of a 4 part set that includes vocabulary words, crossword puzzle, sentence cloze, and wordsearch. I hope it is useful to everyone interested. I use these sets for my En ...
2 Views 8,628 BegElemPre-Int
Vocabulary Grade 2/3 #5C

Vocabulary Grade 2/3 #5C

This worksheet is part (3) of a 4 part set that includes vocabulary words, crossword puzzle, sentence cloze, and wordsearch. I hope it is useful to everyone interested. I use these sets for my En ...
3 Views 14,896 BegElemPre-Int
Vocabulary Grade 2/3 #5B

Vocabulary Grade 2/3 #5B

This worksheet is part (2) of a 4 part set that includes vocabulary words, crossword puzzle, sentence cloze, and wordsearch. I hope it is useful to everyone interested. I use these sets for my En ...
3 Views 9,547 BegElemPre-Int
Vocabulary Grade 2/3 #5A

Vocabulary Grade 2/3 #5A

This worksheet is part (1) of a 4 part set that includes vocabulary words, crossword puzzle, sentence cloze, and wordsearch. I hope it is useful to everyone interested. I use these sets for my En ...
2 Views 14,320 BegElemPre-Int
Vocabulary Grade 4/5 #8D

Vocabulary Grade 4/5 #8D

This worksheet is part (4) of a 4 part set that includes vocabulary words, crossword puzzle, sentence cloze, and wordsearch. I hope it is useful to everyone interested. I use these sets for my En ...
2 Views 7,432 BegElemPre-Int
Vocabulary Grade 4/5 #8C

Vocabulary Grade 4/5 #8C

This worksheet is part (3) of a 4 part set that includes vocabulary words, crossword puzzle, sentence cloze, and wordsearch. I hope it is useful to everyone interested. I use these sets for my En ...
2 Views 8,186 BegElemPre-Int
Vocabulary Grade 4/5 #8B

Vocabulary Grade 4/5 #8B

This worksheet is part (2) of a 4 part set that includes vocabulary words, crossword puzzle, sentence cloze, and wordsearch. I hope it is useful to everyone interested. I use these sets for my En ...
2 Views 7,372 BegElemPre-Int
Vocabulary Grade4/5 #8A

Vocabulary Grade4/5 #8A

This worksheet is part (1) of a 4 part set that includes vocabulary words, crossword puzzle, sentence cloze, and wordsearch. I hope it is useful to everyone interested. I use these sets for my En ...
2 Views 5,458 BegElemPre-Int
Vocabulary Grade4/5 #8A

Vocabulary Grade4/5 #8A

This worksheet is part (1) of a 4 part set that includes vocabulary words, crossword puzzle, sentence cloze, and wordsearch. I hope it is useful to everyone interested. I use these sets for my En ...
2 Views 7,734 BegElemPre-Int
Homographs

Homographs

Homographs are introduced to students through examples with their phonetic script and proper pictures. Also their meanings are given so that students could understand the pronunciation difference. ...
5 Views 19,116 Adv
The Anagrams

The Anagrams

A simple anagrams activity, I often use it as a warm-up at the beginning of a class. You can cut it into separate lines and distribute to your students or just give them the whole sheet and let th ...
3 Views 8,760 Pre-Int
Phonetics Card Game

Phonetics Card Game

2 Teams of  2 players (a clue giver and a guesser), a deck of 44 cards, a timer (2mn rounds). Find and Pronounce as many words as possible. Rules: - the clue giver draws a ...
14 Views 31,196 Int
Suffixes Snap Game

Suffixes Snap Game

This worksheet is for higher level adult or teenage students to play a game of Snap by making correct entertainment words using suffixes. Students play in groups of three to four. They take turns ...
10 Views 24,008 Int
Song Worksheet: Accidentally in Love

Song Worksheet: Accidentally in Love

Here you have the song "Accidentally in Love" by Counting Crows in which students choose the correct word the first time. Then, they have to discriminate words by their sounds.Finally, they look f ...
6 Views 18,482 All
Word Root Cards

Word Root Cards

This is a set of 40 printable cards: 20 common English word roots and 20 definitions. They can be printed out and used as flash cards or to play a concentration-style game. Roots include: ast ...
5 Views 32,700 IntAdv
Adjective Prefixes: Questions for Discussion

Adjective Prefixes: Questions for Discussion

Students complete the questions with suitable prefixes (un-, im-, il-, ir-, dis-, in-, re-, over-, mis-). Then they answer them in pairs. This is a good exercise when you want to give them mo ...
21 Views 55,131 Pre-Int
Revision Test 5 - Project Plus 2nd Edition

Revision Test 5 - Project Plus 2nd Edition

This unit test is about using the second conditional, the combination of the first and second conditional, questions with would, reflexive pronouns. From vocabulary there is an exercise for warnin ...
8 Views 24,177 Pre-Int
Plurals and Suffixes Worksheet

Plurals and Suffixes Worksheet

An initiative for beginners after learning all the rules to change into plurals. Fill in the word or suffix (-ish, -ful) and make a word after adding the suffix, it will help them better understa ...
9 Views 35,560 Elem

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