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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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The Stop Game

The Stop Game

The Stop game comes from a video I watched about TEFL , from BridgeTEFL. In this game, students use vocabulary they know and verb tenses they know to write a single word (or maybe a half-phrase) i ...
7 Views 18,436 ElemPre-IntInt
New Year's Eve

New Year's Eve

This is a power point presentation on New Year's vocabulary. Students have to look at the pictures and choose the correct option, they can revise or learn some words about this holiday and traditi ...
19 Views 21,542 ElemPre-IntInt
Inventors and Discoverers - Lesson Plan

Inventors and Discoverers - Lesson Plan

A lesson plan about famous inventors and discoverers. The first part is team work. The students are divided into teams and they read different short texts about famous inventors and discoverers. T ...
11 Views 15,979 ElemPre-Int
Phrasal Verbs

Phrasal Verbs

This worksheet includes two tasks about phrasal verbs. The first task is a blank filling exercise in which students fill in the gaps with the right verb. The second task involves replacing normal ...
6 Views 13,705 Int
Paint Colors

Paint Colors

Colors and the fruits, plants, and animals that are mostly associated with the colors,  useful for beginners. Use it for practising colours after learning the ss' names. 
3 Views 10,143 Beg
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English Resource: I Eat Spaghetti with a Spoon

English Resource: I Eat Spaghetti with a Spoon

The title of this poem is 'I Eat Spaghetti with a Spoon'. Kids will love to read this funny poem. Students are asked to read through the comprehension and then answer the accompanying study questi ...
20 Views 22,432 Elem
I've Worked for This Company for Ten Years -Reading

I've Worked for This Company for Ten Years -Reading

This is a reading comprehension worksheet for teaching jobs related vocabulary and the present perfect tense. Students are asked to read the text, say if the sentences are true or false and a ...
16 Views 52,975 Pre-IntInt
New Year Missing Letters activity

New Year Missing Letters activity

This is a simple and colourful missing letters activity for teaching or revising New Year related vocabulary at elementary level. Students are asked to look at the pictures and then complete ...
9 Views 16,195 Elem
New Year's Resolutions

New Year's Resolutions

This is a worksheet about New Year's resolutions. There are three activities including reading, matching and writing. Students learn the vocabulary to talk about their resolutions, they practise t ...
38 Views 112,130 Pre-IntIntAdv
New Year's Eve Vocabulary

New Year's Eve Vocabulary

Students are asked to match some pictures with some words related to New Year’s Eve, find some other words in the wordsearch, and complete the text about celebrating New Year’s Eve in ...
15 Views 25,029 ElemPre-IntInt
Be My Valentine (with Key)

Be My Valentine (with Key)

It is an extracurricular activity. It contains a short explanation about the history of Valentine's Day, a reading task, a listening task, a writing task and a matching exercise about famous coupl ...
8 Views 22,922 Pre-IntInt
Animals (Board Game)

Animals (Board Game)

This kind of material is good for those who has just started reading and has learned the reading rules of only two syllables: open and closed. It is a board game used for practicing the names of a ...
3 Views 12,228 BegElem
Animals (Crossword Puzzle)

Animals (Crossword Puzzle)

This kind of material is good for those who has just started reading and has learned the reading rules of only two syllables: open and closed. This is a crossword puzzle for teaching animals. The ...
3 Views 9,746 BegElemPre-Int
Animals (Wordsearch)

Animals (Wordsearch)

This kind of material is good for those who has just started reading and has learned the reading rules of only two syllables: open and closed. This is a wordsearch puzzle for teaching animals. The ...
3 Views 6,649 BegElemPre-Int
Animals (Poster)

Animals (Poster)

This kind of material is good for those who has just started reading and has learned the reading rules of only two syllables: open and closed. This worksheet can be used as a picture dictionary or ...
6 Views 7,166 BegElem
Weirdson Family: Appearance (Reading/Drawing)

Weirdson Family: Appearance (Reading/Drawing)

This an excellent task for teaching appearance. Students read about the Weirdson Family and have to draw them. This worksheet promotes creativity as well. As a post-task activity you can ask stud ...
14 Views 11,510 Elem
Household Chores and Simple Present (Adverbs of Frequency)

Household Chores and Simple Present (Adverbs of Frequency)

This ppt is meant for presenting key vocabulary related to household chores and adverbs of frequency (simple present). This is the very first time I upload and share my own material with othe ...
21 Views 23,171 Elem
Christmas

Christmas

It is a reading comprehension worksheet about Xmas. It contains a short text and three activities. The first activity is a matching task, the second is a speaking exercise. The third is a solving ...
7 Views 11,114 Pre-Int
Physical Description

Physical Description

This is a worksheet containing many exercises about physical descriptions: matching exercises, reading and drawing activities and pronunciation. The lesson requires a basic knowledge of body parts ...
22 Views 84,077 ElemPre-IntInt
Song Worksheet: Shake Up Christmas by Train

Song Worksheet: Shake Up Christmas by Train

A great rocking Christmas song by an American band called Train with tasks to fill the gaps, order sentenses, choose correct words. You can play bingo for the first -time listening or ask your stu ...
5 Views 13,577 Pre-IntInt
Interview with Santa Claus

Interview with Santa Claus

This workseet contains a role-play that will need your ss' creativity and imagination. Most of us dreamed about meeting Santa when we were kids. One of the ss has to take up a role of a journalist ...
8 Views 23,618 ElemPre-Int
Christmas Traditions Quiz

Christmas Traditions Quiz

This worksheet can be used to refresh ss' knowledge of Chrsitmas traditions. It consists of 16 questions dealing with some basic information about the way Christmas is celebrated in English speaki ...
17 Views 66,646 Elem
Christmas PowerPoint

Christmas PowerPoint

This PowerPoint contains some basic information about Christmas. It explains who Santa Claus is and what people do and eat at Christmas. This is appropriate for elementary language learners, speci ...
12 Views 13,048 Elem
Family Tree - Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie

Family Tree - Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie

This power point contains family tree of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie. And also some slides about possessive 's. It's very helpful because most of the students know the celebrities. You can use it ...
6 Views 14,823 BegElem
Movie Worksheet: Superheroes and Superpowers

Movie Worksheet: Superheroes and Superpowers

This worksheet is based on two short videos that can be seen on youtube: The Incredibles Trailer. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZbzbC9285I and Jack-Jack attack. http://www.yo ...
23 Views 47,350 BegElemPre-Int

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