Vocabulary Worksheets

Handouts Online has lots of materials for phrasal verbs, and this worksheet will help your students learn some of the most common ones. The expressions covered are all found in our series of phrasal verb worksheets. However, your students do not need to have studied them to be able to manage the crossword. We have made things a little easier for your students by giving the first letter of the main verb for each answer. It's great as a filler for a lesson, homework, or even pairwork.

Build your students' knowledge of idioms with this fun collection, themed by the subject of the heart! Would your students understand these expressions: - know something by heart - your heart sinks - have a heart of gold - have a change of heart - to your heart's content There are lots of different exercises, including a discussion section where your students can personalise the language. It makes a great one-off lesson. This worksheet is written for intermediate-level students.

Crime stories are common in newspapers, with many standard expressions. This worksheet will familiarise your students with some of the language of crime-reporting. There is a listening exercise with comprehension questions followed by extensive vocabulary building. Your students will then edit a short crime story, changing the text to incorporate the new language. The lesson continues with a role-play, followed by discussion questions. What would your students do if they saw a robbery happen, or heard burglars downstairs? This lesson is written for intermediate-level classes.

How well do your students know English idioms? This worksheet looks at five common idioms, grouped by the theme of animals. Your class will learn about: - smell a rat - gone to the dogs - have a whale of a time - let the cat out of the bag - wolf something down There is a lead-in question, followed by gap-fill exercises. Your students need to guess the meaning of the idioms and then rewrite sentences using the new expressions. The worksheet rounds off with discussion questions, so that your students can use (and personalise) the language. This worksheet is written for intermediate levels and above.

Do your students know about the PISA rankings? It's a comparison of education levels for reading, math and science around the world. Which countries are top? It is a valid comparison? This discussion-based worksheet starts with a quiz - can you students match the countries to the ranking? From this there are lots of discussion questions. Your students will talk about the issues raised, and discuss the education systems in their countries. There is also the opportunity for your students to talk about their experiences at school. This worksheet is written for intermediate levels and above.

Students need lots of practice of basic passive forms! This game will help take the pressure off them and add an element of fun to the lesson. This pairs game (also called concentration or pelmanism) has twelve different sentences made up of 24 cards. Students need to match the verb to the cue. They will then be able to make sentences such as: Penguins are found in Antarctica and Citizen Kane was directed by Orson Welles This worksheet is ideal for low-level students who are very new to the passive form.

Giving a presentation is tough in any situation - let alone if you're speaking in a foreign language!

This worksheet is designed to help your students build their confidence at speaking in public in English.

There's a matching exercise of useful 'presentation expressions' followed by an example set of notes for a presentation. Your students will then choose a topic and prepare to speak for a few minutes about it.

You can use this worksheet with both business and general English students.

This worksheet is ideal for intermediate levels and above.

This worksheet continues our innovative series of phrasal verbs worksheets. We have six expressions, all taking the word 'down' as the theme.

Your students will learn:

• take something down
• step down
• calm down
• slow down
• crack down (on)
• cut down (on)

There is an opening quiz, with consolidation exercises including our caption quiz and discussion questions using the target language.

This worksheet is ideal for lower-intermediate level students and above.