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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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Lifelong Learning

Lifelong Learning

This worksheet was created to Unit 10 of the New Total English Elementary 2 course book and aims to practice school subjects, expressions in connection with learning and modal verbs (have to, don' ...
2 Views 15,249 ElemPre-Int
Where Are We?

Where Are We?

This simple worksheet can be used as a perfect warm-up exercise when students learn about countries and nationalities at beginner or elementary level. Ask students to work in pairs and find out wh ...
4 Views 4,499 BegElem
Movie Worksheet: Make Ice-cream with Jamie

Movie Worksheet: Make Ice-cream with Jamie

This worksheet is for elementary or pre-intermediate students based on the short video 'How to make ice-cream in 45 seconds' with Jamie Oliver. Ask students to watch the video and circle the corre ...
5 Views 23,423 ElemPre-Int
Read about Cristiano Ronaldo

Read about Cristiano Ronaldo

Read about Cristiano Ronaldo, his career and his family and things that had made him a great soccer player and known all over the world. This has a activity for beginner and elementary studen ...
9 Views 27,511 BegElem
Words for Taboo 4

Words for Taboo 4

These words can be used for playing taboo. Students take turns to explain the word in bold while trying to avoid using the other associated words. The words are chosen at random but are generally ...
8 Views 21,266 IntAdvExam
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The Most Extraordinary Jobs

The Most Extraordinary Jobs

The worksheet contains 8 short stories for reading about the most extraordinary jobs, teacher’s notes and discussion questions. I used it as a piece of interesting information while talking ...
71 Views 216,115 IntAdv
Description Of People's Physical Appearance: Vocabulary

Description Of People's Physical Appearance: Vocabulary

This worksheet contains vocabulary about people's physical appearance. All the vocabulary included here can be a powerful tool for students to give good descriptions of others. It can be perfectly ...
25 Views 119,725 BegElemPre-Int
How Good an Entrepreneur Are You? Quiz

How Good an Entrepreneur Are You? Quiz

The worksheet consists of a quiz “How Good an Entrepreneur Are You?” with the answers and a practical situation for ss to solve and see if they are ready to start their own business. M ...
5 Views 14,197 Pre-IntIntAdv
Reading Dreams

Reading Dreams

This worksheet deals with the topic of dreams. It does not focus on any grammatical aspect in particular. It consists of a fill-in the blanks listening about analyzing dreams that I adapted from h ...
13 Views 29,621 IntAdvExam
Beauty vs Intelligence

Beauty vs Intelligence

An all time classic. Clever or beautiful? Both would be the answer. But deep down most people would choose beauty as it is self proven and intelligence has to be proved, as Oscar Wilde said. Can' ...
15 Views 21,184 Pre-IntIntAdvExam
Informal English and Internet Chat Abbreviations

Informal English and Internet Chat Abbreviations

The worksheet contains examples of informal English (e.g. going to = gonna) and some popular internet chat abbreviations. Then ss are asked to read some messages, write their own texts, create TNG ...
22 Views 53,455 All
Addictions

Addictions

This is a powerpoint that i used with primer bachillerato about addictions. There are links to videos and also lots of high level vocabulary and slang. 
3 Views 7,723 Adv
St Patrick's Day

St Patrick's Day

Students are asked to match some pictures with some words related to St Patrick’s Day, find some other words in the wordsearch, and complete the text about this holiday. The worksheet can be ...
28 Views 79,440 ElemPre-IntInt
Beginning Phonics and Writing: A and U Minimal Pairs

Beginning Phonics and Writing: A and U Minimal Pairs

A set of minimal pairs to practice the difference betwen the short a and short u sounds. Made to be given to the students after practising the sounds and the words for several weeks in order to p ...
3 Views 11,719 BegElem
Beginning Phonics and Writing: L and R Minimal Pairs

Beginning Phonics and Writing: L and R Minimal Pairs

A set of minimal pairs that include the letters l and r - both at the beginning and as initial blends - to practice basic writing and solidify the difference between the meanings of the two words. ...
3 Views 12,224 BegElem
ESL Discussion Topics: Technology

ESL Discussion Topics: Technology

A conversation worksheet on the topic of technology. This worksheet could be used as a warmer activity or even practice as an IELTS speaking topic. Learners review vocabulary items, read opinions ...
10 Views 34,688 Pre-Int
Angry Birds- Welcome Back to School

Angry Birds- Welcome Back to School

Students love Angry Birds but they do not like returning to school. This worksheet is intended to fullfil learners' expectations when they come back to school by revising structures, personal ques ...
11 Views 17,691 BegElem
Female Leadership Speaking Activity

Female Leadership Speaking Activity

A simple lesson plan for a speaking lesson based on the Ban Bossy campaign, which is about empowering young girls to hone their leadership skills. Videos can be found on YouTube at http://www.yout ...
5 Views 12,536 Int
Saint Patrick

Saint Patrick

This worksheet is about Irish Leprechauns. There are three activities, the first one is a filling-gap exercise, pupils have to look at the small images and write the missing words, then they can r ...
19 Views 48,633 ElemPre-IntInt
Air Travel Word Search

Air Travel Word Search

I created this worksheet as I couldn't find any material which focused only on airport vocabulary. It's designed for my upper-intermediate students but intermediate can also try it. This is a word ...
3 Views 11,283 IntAdv
People Bingo

People Bingo

It has different ideas that would let your students enjoy playing it. If your class is big, it's going to be even better. Let them mingle for about thirty minutes. Then ask some of the students wh ...
12 Views 28,578 All
St. Patrick's Day Quiz

St. Patrick's Day Quiz

This quiz is a fun resource to hand out to your students when learning about St. Patrick's Day. There are 8 multiple choice questions to answer. When is St. Patrick's Day celebrated? How many leav ...
12 Views 60,071 Elem
St. Patrick's Day Word Search

St. Patrick's Day Word Search

This is a fun resource to use with your students when learning about St. Patrick's Day. The word search includes words that are all associated with St. Patrick's Day. There are fifteen words hidde ...
8 Views 32,247 Elem
Firing Someone

Firing Someone

Discussion based activity for upper intermediate/advanced students. They should read the information and then discuss the pros and cons of each candidate and reach a joint conclusion. Afterwards, ...
8 Views 13,868 AdvExam
Song Worksheet: We Are the World for Haiti

Song Worksheet: We Are the World for Haiti

This activity can be used to introduce the topic of voluntary work and discuss about NGOs. To a full comprehension of the objective of the activity, it is recommended to use two videos: the origin ...
3 Views 13,201 Pre-IntIntAdvExam

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