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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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Movie Worksheet: The One with the Cheesecake (Friends)

Movie Worksheet: The One with the Cheesecake (Friends)

A nice worksheet to work with your students while watching their favourite TV serie- Friends. Play the video of the episode "The one with the cheesecake"and let them do the exercises. Remember to ...
7 Views 37,595 Pre-IntIntAdv
Animal Spelling

Animal Spelling

This worksheet is for beginners and/or grade 1 or 2 primary students, it uses real pictures of common animals to help students identify the correct noun with the right animal, and forces them to g ...
1 Views 8,891 Beg
Classroom Objects Crossword

Classroom Objects Crossword

It is a crossword puzzle for beginners where learners are called to identify, through clues, classroom objects which they should learn from the very first days in class in order to get used to lis ...
2 Views 17,021 Beg
Months of the Year

Months of the Year

It is a crossword puzzle, where learners have to identify the twelve months of the year and then write each one of them starting from January to December. It can be used by beginners to practise s ...
4 Views 19,139 Beg
Summer Missing Letters Activity

Summer Missing Letters Activity

This is a very simple missing letters activity for revising summer related vocabulary at elementary level. Students are asked to look at the pictures and complete the words with the missing letter ...
9 Views 20,193 Elem
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Using the Correct Numbers

Using the Correct Numbers

Students must use the correct numbers to complete the questions. They are allowed to use only the numbers given on the worksheet. There are ten questions that students must answer about the number ...
4 Views 7,714 Elem
Shape and Space - What Am I?

Shape and Space - What Am I?

This maths resource was created for primary/elementary children. There are five shapes included on the page. Students are asked to look at the shapes and firstly name the shapes, and then write do ...
9 Views 9,741 Elem
30 and Counting

30 and Counting

This maths resource was created for primary/elementary students. This worksheet includes seven number sequences with missing numbers. Students are asked to fill in the missing numbers. The numbers ...
3 Views 7,841 Elem
Simple Spelling Practice for Kids

Simple Spelling Practice for Kids

[url=http://][/url]For low elementary/ primary learners. Learners practice writing cat, cup, bag and ant. The sheet starts with the whole word which you practice together, then fold the top over, ...
3 Views 8,351 Beg
Introductions

Introductions

This worksheet is designed for adult students with the intention of encouraging them to talk about themselves. It can be used in a group setting or in pairs. The worksheet has open ended leading ...
15 Views 30,354 Pre-IntIntAdv
Introducing Algebra

Introducing Algebra

This maths resource was created for primary/elementary students. Algebra is a way of solving a problem. Students are asked to use 'x' as a missing number. There are twelve sums to complete. An exa ...
4 Views 9,068 Elem
Obama: New Gun Restrictions ‘Not Even Possible’

Obama: New Gun Restrictions ‘Not Even Possible’

Discussion worksheet about gun laws and massive shooting in the United States.The worksheet provides a text in which president Obama talks about new restrictions to gun laws and execises the vocab ...
9 Views 240,720 Pre-IntIntAdv
Simple Algebraic Expressions

Simple Algebraic Expressions

This maths resource was created for elementary/primary students. The worksheet includes fourteen algebra sums. Students are asked to read the value of a, b and c and then work answer the questions ...
5 Views 9,916 Elem
Know Our Trees

Know Our Trees

This worksheet includes information about some of the trees around the world. The pupils can rewrite the name of the trees to memorize the spelling and the accompanying pictures will help the pupi ...
6 Views 9,312 Pre-IntInt
Computers and Girls

Computers and Girls

One of the most interesting topics to teach is to combine human life with any kind of technology. Certainly the difference of girls and boys in using them can be a debatable issue. In this reading ...
5 Views 15,867 Pre-IntInt
Elapsed Time Chart

Elapsed Time Chart

This maths worksheet was created for primary/elementary students. The resource includes a chart with 10 blank spaces for students to fill in. Students are asked to look at the table and complete i ...
7 Views 13,928 Elem
Movie Worksheet: Charlie Brown, It's Magic!

Movie Worksheet: Charlie Brown, It's Magic!

I made this worksheet for my mixed level (elementary/pre-int) summer school group. They are a rowdy lot but visuals seem to capture their attention. The video, Charlie Brown, It's Magic can be d ...
6 Views 13,020 ElemPre-Int
Song Worksheet: Song Cards

Song Worksheet: Song Cards

This song pair activity focuses on ability to hear particular words in a song. It doesn´t matter what song you use. It is easily adaptable. However, the level of English of your students sho ...
11 Views 16,594 All
Quiz on Brazil

Quiz on Brazil

This worksheet can be used to find out how much your students know about Brazil. There are 11 mixed questions that students must answer including true or false, circle the correct answer, and answ ...
4 Views 13,248 Elem
Hospital - Simple Ailments

Hospital - Simple Ailments

Simple ailments vocabulary and sentences.Having identified the ailment, students can make a simple sentence.Used for getting responses not just one word! Please note that in China one visits the h ...
4 Views 16,753 BegElemPre-IntInt
Months Poster - Japanese Holidays and Translation

Months Poster - Japanese Holidays and Translation

Simple poster or reference sheet intended for students in grades 5 and 6 at Japanese elementary schools. It includes each of the months in English and Japanese accompanied by clipart depicting Ja ...
3 Views 6,394 BegElem
Sport: Crossword Puzzle

Sport: Crossword Puzzle

This is a simple vocabulary quiz based on Unit 70, Vocabulary in Use for pre-intermediate and intermediate students, 1997, CUP. The quiz can be used at the end of the topic "Sport". It doesn't tak ...
11 Views 26,619 Pre-IntInt
Tipping Guide: Speaking Modal Verbs Practice

Tipping Guide: Speaking Modal Verbs Practice

This NYC tipping guide is taken from the research of Waitbutwhy.com, original available here http://waitbutwhy.com/2014/04/everything-dont-know-tipping.html. I used the chart to start a discu ...
12 Views 24,846 Pre-IntIntAdv
Computer Words

Computer Words

This is a crosswords puzzle with words to unscramble. I would add translations of each word in your students' mother tongue or definitions/explanations to make it easier. I was asked by one of my ...
4 Views 16,377 All
Toys Spelling

Toys Spelling

This is for complete beginners. It improves kids spelling ability. The students spell the words in the spaces provided next to the pictures. It contains ten words related to kid's toy so that it i ...
4 Views 12,282 Beg

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