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Learning vocabulary is essential for learning any language, but it can be difficult to memorize without resources. Busyteacher.org offers 14,321 printable vocabulary worksheets in several different categories, all of which are great for you to use with your students.


Vocabulary is a key component in helping students with word building. More often than not, students become stuck when speaking about their interests or jobs because they don’t know enough vocabulary to express themselves. Using these worksheets as a resource will help them build sentences as they learn to use the English language with ease. When used as homework assignments, these worksheets will make sure that students continue to use the words learned in the classroom at home, and get the extra practice they need to progress in their learning.


With 14,321 vocabulary worksheets available, you can find material on a wide range of topics relating to your lesson or students’ needs below - including business, medical, animals, holidays, and many more. You’ll also find worksheets on idioms, colloquialisms, phrasal verbs, and even slang vocabulary.


These worksheets can be used in the classroom in many different ways. Role play is one effective way to teach vocabulary: you can place students in a specific scenario and have them use the vocabulary on these worksheets to act out a relevant situation. Another effective way to teach vocabulary is by introducing the vocabulary words in a game setting, such as a matching game, a bingo game, or a team-based game.
The worksheets below come in many different styles. Some include cartoon characters to identify colors, some are simple fill-in worksheets, some are song worksheets, some are quizzes, some are in list form, and you'll also find many other types . This variety gives you a lot of options for creating a dynamic and fun lesson, and your students will appreciate the variety, too.


The worksheets are also grouped into “recommended,” “most popular,” and “recently added” categories – and they're also level-specific, ranging from beginner to advanced. This makes it easy for you to determine whether or not a given worksheet can be used in your lesson. If you're not sure about what a certain worksheet contains, just click on the thumbnail to preview the entire worksheet before downloading it.


You don't have to register or subscribe to download any worksheet. They're all free to download, and free to use in your lessons. Plus, every single one of these worksheets is created and submitted by fellow ESL teachers, which means they're tested and proven in real ESL classroom environments. In fact, if you have a vocabulary worksheet that you've found to be especially effective in your lessons, you can submit it to BusyTeacher.org. At the bottom of this page, click on “Submit a worksheet” to upload your worksheet for other ESL teacher around the globe to use!


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Signs PowerPoint

Signs PowerPoint

This PowerPoint contains different signs that we can see in different places, such as shops, hospitals, restaurants, libraries, parks, museums, etc. You can encourage students to talk by asking th ...
8 Views 23,454 ElemPre-Int
What's in Your Fridge?

What's in Your Fridge?

This board game is the second one in the series of "What's In Your..." games. It aims at revising food and drink items (apples, cucumbers, tomatoes, juice, coke/soda, sausages, chicken, meat, chee ...
12 Views 35,470 BegElem
Food Questions

Food Questions

This worksheet contains 2 activities about food. The first activity contains different questions. You can put the students into pairs/ groups and ask them to talk about the questions. The second a ...
6 Views 21,924 ElemPre-Int
My Favourite Superhero

My Favourite Superhero

This worksheet focuses on the revision of the following grammar points: can/can't, like+ing,  dislike+ing, degrees of ability, imperative, free-time activities, why/b ...
9 Views 26,404 Elem
Phrasal Verbs

Phrasal Verbs

This worksheet covers the phrasal verbs of 2nd Unit in Headway Advanced Coursebook but also it can be used separately. Firstly it gives definitions as well as example sentences. You can also find ...
5 Views 19,689 Adv
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Order in Cafe

Order in Cafe

This worksheet is used for learning how to order in cafe. It contains 2 activities, first students are going to unscramble a conversation between a waiter and a customer( at the end they can act o ...
11 Views 39,274 Elem
Basic English Review (Greetings, Personal Information, Family and Jobs)

Basic English Review (Greetings, Personal Information, Family and Jobs)

This review is based on the first unit of Total English 1 book. It brings greetings, personal information (full name, age, hometown, telephone number, email, free time activities, etc) and family ...
9 Views 27,444 BegElem
Countable and Uncountable Food

Countable and Uncountable Food

This worksheet is appropriate for reviewing countable and uncountable nouns. There is an activity which ask students to make uncountable nouns countable. Moreover it includes an activity where stu ...
23 Views 93,688 Elem
Reading Comprehension - My Baby Brother

Reading Comprehension - My Baby Brother

This story is titled 'My Baby Brother' and was written for early readers. A girl is talking about her baby brother. Students are asked to read through the short passage and then answer the multipl ...
8 Views 23,335 Elem
Test on Natural Wonders

Test on Natural Wonders

Hi, Busy Teachers! This is a monthly test I made to check skills and vocabulary and writing on Natural Wonders worked with my 3rd graders (14 to 15 years old) in Secondary School. It contains a li ...
8 Views 17,209 Elem
Phrasal Verbs

Phrasal Verbs

This is a set of some phrasal verbs that you may find useful. The aim of the exercise is to match the phrasal verb with its meaning. In this task, each phrasal verb has one (or two similar) meanin ...
7 Views 21,599 Pre-IntInt
Song Worksheet: We Are One by Pitbull

Song Worksheet: We Are One by Pitbull

ane theiler
It´s a song worksheet based on the Pitbull's song "We are one ". This song was created for the Fifa World Cup 2014, This championship took place in Brazil and this song was very popular at t ...
3 Views 14,977 Pre-Int
Communication Strategies

Communication Strategies

Claudia
This worksheet provides students with some useful expressions to give and ask for an opinion, agree, disagree, show interest (normal response, stronger response, when you don't understand and expl ...
10 Views 16,895 Pre-IntIntAdv
Movie Worksheet: New Headway iTutor Elementary

Movie Worksheet: New Headway iTutor Elementary

This is a video worksheet based on a video on New Headway Itutor, A Day in the Life. The video is about a man's daily routine. The grammar focuses on Present Simple. The file contains some questio ...
4 Views 14,063 Elem
Wild Animals Matching Activity

Wild Animals Matching Activity

This is a worksheet for teaching or revising wild animals related vocabulary at elementary level. Students are asked to match the words given with the pictures. The worksheet is availabl ...
8 Views 16,105 ElemPre-Int
Game; Think Fast

Game; Think Fast

This is a game for reviewing some vocabulary items. It works well for the last 5-10 minutes of the class. You can divide your class into groups and set the procedure. Then, you can appoint a stude ...
19 Views 21,053 ElemPre-IntInt
Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving

This is a worksheet for teaching or revising the story of the first Thanksgiving. Students fill in gaps using pictures and sentences. They learn about the Pilgrims and the Mayflower. Use the works ...
13 Views 56,592 ElemPre-IntInt
Verbs for Cooking

Verbs for Cooking

Yana Reutova
This is a collection of verbs for cooking in three languages: English, French and Russian with a detailed description. Can be helpful for all levels, but more so for upper-intermediate and advance ...
7 Views 33,951 All
Winter Battle

Winter Battle

It's a fun way to practise present simple  and some winter vocabulary.  Play it as a usual sea battle game! It's very easy and can be played in pairs. Students start to play and for ...
10 Views 11,717 Elem
Do You Know Animals?

Do You Know Animals?

Do you know animals? This simple presentation is designed for young children- beginners- to learn animal vocabulary. You can use it to practise reading the words or to make questions and sho ...
5 Views 9,412 Beg
Our Five Senses, PowerPoint

Our Five Senses, PowerPoint

This PowerPoint deals with vocabulary items related to our five senses. The meaning is transferred through nice photos. Also, it includes several CCQs to check the learners' understanding. It is a ...
6 Views 13,770 Elem
Song Worksheet: Too Much Love Will Kill You by Queen

Song Worksheet: Too Much Love Will Kill You by Queen

This worksheet was used within the topic "Quantifiers", but can be used to practice prepositions as well. Exercises: complete the sentences with the missing words from the box. Insert th ...
6 Views 33,520 Int
Song Worksheet: War

Song Worksheet: War

This is a listening exercise using Bob Marley's song War as a starting point for perhaps talking about Remembrance/Veteran's Day on Nov. 11. In Oct. 1963, Ethiopia's emperor Haile Selassie ma ...
5 Views 12,265 Pre-IntIntAdv
Word Sudoku

Word Sudoku

This is a Sudoko Business English riddle with words instead of numbers. A new, fun way to memorize vocabulary. You can make your own grid by using any other words. The different colors make it eas ...
8 Views 17,394 Pre-IntIntAdv
Fact Sheet - Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot

Fact Sheet - Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot

Guy Fakwes and the Gunpowder Polt - This fact sheet can be used as an extra resource when teaching students about Guy Fawkes and the gunpowder plot. What happened to Guy Fawkes? What happened to t ...
12 Views 19,028 Elem

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