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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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The Education System in the United Kingdom (Advanced)

The Education System in the United Kingdom (Advanced)

This presentation introduces students to the education system in the United Kingdom, giving them examples of how the system works and a few of the key issues currently relevant to the system. Idea ...
4 Views 16,990 AdvExam
Women's Suffrage in the United Kingdom

Women's Suffrage in the United Kingdom

This presentation introduces students to the Women's Suffrage movement in the United Kingdom, starting from the early beginnings of the movement in academia until when women were granted the right ...
3 Views 10,724 IntAdvExam
Horoscope Character Traits Conversation Activity

Horoscope Character Traits Conversation Activity

Divide your class into groups according to their star signs. Cut up the table on the worksheet and distribute each row to the correct horoscope group. The students then have to explain if they thi ...
9 Views 38,423 IntAdv
The Baroque Period in Music

The Baroque Period in Music

This presentation introduces  the Baroque Period in the arts, focussing specifically on the music of the era. It was originally used for my students studying Music within the bilingual progra ...
1 Views 9,087 IntAdvExam
The Classical Period in Music

The Classical Period in Music

This presentation introduces to the general context of the Classical period in the arts, focussing specifically on the music of the era. It was originally used for my students studying Music withi ...
2 Views 8,539 IntAdvExam
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Present Perfect - Extreme Sports

Present Perfect - Extreme Sports

Conversation activity that practices the present perfect tense, while also teaching vocabulary associated to extreme sports. Presentation contains an example of how to form the tense as well as pi ...
13 Views 31,511 Pre-IntInt
Interesting English Language Idioms

Interesting English Language Idioms

This presentation contains idioms of the English language. I tried to think about the ones I myself as a native English speaker use, rather than the more traditional ones taught in ESL textbooks t ...
6 Views 10,944 IntAdvExam
Burns Night - an Introduction to Scotland

Burns Night - an Introduction to Scotland

This presentation contains mainly images as a way to talk about Burns Night and introduce Scottish culture into the ESL classroom. It talks about the main traditions of Robert Burns Night and also ...
6 Views 15,904 ElemPre-IntIntAdv
Movie Worksheet: Christmas Conversation about the John Lewis Christmas Advert 2013

Movie Worksheet: Christmas Conversation about the John Lewis Christmas Advert 2013

First, show your class the John Lewis Christmas Advert from 2013 It's a lovely video that serves as its own conversation prompt in itself. This worksheet contains two versions. Divide your class ...
6 Views 15,451 IntAdvExam
Controversial Topics

Controversial Topics

It was created to promote an interesting discussion about controversial topics. Teachers must be aware of students' opinion and act as a guide in the discussion. It would be helpful if p ...
23 Views 133,643 Adv
Christmas in the UK

Christmas in the UK

This presentation contains mainly pictures associated with celebrating Christmas in the UK. It introduces students to the concept of advent, Christmas carols and Christmas food. I would then sugge ...
6 Views 12,899 All
The Musical Score in English

The Musical Score in English

This presentation, which I adapted from an original produced by a colleague, talks about the Musical Score in English. It is designed to introduce musical vocabulary and was used for my students w ...
2 Views 8,578 IntAdvExam
The Indie Kid: Youth Tribes

The Indie Kid: Youth Tribes

This presentation introduces students to the 'indie kid'. It would be an ideal warmer activity when learning about youth culture and different tribes young people can join. Contains some pictures ...
5 Views 10,606 Pre-IntInt
Halloween: True or False?

Halloween: True or False?

This powerpoint presentation contains a true/false activity on Halloween customs, as well as questions on a video clip from ET, the film directed by Steven Spielberg. My students really enjoyed th ...
14 Views 29,242 Pre-IntIntAdv
Label the Flags - World Cup Theme

Label the Flags - World Cup Theme

This geography worksheet is a great activity to use if you are looking for resources with a World Cup theme. There are 12 flags. Students are asked to label each flag from 12 of the 32 countries i ...
6 Views 31,749 Elem
Word and Picture Matching - World Cup

Word and Picture Matching - World Cup

This resource is a great activity to use if you are looking for resources with a World Cup theme. This worksheet includes 10 countries and 10 pictures of the flag of each country. Students match t ...
3 Views 23,312 Elem
Word Search - World Cup 2014

Word Search - World Cup 2014

This word search is a great activity to use if you are looking for resources with a World Cup theme. There are 20 World Cup qualifying teams to find. How many words can you find hidden in the grid ...
4 Views 21,292 Elem
Relatives - Family Tree

Relatives - Family Tree

This worksheet will help students to practise family words and relationships on the basis of a family tree. They have to find out the relatedness between the family members - who is related to who ...
5 Views 15,207 Pre-IntInt
Movie Worksheet: The Hobbit (Functional Language, Food)

Movie Worksheet: The Hobbit (Functional Language, Food)

I developed this task for basic students to work on functional language when eating at a place. Througout the task ss will work on vocabulary, be exposed to authentic English, understand a movie s ...
6 Views 16,022 Elem
Johnny the Robot - Body Parts

Johnny the Robot - Body Parts

Instead of the usual human body shape, I came up with "Johnny the Robot" for my younger students to study the basic parts of the body (head, hair, eyes, hands, etc.). The children love to draw its ...
8 Views 24,715 Elem
Danger in Cyberspace Reading Worksheet

Danger in Cyberspace Reading Worksheet

This is a reading test for intermediate students who are asked to read the text, say who or what do the words refer to, go through the text and find words or expressions that mean the same as the ...
9 Views 23,226 Pre-IntInt
Wine Double Puzzle

Wine Double Puzzle

Unscramble 10 keywords about the overall-topic of 'wine'. Find out the final sentence by means of the numbered cases. I created this for a group of beginners (German) therefore I added transl ...
2 Views 7,200 ElemPre-IntIntAdv
Movie Worksheet: 5 Ways to Save the Planet

Movie Worksheet: 5 Ways to Save the Planet

This is a movie activity I used at the end of a module with the theme "Environmental solutions". It´s great to revise / consolidate vocabulary concerning the topic. This is a filling the bla ...
6 Views 13,441 IntAdv
Vocabulary Grade 2/3 #5D

Vocabulary Grade 2/3 #5D

This worksheet is part (4) of a 4 part set that includes vocabulary words, crossword puzzle, sentence cloze, and wordsearch. I hope it is useful to everyone interested. I use these sets for my En ...
2 Views 9,747 BegElemPre-Int
Vocabulary Grade 2/3 #5D

Vocabulary Grade 2/3 #5D

This worksheet is part (4) of a 4 part set that includes vocabulary words, crossword puzzle, sentence cloze, and wordsearch. I hope it is useful to everyone interested. I use these sets for my En ...
2 Views 8,633 BegElemPre-Int

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