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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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Test Grade 5

Test Grade 5

Written test for the 5th grade. It starts with a text; then a true/ false exercise; completing sentences; aswering about the text; asking questions; completing (verbs exercise); labeling about hum ...
4 Views 21,036 BegElem
Tense Review Worksheet (Simple Past, Present Perfect, Past Perfect)

Tense Review Worksheet (Simple Past, Present Perfect, Past Perfect)

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This worksheet includes some exercises about 'simple past vs present perfect' and 'simple past vs past perfect' for intermediate level students. It also contains some exercises about conjunctions ...
28 Views 85,385 Pre-IntIntAdv
Review or Placement Test for Dyslexics

Review or Placement Test for Dyslexics

I creatied this worksheet for dyslexics who need tutoring. I use it mostly as a review sheet when they get back to school, so as to determine whether there are some specific points that need inten ...
1 Views 6,248 Elem
Teaching Techniques

Teaching Techniques

This worksheet in for teachers wanting to create a more fun and simple learning environment for their students. It contains some simple yet effective methods used by me and other teachers around t ...
12 Views 18,954 All
Body Parts Linking Activity

Body Parts Linking Activity

Learn body parts by linking the words with the drawing. The body parts used in this worksheet are: ear, eye, nose, arm, leg, foot, feet, shoulder, mouth, head, knee and body. After linking th ...
17 Views 83,939 Beg
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Diagnostic Test Level 4

Diagnostic Test Level 4

A set of grammar tasks to revise different grammar points learned in the previous level (3): supply the right options of varied tenses and linkers+report 3 direct statements +change to passive voi ...
6 Views 22,345 Adv
The ABC - Flashcards

The ABC - Flashcards

Here you can have a presentation of flashcards about the ABC with words and pictures for each letter. It's quite simple and probably for complete beginners, but I also used for a quick remind ...
23 Views 59,741 Beg
Teacher's Back to School Checklist

Teacher's Back to School Checklist

It's basically a cheat sheet for English teachers which is supposed to help them survive the first lesson. It contains some tips, what not to forget at the beginning of the year. Empty spaces are ...
9 Views 23,312 All
Who Is a Teacher?

Who Is a Teacher?

Often teachers think that all they need to do is to teach. But there is much more to being a teacher. A teacher is someone who does all of these. I put this poster together as I thought about all ...
9 Views 13,979 All
Movie Maker Workshop

Movie Maker Workshop

This worksheet is an instruction for making and editing videos in Windows Live Movie Maker. I tried to be precise and short as busy teachers have no time to read all of the instructions. This mate ...
3 Views 12,417 IntAdv
Review for Little Kids

Review for Little Kids

It's a written review for little kids to practice the vocabulary of wild animals, feelings, numbers up to 5 and the prepositions in and on. It was designed for 3-4-year old students, like a final ...
5 Views 10,035 Beg
Double Mark Test Semester 1 Year 2014

Double Mark Test Semester 1 Year 2014

A test for 4th grade Students High School for technical schools. It regards vocuabulary about occupations, reading and listening comprhension exercises. It is divided into three items from I to II ...
1 Views 4,865 Pre-Int
Colour the Biggest Animal First and Go On

Colour the Biggest Animal First and Go On

This worksheet is basically a colour worksheet. However, you can make children think by creating different ideas like 1. colour your favorite animal first and go on till you colour the animal you ...
1 Views 24,581 BegElem
World Cup 2014 Country Flags (for Memory Game)

World Cup 2014 Country Flags (for Memory Game)

This is a game you can play with students of all levels, whether they are following the World Cup or not. I think it's a good way to help them learn the names of countries in English, as well as m ...
9 Views 22,819 All
Clothes Pictures

Clothes Pictures

I used these for making a bingo card or you can use them as flashcards. It contains pictures to illustrate vocabulary such as: gloves, scarf, pants, vest, belt and so on.
5 Views 19,885 Elem
Daddy

Daddy

This worksheet is for children. It is a certificate to be done for their fathers on Father's Day. They may color it the way they want and then cut to give as a real certificate wishing their dads ...
4 Views 14,914 Beg
Butterfly Dot

Butterfly Dot

This worksheet must be used with kids. They have to match the dots in order to form a beautiful butterfly. They can also color after matching and cut to decorate the classroom. It is an extra acti ...
6 Views 14,998 Beg
Crossword (Do-It-Yourself)

Crossword (Do-It-Yourself)

I use this template with all levels of secondary school students to practise vocabulary. The students take their current vocabulary lists, create a crossword puzzle with a set of 10 words and then ...
3 Views 8,780 Pre-IntIntAdv
Vocabulary Refresh

Vocabulary Refresh

This worksheet is great for revising some useful vocabulary, namely: countries and nationalities; numbers; days of the week; plural form of words; jobs and professions; family; telling time; free ...
9 Views 15,066 Elem
Final Test for Elementary Students

Final Test for Elementary Students

This is my final test for elementary students this year. It includes grammar, vocabulary, reading and writing. Students are asked to read the text, answer and ask questions, fill in the ...
9 Views 22,319 Elem
JC's Common Errors Bankrupt

JC's Common Errors Bankrupt

Tired of basic mistakes produced by my "advanced" students, I decided to take advantage of Busy Teacher's "warmer of the day: Bankrupt". I was hoping that turning these mistakes into a competition ...
6 Views 18,421 IntAdv
Perfect, Simple and Continuous

Perfect, Simple and Continuous

A number of sentences to complete. I use this for a revision of the past simple, past continuous, present perfect simple, present perfect continuous, and past perfect simple. Reported speech also ...
18 Views 63,963 Int
Elementary Level Test 2 (Adults)

Elementary Level Test 2 (Adults)

An elementary level test to assess students on their knowledge of the present  simple tense in the affirmative, negative and interrogative forms, prepositions of time and time expressions, as ...
4 Views 13,748 Elem
Lesson Outcome Sheet

Lesson Outcome Sheet

For teachers who want to save their time and reputation. Sometimes you just forget to write down where you have finished in your book or workbook and you skip something really important. This shee ...
9 Views 15,338 All
American English vs. British English Flash Cards

American English vs. British English Flash Cards

These flash cards are based on others found on BusyTeacher.org, so credit goes to those creators. They are American vs. British English flash cards, but with each word on a separate card. Useful f ...
16 Views 41,343 Pre-IntInt

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