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ELL Vocabulary Building Worksheet

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ELL Vocabulary Building Worksheet

Read each question. Choose, write, or match the answers that best show what each word means.

Word Meanings

Choose the best meaning for each word.

1.What does cheerful mean?
  • Feeling glad and positive
  • Feeling tired and ready to sleep
  • Feeling worried about something
2.Which description tells what a museum is?
  • A building where people can see interesting objects and exhibits
  • A shop where people buy groceries
  • A place where people swim laps
3.Which sentence best explains the word lunch?
  • A meal people often eat in the middle of the day
  • A drink people have before going to bed
  • The first meal people eat after waking up
4.Which three words can describe the weather?
  • windy
  • pencil
  • cloudy
  • warm
  • backpack

Complete the Sentences

Use the word bank once for each sentence: nurse, kitchen, neighbors, park.

5.A helps care for people who are sick.
6.We prepare meals in the .
7.The people who live near our home are our .
8.We can play on the swings at the .
9.Write a complete sentence using the word helpful.
10.Write a complete sentence using the word journey.

Match Words and Meanings

Connect each word to its meaning.

11.Match each word with the description that explains it.
  • baker
  • pilot
  • farmer
  • librarian
  • mechanic
  • A person who flies an airplane
  • A person who repairs cars and other machines
  • A person who helps people find books
  • A person who makes bread and cakes
  • A person who grows crops or cares for animals

Use and Remember New Words

Read each question and respond.

12.Which word means "a person who lives near you"?
13.Write the word that means "a trip from one place to another."
14.Draw an umbrella to show the meaning of the word umbrella.

4 printable pages

  • ELL Vocabulary Building Worksheet, page 1 of 4: Word Meanings

    Page 1

  • ELL Vocabulary Building Worksheet, page 2 of 4: Complete the Sentences

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  • ELL Vocabulary Building Worksheet, page 3 of 4: Match Words and Meanings, Use and Remember New Words

    Page 3

  • ELL Vocabulary Building Worksheet, page 4 of 4

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