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Vocabulary Worksheets

by Rachel Spack Koch

Beginning Level
Azar Grammar Series: Basic English Grammar, 3rd edition
Vocabulary Worksheets help students learn new vocabulary in the
context of the grammar covered in the tables of contents of the
Azar textbooks or any comparable syllabus. An Answer Key and
Word List for target vocabulary are provided for each chapter.
You may download, reproduce and adapt the material to suit your
classroom needs. Vocabulary Worksheets are available as Word
documents or PDF files.

Chapter 2Using Be and Have


1. Colors
2. Colors
3. Colors and clothes
4. Clothes
5. Possessive adjectives: Family relationships
6. Family relationships
7. Family relationships
8. Days and Months
9. Parts of the body: People
10. Parts of the body: Animals
11. Parts of the body and colors: Animals
12. This, that, these, those
13. Clothes, shapes, parts of the body
14. Scrambled letters
15. Vocabulary review: Opposites
16. Vocabulary review
17. Which word doesnt belong?
18. Word find game
Answer Key
Word List

Vocabulary Worksheets
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Chapter 2: Using Be and Have

Worksheet 1. Colors
Write the name of a color in each blank space. The first letter of each word is given.

These colors are in the rainbow:


r ed_________________________
o _________________________

y _________________________
g _________________________
b _________________________
p _________________________
Write the name of a color in each blank space. The first two letters of each word are given.
These colors are not in the rainbow:
bl ________________________
br ________________________
wh ______________________
gr________________________

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Worksheet 2. Colors
What color are these foods? Write the name of each of these foods in the correct
row.

broccoli
butter
carrots

chocolate
coffee
lemons

lettuce
milk
orange juice

strawberries
tomatoes
yogurt

Red
Orange
Yellow
Green
Brown
White

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Worksheet 3. Colors and clothes


Complete the sentences. Choose the correct word from each word pool, and write it
in the blank space.
big

black

long

round

small

white

1. This woman is wearing a _____________________ blouse.


The blouse has _____________________ sleeves. It has a
_____________________ bow in the front.

briefcase

gray

shirt

skirt

sunglasses

white

2. This teenager is wearing a black _____________________


and _____________________ pants. He is wearing dark
_____________________ over his eyes.

briefcase

dress

pants

skirt

suit

sunglasses

3. This business woman is wearing a __________________.


It has two parts: a jacket and a _________________.
She is carrying a _____________________.

black

gloves

long

shoes

short

white

4. This football player is wearing _____________________


shorts. His shirt has _____________________ sleeves. He is
wearing special _____________________ on his feet.

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Worksheet 4. Clothes
Complete the conversations according to the pictures. Choose a word from the word
pool and type it into the blank space.

hats

pants

shoes

skirts

suit

sweater

1. A: Is the man wearing a __________________?


B: No, he isnt.
2. A: Is the man wearing a long __________________?
B: Yes, he is.
3. A: Is the man wearing __________________ on his feet?
B: Yes, he is.
4. A: Are the women wearing __________________ with their blouses?
B: No, they arent.
5. A: Are the women wearing long __________________?
B: Yes, they are.
6. A: Are the women and the man wearing __________________ on
their heads?
B: No, they arent.

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Worksheet 5. Possessive adjectives: Family relationships


Here are informal words people in families use for each other:
mom=mother / dad=father / grandma=grandmother / grandpa=grandfather

Complete the sentences. Write the correct possessive adjective in each blank space.
my

your

his

her

our

their

1. Im the boy in this picture on the left. My name is Tommy.


______________ mom is Helen and ______________ dad is
Bob. Im ______________ son.

2. Im the girl in this picture on the right. My name is Lisa.


______________ parents are Mary and Dave. Im
______________ daughter.

3. Im the boy in this picture on the left. My name is Kevin. I


have a new sister. ______________ name is Betsy. My
mom is Sara and my dad is Bob. ______________ last
name is Smith -- Sara Smith, Bob Smith, Betsy Smith, and Kevin Smith.

4. Im the girl in this picture on the right. My mom


is in the middle. ______________ name is Kim.
______________ mom is next to her. She is
______________ grandma. She has white hair.

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Worksheet 5, page 2

5. I am not in this picture. This is my friend Tommy and


_____________ grandpa.

6. I am not in the picture. This is my friend Susie


and ______________ grandpa.

7. I am not in the picture. This is my friend Johnny


and ______________ grandparents.
______________ grandma is wearing glasses.
________________ grandpa is not wearing glasses.

8. This is a picture of me and my family at a holiday


dinner. Do you have a picture of you and
______________ family?

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Worksheet 6. Family relationships


This is a table of the words for relationships in a family. Either the male or female
word is given. Write the corresponding noun.

Female

Male

mother

brother

daughter

uncle

grandmother

niece

son-in-law

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Worksheet 7. Family relationships


Complete the sentences about my family. Write the letter of the correct word in
Column B in the blank space in Column A.
Column A

Column B

1. My father is George. My mother is Jenny. George and


Jenny are my _____.

a. mother-in-law

2. My father has a mother. Her name is Joan. Joan is my


____.

b. grandmother

3. My father has a brother. His name is Frank. Frank is


my ____.

c. nephew

4. My father has a sister. Her name is Diana. Diana is my


____.

d. father-in-law

5. My sister has a son. His name is Fred. Fred is my ____.

e. aunt

6. My sister has a daughter. Her name is Clara. Clara is


my ____.

f. parents

7. My son has a wife. Her name is Ana. Ana is my ____.

g. daughter-in-law

8. My daughter has a husband. His name is Harry. Harry


is my ____.

h. niece

9. My husband has a mother. Her name is Jane. Jane is


my ____.

i. son-in-law

10. My husband has a father. His name is Sam. Sam is my


____.

j. uncle

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Worksheet 8. Days and months


Complete the sentences. Write in the correct word. Use one of the words in the
reading passage, or one of these words: after, before, between, first, last, middle.

The days of the week are Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday,
Friday, and Saturday.
1.

A week has seven _____________________.

2.

Tuesday is between Monday and _____________________.

3.

Saturday is after ______________.

The months of the year are January, February, March, April, May, June, July,
August, September, October, November, and December.
4.

A year has twelve _____________________.

5.

February is _____________________ January and March.

6.

April is _____________________ March.

7.

November is _____________________ December.

8. The calendar says its November. November has 30 days.


November 1 is the _________________day of the month.
9. November 30 is the ___________________day of the month.
10. November 15 is in the _____________________ of the month.

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Worksheet 9. Parts of the body (people)


Complete the sentences. Chose the correct word from the word pool and write it in
the blank space. Use a plural form if necessary.

chin
mouth

ear
neck

eye
hair
nose teeth

1.

Your ______________ is
between your two _________.

2.
3.
4.
5.

6.

arm
hand

back feet finger


leg stomach toe

7.

You hold things with your two


_____________. This man is
holding a heavy weight.

Your ______________ is
under your nose.

8.

You have five _____________


on each hand.

Your ______________ is on
the top of your head.

9.

Your chest is below your neck


and above your ___________.

You have two ____________,


one on each side of your head.

10.

Your elbows are in the middle


of your __________________.

You have a ______________


at the bottom of your face.

11.

Your knees are in the middle


of your __________________.

12.

Your two ______________ are


at the bottom of your legs.

13.

You have five


______________ on each foot.

Your ______________ is
between your head and your
chest.

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Worksheet 10. Parts of the body (animals)


Complete the sentences. Write in the missing words. Use a plural form if necessary.

whiskers
beak
stripe
tail

spots
wing
1. We have three pets in our family: a cat, a dog, and a parrot.
Our cat is orange and she has brown _____________________
around her body. She has a long _____________________. She has
white _____________________ on each side of her face.
2. Our dog is _____________________ with many black ____________
on his body. He has a little black _______________, and its always
cold. He is a friendly dog.
4. Our parrot is red, green, blue, and yellow. It doesnt have a nose.
Instead, it has a _____________________. It doesnt have arms.
Instead, it has _____________________.

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Worksheet 11. Parts of the body and colors (animals)


Complete the sentences. Write the letter of the correct phrase in the blank space.

A giraffe

A zebra

A leopard

A duck

1. A giraffe has _______.


a. a long neck

b. short legs

c. a white tail

2. A zebra has _______.


a. a red face

b. black spots

c. black stripes

3. A leopard has _______.


a. a long neck

b. white stripes

c. black spots

4. A duck has _______.


a. a long tail

b. a long neck

c. feathers

5. A turtle has _______.


a. two wings

b. short legs

c. green feathers

6. An elephant has _______.


a. thin legs

b. a purple tail

c. large ears

7. A bird has _______.


a. two tails

b. two wings

c. two beaks

8. A horse has _______.


a. a long tail

b. two legs

c. a round face

9. A cat has _______.


a. two wings

b. a beak

c. whiskers

b. a long tail

c. white stripes

10. A mouse has _______.


a. a long neck

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Worksheet 12. This, that, these and those


Complete the sentences in the dialogues. Write this, that, thats, these, or those in the
blank space.
1.

Bob: Is __this_____ your suitcase? The one right here? The red one?
Anna: No, my suitcase isnt red.
Bob: Oh. Well, what about _______suitcase? The one on the other side.
The green one.
Anna: No, _______ not my suitcase.
Bob: Where is your suitcase?
Anna: Oh, its over there. _______ my suitcase, next to the wall. The black
one.

2.
Dick: Are _______ your shoes?
Helen: No, my shoes are black. _______ shoes right here are brown.
Dick: What about _______ shoes? Over there, under the table?
Helen: Oh, yes. ________ are my shoes.

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Worksheet 13. Clothes, shapes, parts of the body


Cross out the word that is incorrect in each set of parentheses.
collar

1. This is my new shirt. It has gray and white (spots /


stripes). It has a (necklace / collar) with (buttons /
earrings).

2. This is a block. It has 6 sides. Each side is a (square / circle).


This block has a letter on each side. It has a D on one side, and
an A on the (top / bottom).

3. This is my sister. She is wearing a (long / short) green (dress /


suit). She is wearing a hat on her (hand / head).

4. This is my mother-in-law. She is wearing gold (buttons / earrings) on


her (eyes / ears).

5. These are my grandparents. My grandpa has a gray (beard /


ear) on his face. He is wearing a (dress / shirt) and a (sweater
/ hat). He has dark brown (shoes / pants). My grandma has
gray (hair / eyes). She is wearing a (pants / dress). She has a

white (briefcase / purse) in her (left / right) hand.


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Worksheet 14. Scrambled letters


Unscramble the letters to form words. Write the correct word in the blank space.
Colors
ubel

_____blue_________

ewllyo

______________

rpupel

______________

Clothes
njaes

______________

r e s t w a e ______________
ite

______________

Jewelry
ignsrear

______________

grin

______________

tchwa

______________

Parts of the body


dhea

______________

schtomae

______________

cabk

______________

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Worksheet 15. Vocabulary review: Opposites


Complete the sentences in Column A with words that are opposites. Write the letter
of the correct word in Column B in the blank space in Column A.
Column A

Column B

1. The opposite of right is ____.

a. male

2. The opposite of black is ____.

b. that

3. The opposite of female is ____.

c. after

4. The opposite of first is ____.

d. those

5. The opposite of top is ____.

e. left

6. The opposite of this is ____.

f. last

7. The opposite of these is ____.

g. bottom

8. The opposite of before is ____.

h. white

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Worksheet 16. Vocabulary review


Check all the words or phrases that can complete the sentences logically.
1. My grandma is wearing _______.
 new shoes
 a gold necklace

 brown eyes

jeans

2. My son-in-law is wearing _______.


 jeans
 a striped shirt

a blue sweater

a watch

3. My nephew has _______.


 three knees
 ten fingers

ten toes

four legs

4. My father-in-law is sick. He has _______.


 a parrot
 a fever

a headache

5. My cat has _______.


 earrings

 wings
6. My dog has _______.
 two ears

a short tail

a dentist

 a tail
 green eyes



white spots
sharp teeth

7. A week has _______ in it.


 365 days
 seven days

 Monday

March

8. This is the twenty-first century. A century has _______.


 ten years
 one hundred years

twelve months

 1,200 months

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Worksheet 17. Which word doesnt belong?


Check the one word that does not belong in the group.
1. O tie

O skirt

O shirt

O ring

2. O father

O grandfather

O niece

O nephew

3. O aunt

O son

O mother

O sister

4. O chest

O headache

O stomach

O back

5. O Wednesday

O Friday

O September

O Sunday

6. O earrings

O watch

O shoe

O ring

7. O jacket

O pants

O jeans

O shorts

8. O my

O your

O her

O those

9. O eye

O nose

O ear

O hand

O giraffe

O zebra

O cow

10. O bird

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Worksheet 18. Word search game


Find the six words in the puzzle and circle them. A word can be horizontal (across),
vertical (up and down), or diagonal (from side to side).
The clues to the words are under the puzzle. All the words name members in a
family. The gray shading shows the first letter of a word.

F
N
M
K
Q
S

A
W
P
S
I
D

T
I
Y
S
O
N

H
F
T
B
K
N

E
E
A
U
N
T

R
E
H
T
O
M

CLUES:
1. sister of my father
2. female parent
3. male parent
4. male child
5. opposite of brother
6. A husband and _______are married.
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Answer Key
Worksheet 1
red
orange
yellow
green
blue
purple
black
brown
white
gray

Worksheet 2
Red: strawberries; tomatoes
Orange: carrots; orange juice
Yellow: butter; lemons
Green: broccoli; lettuce
Brown: chocolate; coffee
White: milk; yogurt

Worksheet 3
1.
2.
3.
4.

black / long / big


shirt / gray / sunglasses
suit / skirt / briefcase
white / short / shoes

Worksheet 4
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

suit
sweater
shoes
skirts
pants
hats

Worksheet 5
1.
2.
3.
4.

My / my / their
My / their
Her / Our
Her / Her / my
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5.
6.
7.
8.

his
her
his / His / His
your

Worksheet 6
father
sister
son
aunt
grandfather
nephew
daughter-in-law

Worksheet 7
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.

f. parents
b. grandmother
j. uncle
e. aunt
c. nephew
h. niece
g. daughter-in-law
i. son-in-law
a. mother-in-law
d. father-in-law

Worksheet 8
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.

days
Wednesday
Friday
months
between
after
before
first
last
middle

Worksheet 9
1.
2.
3.
4.

nose / eyes
mouth
hair
ears
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5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.

chin
neck
hands
fingers
stomach
arms
legs
feet
toes

Worksheet 10
1.
2.
3.
4.

fingers / toes
stripes / tail / whiskers
white / spots / nose
beak / wings

Worksheet 11
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.

a. a long neck
c. black stripes
c. black spots
c. feathers
b. short legs
c. large ears
b. two wings
a. a long tail
c. whiskers
b. a long tail

Worksheet 12
1. this
that
thats
thats
thats
2. these
these
those
those

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Worksheet 13
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

(spots / stripes) (necklace / collar) (buttons / earrings)


(square / circle) (top / bottom)
(long / short) (dress / suit) (hand / head)
(buttons / earrings) (eyes / ears)
(beard / ear) (dress / shirt) (sweater / hat) (shoes / pants)
(hair / eyes) (pants / dress) (briefcase / purse) (left / right)

Worksheet 14
Colors: blue; yellow; purple
Clothes: jeans; sweater, tie
Jewelry: earrings; ring; watch
Parts of the body: head; stomach; back

Worksheet 15
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.

e. left
h. white
a. male
f. last
g. bottom
b. that
d. those
c. after

Worksheet 16
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.

new shoes; a gold necklace; jeans


jeans; a blue sweater; a striped shirt; a watch
ten toes; ten fingers
a headache; a fever
a tail; green eyes
two ears; a short tail; white spots; sharp teeth
Monday; seven days
one hundred years

Worksheet 17
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

ring
niece
son
headache
September
shoe

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7.
8.
9.
10.

jacket
those
hand
bird

Worksheet 18
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

aunt
mother
father
son
sister
wife

F A
NW
M P
K S
Q I
S D

T
I
Y
S
O
N

H
F
T
B
K
N

E
E
A
U
N
T

R
E
H
T
O
M

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Word List
after
arms
aunt
back
beak
beard
before
between
big
bird
black
blue
blue
body
bottom
briefc ase
broccoli
brown
butter
button
carrot
chin
chocolate
circle
clothes
coffee
collar
colors
daughter -in-law
day
dress
ear
earring
eyes
father
father -in-law
feathers
feet
fever
finger
first
Friday

gold
grandfather
grand mother
gray
green
hair
hand
hat
head
headache
her
his
hundred
jacket
jeans
jewelry
large
last
left
leg
lemon
lettuce
long
male
middle
milk
Monday
month
mother
mother -in-law
mouth
my
neck
necklace
nephew
new
niece
nose
orange
orange juice
our
pants

parents
purple
purse
red
right
ring
Septembe r
sharp
shirt
shoe
short
sister
skirt
son
son -in-law
spot
square
stomach
strawberries
striped
stripes
suit
sunglasses
sweater
tail
teeth
that
their
these
this
those
tie
toe
tomato
top
uncle
watch
Wednesday
whiskers
white
wife
wing

year
yellow
yogurt
your

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