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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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4 Pictures 1 Word - Medium Difficulty

4 Pictures 1 Word - Medium Difficulty

It is based on the application for mobile phones. In this presentation you´ll find 15 pictures (15x4 if I should be precise). Every 4 pictures have something in common and the goal of the ss ...
11 Views 21,520 Pre-IntIntAdv
Reading about Brighton

Reading about Brighton

This is a basic reading comprehension about Brighton, a city in the South of England. Using there is/ are, there isn`t and there aren´t. Useful for 3º Primary School. Revision of vo ...
6 Views 14,860 Elem
Telling Time

Telling Time

For ESL - adult learners. This worksheet is useful for beginners with limited vocabulary. It contains images and vocabulary related to telling time using a 12 hour clock. Real clocks can ...
11 Views 42,847 BegElemPre-Int
My Family's Eating Habits

My Family's Eating Habits

This is a writing task about a family's eating habits. It is divided into 4 short paragraphs which analyse what the family eats during the day. It mainly practises present simple, its time express ...
7 Views 60,736 BegElem
Movie Worksheet: 43 Cartoon Theme Song Mashup

Movie Worksheet: 43 Cartoon Theme Song Mashup

There are 43 cartoon theme songs in this piece. Can your students hear all 43 cartoon theme songs? Students are divided in groups or pairs. Students have to guess as much cartoons as possible. The ...
4 Views 14,318 All
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Movie Worksheet: Happy Valentine´s Day!

Movie Worksheet: Happy Valentine´s Day!

I designed this ws for my second-graders at high school (beginners of 13 to 16 years old) for them to work on the unit called Festivals. The characters are very funny but you have to be careful be ...
3 Views 10,397 Elem
Movie Worksheet: Rush

Movie Worksheet: Rush

This worksheet represents a small part of a lesson in which ss were intended to use gradable and non-gradable adjectives within a unit related to sports or activities that are very exciting or dan ...
1 Views 8,361 Int
Put the Recipe in Words

Put the Recipe in Words

Use the illustrated instructions to write a recipe. Practise cooking vocabulary and giving instructions. You can also practise countable and uncountable nouns, quantifiers and plurals.Try out the ...
28 Views 73,572 Pre-IntInt
Simple Color Flash Cards

Simple Color Flash Cards

Ten large, simple colored blocks with the color name accompanying, that can be cut out and used to orally teach English colors to very young students or ESL/EFL students. Can also be used as flash ...
2 Views 7,848 Beg
Reading Quiz

Reading Quiz

Students read the passage to recognize the main points of an argument. This argument is about having a cell phone. It describes the difference between Marcia's mom and Marcia's dad concernin ...
6 Views 27,187 Pre-Int
At the Airport Worksheet Vocabulary

At the Airport Worksheet Vocabulary

This worksheet includes useful phrases and words related to common situations at the airport. At the check-in desk, security area, customs office, departure lounge, etc. The worksheet has transcri ...
8 Views 51,388 ElemPre-IntInt
Creative Writing

Creative Writing

This is a creative writing activity for elementary/primary students. Creative writing exercise allow children to make up a story of a girl and a book she is reading at the moment, then write their ...
3 Views 17,065 BegElem
My Dream Job- Reading Comprehension Worksheet

My Dream Job- Reading Comprehension Worksheet

My dream job is a reading comprehension worksheet for intermediate students who are asked to read the text, decide whether the statements are true, false or partly true and then correct the false ...
15 Views 91,935 Pre-IntInt
Song Worksheet:Price Tag by Jessie J ( Money)

Song Worksheet:Price Tag by Jessie J ( Money)

There's  a worksheet based on the song "Price Tag" that can be used to work on the topic money. I'm currently working on a website (http://songstolearnenglish.wordpress.com) gathering contemp ...
26 Views 45,133 ElemPre-Int
History of Dentistry - Jigsaw Reading

History of Dentistry - Jigsaw Reading

This is an idea of jigsaw reading activity for group work (minimum 4 groups) intended for upper-intermediate students. The aim is to develop reading skills and to practise exchanging information. ...
6 Views 12,697 Adv
Likes

Likes

Students are given a card with the name of a country and a hobby. These cards are on the second page of the worksheet and can be laminated or just printed and cut on cardboard. They ask and answer ...
6 Views 29,519 BegElem
General Knowledge - Quiz on Spain

General Knowledge - Quiz on Spain

This worksheet can be used to find out how much your students know about the country Spain. There are 11 mixed questions that students must answer including true or false, circle the correct answe ...
5 Views 16,110 Elem
Poetry: A Sheep is Asleep on My Sofa

Poetry: A Sheep is Asleep on My Sofa

The poem is titled: A Sheep is Asleep On My Sofa. This exercise is a helpful activity for practicing spelling and also rhyming. Students underline the correct spelling in brackets and then answer ...
11 Views 15,395 Elem
4 Pictures 1 Word - Difficult

4 Pictures 1 Word - Difficult

This activity is based on the application for mobile phones. In this presentation you´ll find 15 pictures (15x4 if I should be precise). Every 4 pictures have something in common and the goa ...
6 Views 19,045 IntAdvExam
The Wooden Bowl

The Wooden Bowl

This is an inspirational story. It teaches young generations to appreciate older ones. It deals with family relationships , emotions and the necessity to support and to love elderly people .The p ...
5 Views 9,816 All
Housework and Household Chores

Housework and Household Chores

This worksheet can be used for teaching the topic “Housework and Household Chores”. In Exercise 1 students are asked to match 16 household chores with the pictures. In Exercise 2 they ...
20 Views 52,484 ElemPre-Int
Hospitality English Worksheet 1

Hospitality English Worksheet 1

I had to train Hospitality English to a mixed group of about 10 students, some high level English, some very low and a few in the middle. To keep them  all challenged and engaged, I gave them ...
8 Views 23,461 ElemPre-IntIntAdvExam
Word Search (Greetings / Introduction / Farewells)

Word Search (Greetings / Introduction / Farewells)

Simple word search for beginners. It has words related to greetings, introduction and farewells. It can be used at the practice stage, after presenting this vocabulary. But, maybe depending on the ...
11 Views 32,107 BegElem
Questions and Answers

Questions and Answers

Simple board game to practice elementary wh-questions such as "What's your name? How old are you? Where are you from" and yes/no questions with 'be'. The students are supposed to put the sentence ...
31 Views 150,541 BegElem
Book Study

Book Study

Students chose a book to read independently and then presented their review in this format. Including information about the book's climax, main characters, main events, difficult vocabulary etc. S ...
4 Views 7,124 Pre-IntExam

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