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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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Research Topic - The Mississippi River

Research Topic - The Mississippi River

This resource has been created for elementary/primary students. It is a research topic about the Mississippi River. Students are asked to write a short report about the Mississippi River and to al ...
5 Views 7,742 Elem
Research Topic - The Ganges River

Research Topic - The Ganges River

This resource has been created for elementary/primary students. It is a research topic about the Ganges River. Students are asked to write a short report about the Amazon River and to also include ...
4 Views 6,785 Elem
Research Topic - Amazon River

Research Topic - Amazon River

This resource has been created for elementary/primary students. It is a research topic about the Amazon River. Students are asked to write a short report about the Amazon River and to also include ...
4 Views 7,869 Elem
London

London

It is a text about the capital of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. It contains facts about London. You can use it as a reading comprehension task, a home reading task or a ...
9 Views 13,736 Pre-Int
Geographical Position of the USA

Geographical Position of the USA

It is a text about the geographical position of the United States of America. It contains fact about the geographical position such as location, mountains, rivers etc. You can use it as a reading ...
7 Views 12,795 Pre-Int
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Geographical Position of Great Britain

Geographical Position of Great Britain

It is a text about the geographical position of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. It contains facts about the geographical position such as location, mountains, rivers etc. ...
7 Views 15,565 Pre-Int
Phrasal Verbs Intermediate Worksheet

Phrasal Verbs Intermediate Worksheet

This is a worksheet for teaching phrasal verbs at intermediate level. There are 3 different activities in which students are asked to complete the sentences with the verbs given, fill in the ...
11 Views 27,300 Pre-IntInt
Phrasal Verbs Grammar Guide

Phrasal Verbs Grammar Guide

This is a complete grammar guide for teaching phrasal verbs at intermediate level. There are clear and simple explanations and a list of the most common phrasal verbs as well as example sente ...
13 Views 10,553 Pre-IntInt
2014- Year of the Horse/ Horse Sayings

2014- Year of the Horse/ Horse Sayings

There are two parts of the worksheet. In the first part the students should find out the right matches to the idioms with horse. In the second part they have to use the idioms in the sentences. T ...
7 Views 10,259 Pre-Int
Describing Ronaldo

Describing Ronaldo

This is a PowerPoint series of photos of Ronaldo that I use to motivate my students to speak (teenage boys in particular). Take each photo and get them to describe what they can see, how Rona ...
2 Views 11,216 Pre-IntInt
Christmas Alphabet

Christmas Alphabet

It's a Christmas Alphabet for small children, who can read verses or repeat them after the teacher. It is made just for Christmas. You can learn it by heart easily, if you learn it by slides. Pict ...
8 Views 12,598 BegElem
Superheroes

Superheroes

It's about animals' records. This is a small review of sport achievements of animals. It's for those students, who study English for the fourth or more years in an advanced level. It can be used ...
5 Views 7,415 ElemPre-Int
Introduction

Introduction

Here is a two page activity which you can use for beginners or low elementary students, especially in business situations. It contains a short description of what you need to know when introducing ...
3 Views 9,671 BegElem
Oh Joy!

Oh Joy!

Discussion questions about joy! There are nine of them, as well as an idiom, and the dictionary definition of joy. This is something you might want to use when talking about emotions, success, rel ...
3 Views 5,473 IntAdvExam
Movie Worksheet: Giant Octopus Attacks Diver

Movie Worksheet: Giant Octopus Attacks Diver

I found this video on Youtube - I thought it would be suitable for my students to work with some listening about animals. Some parts are very clear to listen to and also having a narrator that ove ...
2 Views 8,671 ElemPre-Int
Odd One Out 5

Odd One Out 5

Which one is different? Cross out the word that does not belong and explain why. There are fifteen rows and each of them has got four words. Students will have to cross out the word which is diffe ...
4 Views 15,062 ElemPre-Int
Health Vocabulary

Health Vocabulary

In this worksheet students have to categorize the words presented into two sections. Each section is a network of boxes in which students have to insert the words. This is excellent for reviewing ...
5 Views 14,639 Elem
Movie Worksheet: Dog and the Butcher

Movie Worksheet: Dog and the Butcher

Dog and the Butcher is a short silent cartoon about the touching relationship of the naughty dog and its sometimes strict owner. The worksheet consists of two tasks: the first one is to match the ...
6 Views 9,745 Elem
Can You Read Fast?

Can You Read Fast?

Read, remember and write down new words. There are 11 slides with new vocabulary from the text about the trip to Brighton in UK. On mouse click or after a few seconds the new words appear and ...
9 Views 8,310 ElemPre-Int
Movie Worksheet: Mele Kalikimaka

Movie Worksheet: Mele Kalikimaka

This worksheet is meant for young learners. It uses Bing Crosby's song and Youtube video to review Christmas vocabulary, motivate students to speak, and practice both their reading and listening ...
3 Views 7,390 Pre-Int
DIY Pop Up Christmas Card

DIY Pop Up Christmas Card

This worksheet was originally designed for ESL special needs students. It is meant to guide students through very basic steps to produce a simple yet really nice pop up card. They might need help ...
5 Views 11,940 Pre-Int
Additional Exercises - Phrasal Verbs

Additional Exercises - Phrasal Verbs

This is an additional worksheet about fifteen useful phrasal verbs. It is followed by the PowerPoint presentation and previous worksheet I have uploaded as well. It can be very handy when it come ...
8 Views 13,941 Pre-IntIntAdv
Sports Vocabulary

Sports Vocabulary

A simple matching exercise of some unconventional sports. Good for introducing vocabulary of cayaking, rafting, hang gliding...., and other non traditional sports; can be used in topics related to ...
2 Views 10,293 Elem
Puzzles

Puzzles

This worksheet has plenty of puzzles which can easily be turned into power points. It contains hidden cities, hidden animals, hidden countries, numbers and words puzzles and so on. I tried some of ...
6 Views 12,127 Int
What Is Love?

What Is Love?

This is a worksheet used to talk about love. It has nine (9) discussion questions, gives an example of an idiom about love, uses the dictionary definition of love, as well as my own. It can be use ...
6 Views 16,346 IntAdvExam

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