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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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Countries and Nationalities

Countries and Nationalities

You can teach countries and cities where English is spoken. Pupils will learn how to speak about countries and cities of origin. You can also teach them how to understand someone talking abou ...
8 Views 30,208 Beg
The United Kingdom

The United Kingdom

This is a worksheet for teaching or revising information about England, Great Britain and the UK, usually confused. Students have to look at the map and fill in the grid. They learn about the nam ...
12 Views 25,200 ElemPre-Int
Hotel English for Koreans - Polite Greetings

Hotel English for Koreans - Polite Greetings

This worksheet is part 1 of a series for elementary hotel staff to learn how to greet guests. Additional notes are given in Hangeul about formality level, but this can be edited out. Contains diff ...
2 Views 9,869 Elem
A Day in the Country

A Day in the Country

I created this worksheet for my students to acquire new vocabulary to talk about the things they can find in the country. I used it as a warm-up activity. I created some groups and gave each grou ...
4 Views 16,857 Elem
Vocabulary Quiz for Unit 1A - New Mosaic

Vocabulary Quiz for Unit 1A - New Mosaic

Aviva
In my school the New Mosaic book is used. The first unit deals with Entertainment. This is a short quiz that has a matching (English-English), a gap filling and a free writing part to it. The voca ...
2 Views 23,885 Pre-IntInt
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Song Worksheet: Meet Tigger

Song Worksheet: Meet Tigger

This worksheet was created to be used along with the youtube video linked here.The tigger song plays on the screen and the words are written below as it goes. The students have to listen to t ...
2 Views 8,564 Elem
Song Worksheet: An English Man in New York by Sting

Song Worksheet: An English Man in New York by Sting

A listening worksheet: a song by Sting. Pupils listen to the song to fill in the gaps, answer some comprehension questions: the message of the song+the common point between two sayings+ attitudes ...
11 Views 35,244 Adv
Elementary Vocabulary Revision

Elementary Vocabulary Revision

A very simple short vocabulary revision suitable for the first lesson of students in their forth year of English. It contains matching, completion and gap filling exercises about  the days of ...
6 Views 18,863 Elem
Body Parts Linking Activity

Body Parts Linking Activity

Learn body parts by linking the words with the drawing. The body parts used in this worksheet are: ear, eye, nose, arm, leg, foot, feet, shoulder, mouth, head, knee and body. After linking th ...
17 Views 83,855 Beg
Bullying and Cyber Bullying: The Tragic Case of Amanda Todd

Bullying and Cyber Bullying: The Tragic Case of Amanda Todd

This worksheet was created to make my students think of bullying and Cyber bullying, and how it affects our society. It was also created to help them with the pronunciation of the ed ending o ...
11 Views 36,385 IntAdv
Light - Using Words and Phrases That Include the Word 'Light'

Light - Using Words and Phrases That Include the Word 'Light'

For intermediate students and above, this is a lexis worksheet on various expressions that include the word 'light'. There is a lead-in section to elicit prior knowledge, a gap-fill section and a ...
5 Views 15,185 IntAdv
Myths about Alcohol

Myths about Alcohol

If you lead the Speaking club, it is a nice topic to discuss. Students mostly share their experience and knowledge. Some facts could be logically understandable or you can use this link to discove ...
4 Views 16,321 IntAdv
School

School

There are three exercises in this worksheet. In exercise 1 students have to match the words with the pictures. In exercise 2 they have to find some words in the word search. In exercise 3 they hav ...
29 Views 52,103 ElemPre-Int
Song Worksheet: Rude by Magic

Song Worksheet: Rude by Magic

This activity is based on the song "Rude" by Magic. It consists of 2 activities. First, students listen to the song and complete a fill-in-the-blank excercise by using the words provided next to t ...
13 Views 26,449 Int
Travel Vocabulary

Travel Vocabulary

This presentation reflects the difference in the meaning of confusing English words. There are pictures and definitions to discuss. It is good if students construct sentences to show these differe ...
5 Views 19,213 AdvExam
What's in the House?

What's in the House?

This presentation helps you teaching basic vocabulary for the topic of houses and flats when you teach beginner level students. You can also practise the structure there's a/there isn't a..., prep ...
11 Views 11,455 BegElem
The ABC - Flashcards

The ABC - Flashcards

Here you can have a presentation of flashcards about the ABC with words and pictures for each letter. It's quite simple and probably for complete beginners, but I also used for a quick remind ...
23 Views 59,680 Beg
All about Me

All about Me

An icebreaker for the first day at school, pupils fill in the information sheet to introduce themselves to the rest of the class (writing and speaking activity at the same time). The workshee ...
5 Views 20,620 Int
Movie Worksheet: The Great Gatsby

Movie Worksheet: The Great Gatsby

This worksheet is supposed to be used with a group of upper-intermediate/advanced students to lead them into the discussion of different social issues. But it is also possible to use it with lower ...
5 Views 20,999 Pre-IntIntAdv
Mind Map: Telephone Etiquette

Mind Map: Telephone Etiquette

This worksheet will give students the opportunity to write down their ideas on, for example, the correct way to answer a business telephone call, ending a call, dealing with problem calls, leaving ...
9 Views 23,937 All
Mind Map: Job Titles

Mind Map: Job Titles

I used this teaching A1 and A2 business students. They completed the mind map with the job titles they most frequently come into contact with in the company they work for. My students were Germ ...
6 Views 11,331 BegElemPre-Int
Body Parts in Business English

Body Parts in Business English

This worsheet will be useful when teaching a business class or to make any students aware of compounds in English and the use of common nouns as verbs or in idioms. It provides 3 exercises based o ...
11 Views 18,189 Pre-IntIntAdv
Business English for Meetings - Unit 5 Role Play Activity

Business English for Meetings - Unit 5 Role Play Activity

This is a role-play activity. It works well with the PowerPoint presentation previously uploaded. You can use this with your students as an in class activity after completing the presentation, th ...
7 Views 65,908 Pre-IntIntAdv
Business English for Meetings - Reading Unit 6

Business English for Meetings - Reading Unit 6

This is a one page reading activity with questions. This works well with the PowerPoint presentation previously uploaded. You can easily use this as homework or as an in class activity after the ...
8 Views 23,969 Pre-IntIntAdv
Business English for Meetings - Reading Unit 5

Business English for Meetings - Reading Unit 5

This is a one page reading activity with questions that work well with the PowerPoint presentation previously uploaded. You can easily use this as homework or as an in class activity after the pr ...
4 Views 19,667 Pre-IntIntAdv

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