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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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Suffixes Snap Game

Suffixes Snap Game

This worksheet is for higher level adult or teenage students to play a game of Snap by making correct entertainment words using suffixes. Students play in groups of three to four. They take turns ...
10 Views 24,015 Int
English Houses

English Houses

The first part of the presentation introduces a few typical English (Irish) housing styles. The second part concentrates on the inside of a typical English house. There is a short quiz at the end, ...
6 Views 12,318 ElemPre-IntIntAdv
Extreme Weather

Extreme Weather

This is an extreme weather matching activity. Various extreme weathers, can lead on to other things such as climate change. Can be used to start the lesson or good after brainstorming various type ...
6 Views 16,719 Pre-IntInt
ESL Discussion Topics: Fame

ESL Discussion Topics: Fame

A conversation worksheet on the topic of fame. This worksheet could be used as a warmer activity or even practice as an IELTS speaking topic. Learners review vocabulary items, read opinions from o ...
13 Views 36,485 Pre-IntIntAdvExam
4 Pictures 1 Word - Easy

4 Pictures 1 Word - Easy

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 ...
5 Views 21,348 ElemPre-Int
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Horror and Suspense Vocabulary

Horror and Suspense Vocabulary

This worksheet is a simple matching exercise for students to learn basic vocabulary for describing a horror/suspense film. It can be used as group work or individual work. It works best after the ...
7 Views 19,659 Pre-IntInt
U.S. School Discipline (High School)

U.S. School Discipline (High School)

This worksheet is a great way to talk about differences between the U.S. school environment and a foreign school. The students work on their own or with a partner for the warm-up and then discuss ...
8 Views 76,291 Pre-IntInt
Press-conference with Angelina Jolie

Press-conference with Angelina Jolie

This is a role-play worksheet: a press-conference with Angelina Jolie. The main purpose of this activity is a) revising question formation in present simple, past simple, present perfect (for the ...
15 Views 38,343 Pre-IntIntAdv
Let's Talk about Health

Let's Talk about Health

This worksheet is for higher level adult or teenage students to discuss health problems. Students play in groups of four or five. When they land on a square they read it and need to talk about it ...
16 Views 70,163 IntAdv
Song Worksheet: Accidentally in Love

Song Worksheet: Accidentally in Love

Here you have the song "Accidentally in Love" by Counting Crows in which students choose the correct word the first time. Then, they have to discriminate words by their sounds.Finally, they look f ...
6 Views 18,496 All
Reading Text B1 History of Pizza

Reading Text B1 History of Pizza

It is only a reading text about history of pizza. It is appropriate for intermediate students. You formulate some questions about the text and give it your students. The text has been simplified t ...
10 Views 50,746 Int
Difference between Will / Going to Business English Lesson Plan

Difference between Will / Going to Business English Lesson Plan

A lesson plan that can be used as an inspiration for creating "will / going to" themed business English lesson. The aim is a practical use of the particular grammar and at the same time student t ...
6 Views 20,844 Pre-IntInt
Movie Worksheet: What a wonderful world. Our colourful world

Movie Worksheet: What a wonderful world. Our colourful world

This is a complex lesson about colours based on a video from youtube by David Attenborough. The video shows some unique pictures of animals so the tasks are built around the topic of animals and t ...
13 Views 13,671 ElemPre-Int
Movie Worksheet: The Benefits of Drinking Water

Movie Worksheet: The Benefits of Drinking Water

This a complex lesson about water and can be used both in class or in private teaching. The lesson includes an interesting true or false section about water and followed by a listening test on the ...
13 Views 21,554 Pre-IntInt
Movie Worksheet: Cooking Pizza

Movie Worksheet: Cooking Pizza

This worksheet is based on a video with a cooking tutorial (http://www.videojug.com/film/how-to-make-pizza-dough-2?sourcelink=autoforward&playlist-urlname=how-to-make-pizza-margarita). First s ...
13 Views 29,053 Elem
Movie Worksheet: Food in Britain

Movie Worksheet: Food in Britain

I use this worksheet to talk about food in Britain. It is based on the video taken from "New Opportunities" (pre-intermediate). Unfortunately, it is available online only for the users of this soc ...
10 Views 28,366 Pre-IntInt
Food

Food

I divide activities around this worksheet into three parts: 1) First we watch the food chant. Ss write down sentences about the food they like/don't like. 2) Ss look at the picture with ...
8 Views 11,227 Beg
Cooking Words

Cooking Words

This worksheet contains an easy task that can be used to revise vocabulary connected with food preparation. Students have to match the words from the box with the pictures. They can later use thes ...
16 Views 39,718 BegElem
The UK

The UK

I use this worksheet at the lessons dedicated to the study of Great Britain. My source of inspiration in designing it was a great video provided by the British Council called "Four Nations" (from ...
11 Views 14,476 Pre-IntInt
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

This worksheet is about the UK, its culture, traditions, people. You can use it as a final test.The quiz includes two tasks:1) test ( 26 questions); 2) map ( where students should write down the n ...
15 Views 29,672 Pre-Int
Quiz on Britain

Quiz on Britain

I use this worksheet to sum up my ss' knowledge about the UK. Questions contain some factual information about Great Britain. They have either to say if it's true or false, circle the correct alte ...
13 Views 18,501 ElemPre-Int
Stereotypes about British People

Stereotypes about British People

I use this worksheet to discuss, confirm and disprove some stereotypes we have about British people. At first ss make a list of all possible stereotypes they have, then we play "Fact or Fiction" g ...
16 Views 27,012 Pre-IntInt
Movie Worksheet: Stress

Movie Worksheet: Stress

This worksheet can be used to discuss the causes of stress and possible ways to cope with it. The second part of it is based on a short film called "School Portait" by Nick Scott. It gives an exce ...
7 Views 12,769 Pre-IntInt
Noodle Battle - Teaching Composition

Noodle Battle - Teaching Composition

This worksheet is based on the cartoon serial ‘Minuscules’. The cartoon serial ‘Minuscules’ (France, 2007) which is the collection of 3-5 minute mini-stories. The dynamic ...
4 Views 11,122 Adv
Semester Test for the 4th Grade

Semester Test for the 4th Grade

The test is for the 4th graders. It contains basic questions using structures such as can/have/do and wh-questions. The grammar areas are: possesive 's, adjectives describing people, present ...
4 Views 14,446 Elem

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