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.
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!
Become a part of the BusyTeacher.org community, where you'll find 14,321 vocabulary worksheets to download and use in your lessons every day! There's no limit to what you can do when you make our worksheets a part of your lessons, so start by taking a look at the recommended ones below.
Create awesome-looking custom word searches in seconds!
Make A Word Scramble:
Instantly create custom word/sentence scrambles for your class!
Make A Double Puzzle:
Generate double puzzles your students will love - hours of fun!
ESL Articles
View our latest knowledgebase articles that will help you become a better English teacher. Learn from
professional teachers and put a bit of your own creativity into it!
Reading comprehension about home exchange based on the movie "The Holiday". It can be used with pre-intermediate and intermediate pupils. You can show the trailer of the movie before reading ...
I created this worksheet for my pre-intermediate children to train colours and their meaning. The students have to speak about the emotions and feelings looking at different colours. Students expr ...
In this song they sing about the loved one. I chose it to discuss what phrases we can use to say how much we love someone and what they mean to us. First, we understand some food phrases from the ...
This worksheet is to discuss a simple story from the song. First, students listen and put the pictures in the order of events in the song, then they listen again to fill in the gaps. The words are ...
This worksheet has a table of expressions for giving advice and making suggestions (e.g. 'Why don't you...? and 'Perhaps you should...'). There is also a pairwork activity which provides the oppor ...
The given worksheet is dedicated to the topic emotions and feelings. It's not a secret that with the help of flashcards pupils better and what is really important faster learn the words by h ...
This unit test is about using the second conditional, the combination of the first and second conditional, questions with would, reflexive pronouns. From vocabulary there is an exercise for warnin ...
This test revises the present simple tense - affirmative, negative, questions, short answers, using prepositions of time - on, at, and it also deals with time telling. There is a reading and writi ...
This is a presentation I've made for my students to study the vocabulary connected with the topic feelings and emotions. You can use it both for introducing new vocabulary and for checking the stu ...
Since 14 February is approaching I guess it is the right time to think about some love songs we could listen to. I decided to do Perfume by Britney Spears because it is not a typical I will always ...
Do films like Les Miserables make you cry? This activity was inspired by the BBC 6-minute English audio file, which can be found on: http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/general/sixmi ...
An initiative for beginners after learning all the rules to change into plurals. Fill in the word or suffix (-ish, -ful) and make a word after adding the suffix, it will help them better understa ...
This is a useful woksheet about personal hygiene using present continuous. This woksheet is for primary students- beginners. Here I've taken into account their skills. They are learning to write a ...
Almost half of the world's population of marsupials are found only in Australia. Marsupials include koalas, kangaroos, wombats, possums, and bandicoots. This reading comprehension includes some in ...
This worksheet has the purpose to practice and review the uses of the modals “can” and “would like to” to give suggestions, it can be uses with mainly elementary students, ...
In this two-page worksheet, your students will have the opportunity to practice creating sentences in the superlative; at the same time they will be able to give suggestions about visiting a city. ...
Here is a good way to teach colors connecting them to the common well known things. Students will create associations with colors and will learn new words, which is perfect for beginners. Give it ...
This is a power point presentation about Australia, its sights and animals. Mainly it contains colourful photos. You can use it as a supplementary material to make your students acquainted with c ...
The task sheet is based on the movie 'The Descendants' with George Clooney as the main character. It perfectly suits one of the usual exam topics - social ties. After watching the movie and comple ...
The first worsheet is about natural disaster problems listed, state one possible effect on health, property and economic cost. (If there is no effect for a particular category). The second w ...
Aimed for kids, this worksheet contains thirty clocks and thirty "times". The kids will put the time in each clock to see if they know what "quarter past", "quarter to" and "half past" mean.& ...
These are London sightseeing flashcards which can be used during studying such a popular topic as "London". Every flashcard contains the name of attration which can be useful in the first stages o ...
This is a reading activity that I have used with my pre-intermediate students. It contains a semi-authentic newspaper article in the first page and a few comprehension questions as well as a pairw ...
7 14,864Pre-IntInt
Got a great worksheet on
Vocabulary?
Tell us about it and become a BusyTeacher contributor!