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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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Movie Worksheet: Avatar -The Last Airbender (Introduction PPT)

Movie Worksheet: Avatar -The Last Airbender (Introduction PPT)

This powerpoint introduces the characters, elements, and concepts of bending powers from the Avatar: the Last Airbender series. This is a great before/after discussion for showing the first two ep ...
4 Views 16,400 Pre-IntInt
Film Based Vocabulary Worksheet

Film Based Vocabulary Worksheet

This is a film based vocabulary worksheet where words are given in an unjumbled form.The doer needs to find the words.This helps to learn some good vocabulary about films. As the doer will take t ...
3 Views 11,427 Adv
I Can/ I Can't

I Can/ I Can't

This is a presentation with free time activities and sports. Can be used as presentation of using modal verb can/can't for expressing ability. Include sports, outdoor activities, sport games, play ...
7 Views 18,843 BegElem
Free Time Activities and Sports

Free Time Activities and Sports

This is a poster with free time activities and sports. Based on the presentation of using modal verb can/can't for expressing ability. Include sports, outdoor activities, sport games, playing musi ...
15 Views 79,862 BegElem
Choose the Right Word

Choose the Right Word

Choose the most appropriate word for the context and try to explain why you chose it. This worksheet can be used in pair work or small groups. In small groups it would be best to first go through ...
6 Views 16,009 IntAdvExam
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Never Give Up

Never Give Up

This worksheet contains speaking, writing, reading and listening activities. It has activities related to films, a song, and more.They are all connected through one topic, which makes the workshee ...
10 Views 12,613 Pre-IntInt
Hobbies

Hobbies

I was looking for some activities and worksheets for beginners and  I´ve found plenty of them here, but it was hard to find word search about hobbies, so I created one. Pretty useful fo ...
2 Views 9,058 Beg
Hobbies and Free Time Activities

Hobbies and Free Time Activities

This PPT is about free time activities and hobbies. Students have to look at the pictures and complete the sentences with the correct verb (the options are given). They can practice present simple ...
27 Views 71,074 ElemPre-Int
Movie Worksheet: Shark Tank

Movie Worksheet: Shark Tank

This is the activity I used for my business English students. I used a part of the third episode of the 3d season. You can find this part on youtube (it starts 11.33) https://www.youtube.com/watc ...
4 Views 35,380 IntAdv
Mother's Day

Mother's Day

This is a very simple and brief reading worksheet about Mother's Day. You can use it before talking about Mother's Day in class and it will help children to compare this holiday with the similar o ...
6 Views 27,895 BegElem
First Dates

First Dates

This power point presentation was initially made for interactive boards, and not only. Love and romance have always been of interest to everybody. First dates have stayed in our minds for being su ...
6 Views 9,707 Pre-IntIntAdv
The Unexplained

The Unexplained

This power point presentation was initially designed for interactive boards but can be used in many ways (cards, worksheets etc). Everybody is interested in what they can't see or explain. That's ...
9 Views 15,486 IntAdvExam
Classroom Objects Word Puzzle

Classroom Objects Word Puzzle

This word puzzle will help students from lower levels to remember basic items of common use inside the classroom. The aim of the activity is to combine it with other didactical activities in order ...
2 Views 16,783 Elem
Movie Worksheet: Commercial Techniques

Movie Worksheet: Commercial Techniques

This worksheet can be used with any commercial. The questions are designed to help a student understand the techniques used in a commercial and the audience the commercial is targeted for. I inclu ...
6 Views 17,978 Pre-IntIntAdv
Movie Exercise

Movie Exercise

This exercise is matching the movie with its synopsis. The movies are very famous, I think your students will like them. You can ask your students to match each movie with each synopsis, and then ...
6 Views 13,057 All
Colors For Kindergarten

Colors For Kindergarten

This worksheet will help kindergarten students to recognize and memorize colors through the pictures association. Students will feel familiarized with the images and will work better. It can be a ...
9 Views 47,651 Beg
Who Are the Media?

Who Are the Media?

This worksheet has been created for classes of students studying for a technical degree. It is meant to help them learn more about the various sources that are used in their exam. They often deal ...
7 Views 21,621 IntAdv
Places in Town

Places in Town

This a matching exercise to review the names of 18 places commonly found in a town. Students read definitions and match them with the places being defined. Its purpose is to be used before student ...
9 Views 56,718 Elem
Irregular Participles Bingo

Irregular Participles Bingo

Practice the irregular verb forms of the past participle with the help of this well-known game. Including instructions, 3x3 and 4x4 grids, infinitive cards and (optional) reverse sides. You can us ...
6 Views 18,243 Pre-IntIntAdv
Sport in Pictures

Sport in Pictures

This Powerpoint presentation can be useful while presenting new vocabulary on the topic sport. It has a lot of visuals, and it contains exercises for practicing new vocabulary. Why, where, when pe ...
10 Views 15,717 Pre-Int
Song Worksheet: Ghost by Michael Jackson ( Halloween)

Song Worksheet: Ghost by Michael Jackson ( Halloween)

This is a great song for Halloween or just for reviewing vocabulary for horror films or similar topics. It´s also useful for lower levels as it is quite repetitive. It´s a gap fill wor ...
9 Views 22,224 ElemPre-IntInt
Buying Clothes or Shopping Full Lesson Plan

Buying Clothes or Shopping Full Lesson Plan

This worksheet has large pictures of clothes to cut out and use as flash cards - a teacher can begin with this and write names on the board. There is also  one pager with all of these cl ...
14 Views 43,842 Pre-IntInt
Talented, More Talented, the Most Talented: Comparing Celebrity Actors

Talented, More Talented, the Most Talented: Comparing Celebrity Actors

This is a worksheet to work on comparatives and superlatives as students compare 3 Hollywood actors: Brad Pitt, Leonardo DiCaprio and James Franco. The factual information is provided in the first ...
21 Views 30,191 ElemPre-IntInt
Test Your Kids

Test Your Kids

Brief test to check some grammar points of your elementary students. Personal information questions in a club or a spa situation, colours, animals, the weather, cardinal numbers up to 100. Multipl ...
8 Views 18,922 Elem
Have You Got Any Bananas, Please?

Have You Got Any Bananas, Please?

This worksheet is for low level young learners practising questions with Have you got any …, please? and giving short answers 'Yes, I have. No, I haven't.' as part of a shopping role-play. ...
15 Views 28,472 BegElem

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