Vocabulary page
Compiled by Robert L. Fielding
Here are links to interactive sites for learners to increase the number of words they know. The links are graded into EASY, MEDIUM, and MORE DIFFICULT, but all three categories present some difficulty and so can be valuable for students at any level.
Please note that many of the activities listed below have accompanying sound.
Easy
1. Colors - http://iteslj.org/v/ei/colors.html
2. Months of the year - http://iteslj.org/v/e/ck-months.html
3. Choose a word - http://a4esl.org/q/f/z/zz82mrg.htm
4. Animals - http://iteslj.org/v/ei/animals.html
5. Body parts - http://iteslj.org/v/ei/body.html
6. Buildings - http://iteslj.org/v/ei/buildings.html
7. Clothes and accessories - http://iteslj.org/v/ei/clothes.html
8. Some other things we wear - http://iteslj.org/v/ei/clothes2.html
9. Jobs - http://a4esl.org/q/f/x/xz64mbs.htm
10. Where do I wear it - http://a4esl.org/q/f/x/xz77mml.htm
11. Nouns 1 - http://iteslj.org/v/ei/nouns1.html
12. Nouns 2 - http://iteslj.org/v/ei/nouns2.html
13. Nouns 3 - http://iteslj.org/v/ei/nouns3.html
14. Nouns 4 - http://iteslj.org/v/ei/nouns4.html
15. Nouns 5 - http://iteslj.org/v/ei/nouns5.html
16. Nouns 6 - http://iteslj.org/v/ei/nouns6.html
17. Nouns 7 - http://iteslj.org/v/ei/nouns7.html
18. Things in the kitchen - http://iteslj.org/v/ei/kitchen.html
19. Verbs 1 - http://iteslj.org/v/ei/verbs1.html
20. Verbs 2 - http://iteslj.org/v/ei/verbs2.html
21. Verbs 3 - http://iteslj.org/v/ei/verbs3..html
Medium
1. Pairs – What do we wear on our hands? - http://a4esl.org/q/h/vc001-lb.html
2. Simple abbreviations (crossword) - http://iteslj.org/cw/1/ck-abbrev.html
3. Adjectives that are often confused - http://a4esl.org/q/j/dt/mc-confusedadj.html
4. Adverbs often confused - http://a4esl.org/q/j/dt/mc-confusedadv.html
5. Assorted sentences - http://a4esl.org/q/h/vm/assortsent.html
6. Analogies – students may need a little guidance here - http://a4esl.org/q/f/z/zz67fck.htm
7. Family - http://a4esl.org/q/f/z/zz85bem.htm
8. Minimal pairs - http://a4esl.org/q/f/z/zz85bem.htm
9. Vocabulary quiz - http://a4esl.org/q/h/9801/jc-beginvocab.html
10. Opposites - http://a4esl.org/q/h/0101/na-opposities.html
11. Word pairs - http://a4esl.org/q/f/z/zz88bds.htm
More difficult
1. What do these idioms mean? - http://a4esl.org/q/f/x/xz49mjc.htm
2. More on idioms - http://a4esl.org/q/f/z/zz57mkk.htm
3. Homonyms 1 (words that sound the same but have different meanings - http://a4esl.org/q/h/dt/ho16.html
4. Homonyms 2 - http://a4esl.org/q/h/dt/ho17.html
5. Homonyms 3 - http://a4esl.org/q/h/dt/ho18.html
6. Homonyms 4 - http://a4esl.org/q/h/dt/ho19.html
7. Homonyms 5 - http://a4esl.org/q/h/dt/ho20.html
8. Homonyms 6 - http://a4esl.org/q/h/dt/ho21.html
9. Basic vocabulary 1 verbs - http://iteslj.org/v/e/voa-verbs.html
10. Basic vocabulary 2 Nouns - http://iteslj.org/v/e/voa-nouns.html
11. Basic vocabulary 3 Adjectives and adverbs http://iteslj.org/v/e/voa-adjadv.html
12. Basic vocabulary 3 Prepositions - http://iteslj.org/v/e/voa-prep.html
Additional links teachers may like to use
1. Vocabulary strategies - http://wvde.state.wv.us/strategybank/VocabularyStrategies.html
2. Vocabulary activities and their value - http://www.cobbk12.org/Cheathamhill/LFS%20Update/Vocabulary%20and%20Word%20Walls.htm
3. Reading for meaning – vocabulary strategies - http://www.lafayettehigh.org/Course%20Guide/vocabulary_strategies.htm
4. Vocabulary games - http://eslbears.homestead.com/Contact_Info.html
5. Vocabulary building – pay site - http://www.vocaboly.com/
6. Free puzzles, games and activities - http://www.vocabulary.com/
7. Super vocabulary builder - http://supervocab.com/index.php
8. Vocabulary workshop online - http://www.sadlier-oxford.com/vocabulary/levels_a2h.cfm
9. Roots, suffixes et al - http://www.southampton.liunet.edu/academic/pau/course/webesl.htm
10. Vocabulary practice tests - http://www.vocabtest.com/vw/
