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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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Business English for Meeting - Part 1

Business English for Meeting - Part 1

This is a 6 part series teaching Business English with meetings used as the theme for role-plays and discussions. Each week includes matching, sentence scrambles, fill in the blank, a discussion, ...
8 Views 21,123 IntAdv
Renewable and Non-Renewable Resources Quiz

Renewable and Non-Renewable Resources Quiz

This is a worksheet that I use to reinforce the knowledge about natural resources: the renewable and the non-renewable resources. Then, I ask the students to fill in the blanks with the correct an ...
10 Views 69,029 Elem
In a Snack Bar - Roleplay

In a Snack Bar - Roleplay

This worksheet contains 2 exercises and a roleplaying game. It´s made for beginners, but could be also a good practice for elementary students. In the first exercise students review the pric ...
18 Views 48,995 BegElem
Four Corners - Team Building Activity

Four Corners - Team Building Activity

This Powerpoint is a fun way to build a sense of community amongst the students in your classroom. You can have students explain their answers, or you can have them pair up with someone in their ...
14 Views 25,994 IntAdv
Movie Maker Workshop

Movie Maker Workshop

This worksheet is an instruction for making and editing videos in Windows Live Movie Maker. I tried to be precise and short as busy teachers have no time to read all of the instructions. This mate ...
3 Views 12,644 IntAdv
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Song Worksheet: Confessions of a Broken Heart by Lindsay Lohan

Song Worksheet: Confessions of a Broken Heart by Lindsay Lohan

This song by Lindsay Lohan talks about family relationship. Before using it, you can do a warm up with your students about her and her family. Also, you can do a brainstorming about good x bad thi ...
1 Views 6,616 ElemPre-Int
Ranking - Ordinals and Superlatives

Ranking - Ordinals and Superlatives

This worksheet combines ordinal numbers with superlative adjectives using a space theme. Students must rank planets by finding data from a table of planet information, and write sentences e.g. Mar ...
10 Views 23,153 Pre-IntIntAdv
Movie Worksheet: Oxford Adventures (Part 1)

Movie Worksheet: Oxford Adventures (Part 1)

I continue creating worksheets for the British Council series about Oxford. This episode is devoted to their video on the link: http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/word-street/oxford-scene-1 ...
5 Views 13,148 Pre-IntIntAdv
Song Worksheet: Hot N' Cold by Katy Perry (Opposites)

Song Worksheet: Hot N' Cold by Katy Perry (Opposites)

This song is great to work with antonyms/opposites. In this file you'll find the song worksheet and an activity about opposites. In the first page you'll find the words hot/cold, yes/no, in/out, u ...
3 Views 35,769 BegElem
Vocabulary Beginners: Wordmadness

Vocabulary Beginners: Wordmadness

Basic vocabulary. Simple to complete, they just need to match one column with the other; there are 20 words to match. Doesn't require much time. After completing the practice, you can ask them to ...
7 Views 9,188 Pre-Int
Steve Job's Speech at Standford University ( Listening)

Steve Job's Speech at Standford University ( Listening)

This worksheet is addressed to high intermediate students or advanced. Ideal to practice listening as well as past tenses, 3rd conditional. Students are asked to do pre-listening activities, whi ...
12 Views 35,459 IntAdv
Song Worksheet: Daylight by Maroon 5

Song Worksheet: Daylight by Maroon 5

The song worksheet aimed at intermediate students to practice phrasal verbs, opposites and verb tenses. Usually, for every exercise we listen to the song once. The first exercise is designed as a ...
3 Views 19,479 Int
Superstitions Power Point

Superstitions Power Point

Do you know why we cross our fingers for good luck? Do you know why walking under a ladder is bad luck? Get ready to find out! I created this Power Point to go over the history of some things that ...
27 Views 53,135 Pre-IntIntAdv
The Internet

The Internet

This is a power point presentation to make your students talk about the internet. Here you are going to have 10 useful questions whith a lot pictures to talk about the advantages and disadvantages ...
16 Views 20,463 Pre-IntIntAdv
Song Worksheet: Another Day in Paradise (Simple Present)

Song Worksheet: Another Day in Paradise (Simple Present)

I use this with my basic class to teach simple present with a focus on habits and facts. The issue of homelessness is common enough for everyone to talk about and to have thoughts on. There is a c ...
4 Views 18,791 ElemPre-Int
Nutrients

Nutrients

From this ppt students will learn that nutrients are basic elements we need to live. If we get enough nutrients from food, we are going to be very strong. Students will learn a lot about nutrition ...
2 Views 5,937 Pre-IntInt
Song Worksheet: Our Last Night by Scared Of Change

Song Worksheet: Our Last Night by Scared Of Change

I've created this song worksheet to supplement the vocabulary topic adjectives to describe feelings for my young adults pre-intermediate class. The original song is rather noisy so I use its acous ...
1 Views 6,990 Pre-IntInt
Symbols of Great Britain

Symbols of Great Britain

This is a ppt about some important British cultural elements that can introduce the topic of the English culture or trigger a talk about it especially when we want our pupils to get to know that c ...
9 Views 18,170 ElemPre-Int
Movie Worksheet: TED- Why Good Leaders Make You Feel Safe

Movie Worksheet: TED- Why Good Leaders Make You Feel Safe

This worksheet was created for business students, specially those in high positions (directors, managers) and advanced students. The video from TED (www.ted.com) shows Simon Sinek, an important bu ...
10 Views 22,179 Adv
Pyramid - Game to Practice Relative Clauses

Pyramid - Game to Practice Relative Clauses

Pyramid is an American game show based on guessing words. It is perfect for esl classroom as it uses mostly relative clauses and it is pure fun. Show students a part of an actual show (I used one ...
27 Views 118,818 Pre-IntIntAdv
Video Games

Video Games

A reading news article about video games titled "Video games help kids learn, experts say" and related reading comprehension and speaking activities. In this worksheet, students first read the tex ...
7 Views 23,103 Adv
Movie Worksheet: Oxford Vocabulary

Movie Worksheet: Oxford Vocabulary

This worksheet is connected with the one I made earlier. It's called "Oxford University (Word on the Street)" and is devoted to working with the vocabulary from the video. The worksheet was made w ...
1 Views 9,969 Pre-IntInt
Song Worksheet: Worldwide Problems

Song Worksheet: Worldwide Problems

This is a song worksheet for pre-intermediate or intermediate students about worldwide problems. The song's name is "There Must Be More to Live than This", by Michael Jackson and Freddie Mercury. ...
9 Views 13,754 Pre-IntInt
Colours

Colours

Learn how to say and spell the colours in English with this nice and easy presentation. Students are asked to repeat the colours. They are asked to review and memorize the spelling. The font used ...
6 Views 14,526 BegElem
Weather Handout

Weather Handout

This is a colourful handout for your students to have and learn about the weather while they are practicing this vocabulary in a crossword. I have used it in my class and my students really enjoy ...
20 Views 25,260 Beg

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