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Here at Busy Teacher you can find a lot of teaching ideas that have worked for other ESL instructors. There are currently 1,378 available worksheets in this section alone! You can also sort worksheets by ranking to see ones that received positive feedback and read what other teachers have said in the comments section. These tools can help you decide what worksheets to use in your classroom. This worksheet contains great color flashcards for different types of food and includes instructions for a card game. It is just one of the free, printable worksheets you can find. If you need further resources, look at some related articles; they contain a lot of lesson ideas too.
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Good Mothers VS Great Mothers: Poster

Good Mothers VS Great Mothers: Poster

Happy Mother's Day! For all mothers out there, we have prepared another nice poster - print it out and enjoy! Works wonders as a conversation starter for the upper levels! Click the image below t ...
8 Views 14,890 All
Parts of Speech Poster

Parts of Speech Poster

Create an inspiring environment in your classroom and encourage learning with this amazing parts of speech poster. Recommended for elementary students but it can also be useful for higher levels.
18 Views 27,280 ElemPre-Int
Class Rules

Class Rules

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These can be used as posters to display the classroom rules. The following rules have been given: 1. Listen, 2. Respect others, 3. Try your best, 4. Raise your hand, 5. Say "Please" and "Than ...
9 Views 14,885 BegElem
Emergencies Game

Emergencies Game

This worksheet is a review of some parts of the body and emergencies. The students play in two groups, boys against girls. Each question for each group. This worksheet can be used at the end of th ...
12 Views 27,635 Pre-IntInt
Happy Mother's Day: Poster

Happy Mother's Day: Poster

Happy Mother's Day! For all mothers out there, we have prepared this cute poster - print it out and enjoy! Click the image below to get the full size poster & save it to your computer. CLICK ...
21 Views 37,476 All
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Colors and Shapes: Difficult Memory Flashcards 2

Colors and Shapes: Difficult Memory Flashcards 2

This set of cards is designed to help students practice or review color and shape words. Printed double-sided, the cards can be used as flashcards; printed on two separate sheets, they can be use ...
9 Views 10,573 IntAdvExam
Colors and Shapes: Difficult Memory Flashcards

Colors and Shapes: Difficult Memory Flashcards

This set of cards is designed to help students practice or review color and shape words. Printed double-sided, the cards can be used as flashcards; printed on two separate sheets, they can be used ...
4 Views 9,014 ElemPre-IntInt
Colors and Shapes: Easy Memory Flashcards

Colors and Shapes: Easy Memory Flashcards

This set of cards is designed to help students practice or review basic color and shape words. Printed double-sided, the cards can be used as flashcards; printed on two separate sheets, they can b ...
8 Views 11,253 BegElemPre-Int
Colors: Memory Flashcards

Colors: Memory Flashcards

This set of cards is designed to help students practice or review basic color words. Printed double-sided, the cards can be used as flashcards; printed on two separate sheets, they can be used for ...
5 Views 11,245 BegElem
Classroom Language [Teacher]

Classroom Language [Teacher]

What do we teachers say on the English lessons? This worksheet contains the necessary language students need to understand. You can use it for presenting the topic or as a review. If you print it ...
41 Views 127,705 BegElemPre-Int
Classroom Language

Classroom Language

This worksheet contains the necessary language students need to communicate on English lessons. You can use it for presenting the topic or as a review. If you print it in larger size it will make ...
38 Views 69,913 BegElemPre-Int
Present Continuous Pictures (Doing Sports)

Present Continuous Pictures (Doing Sports)

These funny pictures can help you not only to practice Present Continuous tense, but also to revise the sports vocabulary. You can use them to elicit the words that your children has already known ...
28 Views 28,714 Elem
Debate: Seismologists vs. Volcanologists

Debate: Seismologists vs. Volcanologists

A debate worksheet about the pros and cons of living in earthquake zones vs. volcano zones, where ESL students can practise and reinforce acquired terminology and concepts. Brainstorming previousl ...
6 Views 16,077 Pre-IntInt
Colour in the Healthy Foods

Colour in the Healthy Foods

This worksheet was designed for students in Year 1. They will identify the healthy foods on the worksheet then write and draw what their favourite healthy food is. After discussions about healthy ...
11 Views 56,975 BegElemPre-Int
Grammar Auction

Grammar Auction

20 sentences, some of which are grammatically correct and some of which aren't. Put ss into groups and give them the sheet; give them some time to look at the sentences and decide which are correc ...
10 Views 53,695 ElemPre-Int
Punctuation Flashcards

Punctuation Flashcards

Here is a set of high quality flashcards for teaching or revising punctuation. There are excellent illustrations and basic rules. The cards are recommended for elementary students and they can al ...
14 Views 20,728 BegElem
Prepositions Of Place Flashcards

Prepositions Of Place Flashcards

You will find this set of prepositions of place flashcards very attractive for your students. These cards can also be used as classroom posters or for playing games.
42 Views 104,012 BegElem
Classroom Rules and Procedures

Classroom Rules and Procedures

Hello, this is my first post. It contains 5 basic classroom rules and some procedures. 1. We listen to others. 2. We are nice with our words and actions. 3. We keep our electronic devices off. 4 ...
11 Views 21,834 BegElemPre-Int
Modal Verbs Flashcards

Modal Verbs Flashcards

These are simple word flashcards, with a symbol in each one, to represent ability, advice and order. I printed the affirmative ones in green paper and the negative in red paper. On the board, I dr ...
15 Views 29,056 BegElem
Writing Marking Symbols

Writing Marking Symbols

Getting students to re-write compositions is not always easy. Perhaps because they usually find it hard to know what is wrong. Using a key will help them to spot the type of mistake they have made ...
9 Views 28,243 AdvExam
What Color Is Your ...? Interview

What Color Is Your ...? Interview

Kids love asking questions and coloring :) In this activity children walk around the class, choose a partner and ask about the color of their school objects - "What color is your (eraser)?" Then, ...
9 Views 13,253 Beg
Animals: Complete Beginner Vocabulary Worksheet

Animals: Complete Beginner Vocabulary Worksheet

This is an useful complete beginner vocabulary worksheet, with pictures, to teach young learners about different kind of animals and their names. I am using this worksheet with my two groups of s ...
21 Views 19,385 Beg
Natural Disasters Worksheet

Natural Disasters Worksheet

By introducing this worksheet into your classes, students will have fun learning natural disasters related vocabulary. There is a picture dictionary followed by a matching activity.
24 Views 90,740 ElemPre-Int
Numbers 1-10: Flashcards

Numbers 1-10: Flashcards

This is a set of flashcards for teaching cardinal numbers. There are 10 flashcards with numbers from 1 to ten and 1 classroom poster. Recommended for beginners.
15 Views 22,378 BegElem
Classroom Instructions

Classroom Instructions

It's a powerpoint presentation about the vocabulary used in the classroom everyday such as asking permission to go the toilet or ask something to the teacher or to your partner. it also includes d ...
16 Views 20,689 BegElem

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