Teaching vocabulary with images

Weather vocabulary picture dictation exercises (PDF)

Directions vocabulary dictation for pictures exercises (PDF)

Food vocabulary dictation exercises with pictures (PDF)

Travelling by air vocabulary & dictation
exercises (PDF)

Jobs vocabulary dictation exercises incl. pictures (PDF)

Housing vocabulary dictation exercises incl.
pictures (PDF)

Travel & culture vocabulary: dictation exercises (PDF)

Personality vocabulary  & dictation exercises
using pictures (PDF)

Accessories & style vocabulary dictation
exercises with pictures (PDF)

Technology & schedules vocabulary dictation (PDF)
Other vocabulary teaching ideas
for ESL Teachers

Spelling exercise worksheets incl. commonly
misspelt words (PDF)

Making vocabulary stick :using word lists to make connections

Communicative Vocabulary Reinforcement

ESL Food Vocabulary lesson

Using Wall Maps for expanding ESL students' vocabulary

Vocabulary Revision Techniques ( all ages of students)

Confusing words

Elementary confusing words worksheet (PDF)

Commonly confused words worksheet (PDF)

Commonly confused words worksheet  2 (PDF)

More advanced confused words worksheet (PDF)

Confusing words test (PDF)

Exercises and examples for confusing words

Confusing words "choose the word that best
completes the sentence" exercises (PDF)

Confusing words worksheet (PDF)

More confusing words worksheets (PDFs)
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Vocabulary Games

Vocabulary games

OUP sample-word formation and vocabulary game withprintable word sheets(PDF)

Hotseat/Back to the Board Classic ESL/EFL Game

Vocabulary table

Vocabulary Spelling Rules

Vocabulary Notebooks for English language students

Template for Vocabulary Notebook (PDF)

Another example of Instructions for Vocabulary Notebook

A third example of instructions for vocab notebook (PDF)

Vocabulary Word Maps for Learning and Remembering.....

Vocabulary Word Map (PDF)

From Word to word: ESL brainstorming idea

Word Map (PDF)

Vocabulary chart


Vocabulary sorting

American vs British English (PDF)

Illness vs symptons vocabulary (PDF)

Identity & crime vacabulary (PDF)

Word building & word formation exercises & worksheets

A collection of word formation and meaning worksheets (PDF)

Change adjectives into nouns worksheet (PDF)

Spelling & language use exercises (PDF)

Sample vocabulary building exercise

"Doer" and "place" suffixes (PDF)

A range of  suffix/prefix exercises (PDF)

Parts of speech suffix test (see page 6) (PDF)

Basic suffix or prefix worksheet (PDF)

Elementary base words & suffix worksheet (PDF)

Vocabulary strategy: context clues exercise (PDF)

Prefix/suffix compete the word worksheet (PDF)

A variety of suffix exercises (PDF)

Building up words and breaking them down
worksheets (PDF)

Suffixes -tion, -ision, -ssion, -cian incl.
changing verbs into nouns exercises (PDF)

Noun forming suffixes worksheet (PDF)

Using prefixes & suffixes to find the meaning of
a word (PDF)

Suffix -ize -able exercises (PDF)

Suffix quiz (PDF)

Various word formation exercises (PDF)

A variety of word building activities (PDF)

Context clues worksheet (PDF)

Suffix/Prefix reference guides/lists

Most common prefixes/suffixes with meanings (PDF)

Prefix list with meanings (PDF)

Vocabulary lists

Confusing words/misspelled words list (PDF)

Self-concept words (PDF)

Vocabulary of the emotions list(PDF)

Vocabulary of the senses lists (PDF)

Feeling, attitude, emotion and heart words (PDF)

Thematic/topical vocabulary worksheets

Academic vocabulary workbook (81 page PDF)

Great variety of vocabulary & collocation worksheets
-advanced (PDF)

Elementary(junior) pictures & vocabulary worksheets (PDF)

Bus transportation vocabulary picture set  (PDF)

Ways for ESL Teachers to Use the Vocabulary Banks