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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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Practising and Learning Spelling with Pictures

Practising and Learning Spelling with Pictures

Here are words with missing letters, children need to fill them by following the accompanying images. This worksheet helps children write and concentrate on the spelling by filling the blanks. Rew ...
2 Views 9,761 Elem
Plastic Pollution - Where Is It Going to Lead Us?

Plastic Pollution - Where Is It Going to Lead Us?

Level: Intermediate or higher. Time: 40 mins. This is a great listening exercise based on a podcast from BBC 6 minute English (link included in the lesson plan). Teachers can lead i ...
7 Views 17,862 IntAdvExam
Colours

Colours

This worksheet is designed to help pupils review basic colours through 5 activities, pupils have to colour paint cans, they can have fun with a crossword puzzle and a wordsearch with a hidden mess ...
12 Views 23,221 BegElem
Movie Worksheet: Brain Drain or Brain Gain?

Movie Worksheet: Brain Drain or Brain Gain?

This two-page worksheet focuses on the issue most European countries are faced with - brain drain. The pre-viewing activities include a commentary on the phenomenon and a short discussion on the ...
4 Views 22,331 Int
There Is/ Are Exercises

There Is/ Are Exercises

Students should write affirmative, interrogative and negative sentences using the structures 'there is' and 'there are'. They also practice clothing and furniture vocabulary. A short explanation o ...
6 Views 18,230 Beg
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Vegetables Missing Letters Activity

Vegetables Missing Letters Activity

This is a pretty easy worksheet for teaching or revising vegetables related vocabulary at elementary level. Students are asked to look at the pictures and complete the words with the missing ...
12 Views 30,210 Elem
Learning Spelling with Pictures

Learning Spelling with Pictures

The worksheet is about filling the missing letters with the help of the given picture. This helps a child to understand and think of the object the word refers to. It also helps in developing voca ...
2 Views 10,713 Elem
Colour the Biggest Animal First and Go On

Colour the Biggest Animal First and Go On

This worksheet is basically a colour worksheet. However, you can make children think by creating different ideas like 1. colour your favorite animal first and go on till you colour the animal you ...
1 Views 24,551 BegElem
What Can You Do In...?

What Can You Do In...?

This ppt combines types of buildings and other places in a town with modal "can". First your students will see a picture which represents a building in a town - let them name it. Then ask them wha ...
10 Views 11,983 ElemPre-Int
Can You or Can´t You?

Can You or Can´t You?

This ppt is good to practise "can" questions. It also includes several activities supported by pictures. As you proceed with the ppt, let your students name the activity they see and then ask a qu ...
5 Views 9,917 Elem
Pictured Landscape Bingo

Pictured Landscape Bingo

This PPT largely corresponds with Project 2 Unit 5. It contains several pictures of landscapes. At the end there are 9 bingo charts containing 9 words each related to the topic. Print these bingo ...
4 Views 9,344 ElemPre-Int
Personal Information

Personal Information

It's good for beginner and elementary learners to improve their writing. The students have the clues of what they are going to write about. They complete their personal information in the chart fi ...
5 Views 23,943 BegElem
Song Worksheet: In the Summertime by Mungo Jerry

Song Worksheet: In the Summertime by Mungo Jerry

Another well-known happy song for the summer :) There are several exercises: choose the right word, fill the gaps with the words you hear (the first letter is given first time), fill the gaps with ...
5 Views 16,418 ElemPre-IntInt
Animals and Colors

Animals and Colors

This worksheet is for younger children, who learn English as a second language. You can practise animals, colors and numbers with them. Worksheet containes 3 assignments: to color animals and coun ...
3 Views 12,596 Beg
Fuleco, 2014 FIFA World Cup Official Mascot

Fuleco, 2014 FIFA World Cup Official Mascot

This is a printable worksheet  for the youngest ones. Enjoy the 2014 World Cup by colouring Fuleco! Fuleco, the Armadillo, is the official mascot of the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil. Repres ...
4 Views 12,402 Beg
Movie Worksheet: Monster University

Movie Worksheet: Monster University

Watching movies in English with English subtitles is always popular with students, especially in summer when they are less focused. This worksheet is based on the movie 'Monster University' and it ...
4 Views 22,274 Pre-IntInt
Song Worksheet: The World Is Ours

Song Worksheet: The World Is Ours

This is a song worksheet. Students have to fill in the gaps with verbs and nouns. Then, they have to answer the questions. They can discuss some of them in groups. This worksheet might be used dur ...
2 Views 10,779 Elem
Multiple Choice - Causatives

Multiple Choice - Causatives

This is an FCE-like activity. The purpose of this sheet is to check some collocations within the context of causative structures. This task consists of a text in which there are 12 gaps (plus one ...
4 Views 12,719 Pre-IntIntAdvExam
Reading Comprehension - The Liver

Reading Comprehension - The Liver

This article includes some interesting facts about the liver. The liver is the largest solid organ in your body. It is situated inside your abdomen under the ribcage. Your liver has many important ...
4 Views 14,619 Elem
World Cup 2014 Quiz A1

World Cup 2014 Quiz A1

This is a very basic worksheet for elementary young students (A1) to review question words through a short simple quiz and countries and nationalities through a filling task. I have used the footb ...
3 Views 9,814 Elem
Phrasal Verbs

Phrasal Verbs

A simple and clear explanation of how phrasal verbs are formed. There is a color version and a black and white one. There is a detailed explanation of where prepositions and adverbs are placed and ...
4 Views 7,851 Pre-IntInt
Odd One Out 6

Odd One Out 6

Which one is different? Cross out the word that does not belong and explain why. There are fifteen rows and each of them has got four words. Students will have to cross out the word which is diffe ...
5 Views 22,807 All
Song Worksheet: I'm Sorry by Buckcherry

Song Worksheet: I'm Sorry by Buckcherry

Objectives: pupils will be able to demonstrate basic listening and reading comprehension skills as well as HOTs – inferring (reading between the lines) and generating possibilities. Aft ...
4 Views 10,286 Int
Transport Puzzle

Transport Puzzle

This drawing can be used for many things: revise vocabulary of transport, animals, direction, colors, street signs, adjectives, prepositions etc. The drawing can be used for coloring alone or can ...
2 Views 12,442 BegElem
Bird Shape

Bird Shape

When teaching young children different animals, use this creative cut out bird to teach them about birds, (vocubulary: bird, beak, eyes, head, body, wings, feathers, etc.). Cut out the bird s ...
2 Views 8,143 BegElem

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