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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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Twelve Houses of Halloween

Twelve Houses of Halloween

asunag
This is an adaptation of the Christmas song "The Twelve Days of Christmas" that can be used for Halloween with an instrumental version of the original song. I give the students a photocopy or I s ...
1 Views 17,155 BegElem
Dr. Frankenstein's Monster Halloween Game

Dr. Frankenstein's Monster Halloween Game

Steve McLellan
This is a fun Halloween game. Students can enjoy learning body parts with Frankenstein. Color print A4 size cut outs for playing pin the tail on the donkey with Frankenstein's monster. Blind fold ...
1 Views 12,244 BegElem
Days of the Week Song Activity -

Days of the Week Song Activity - "Friday I'm in Love"

Araceli Reyes
"Friday I'm Falling in Love" by the Cure!   This is a good song to practice the days of the week. There are two different tasks: 1) Fill in the gaps with words given 2) Fill in the gaps ...
1 Views 11,953 Elem
EFL Reading for Adults: Invited to a Class Reunion

EFL Reading for Adults: Invited to a Class Reunion

Toby Crowley
This is part eleven in an ongoing series of stories for adult learners of English. These stories mostly just cover the day-to-day of a family, describing situations the learners already know or c ...
1 Views 7,402 Pre-IntInt
Halloween Night - Kids Song Fill in the Blank

Halloween Night - Kids Song Fill in the Blank

BusyTeacher Contributor
Here is the worksheet of the song practice--Halloween Night "Halloween Night" is a children's Halloween song designed to give kids a gentle introduction to Halloween and the traditional creatures ...
1 Views 16,371 ElemPre-Int
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Where Do Superstitions Come From?

Where Do Superstitions Come From?

Anastasiia
The worksheet focuses on the topic of superstitions and their origins. It is based on the video that illustrated the beliefs and coincidences at heart of the most common superstitions. Tasks incl ...
1 Views 10,929 Pre-IntInt
Words That Go With The COVID-19 Pandemic 2020

Words That Go With The COVID-19 Pandemic 2020

Rahel Hoernlimann
This is an intructory and informative worksheet with focus on the most important words of the COVID-19 pandemic. It could be used to learning and discussing the vocabulary before talking with the ...
1 Views 13,286 Pre-IntIntAdv
Caring & Sharing During the Pandemic

Caring & Sharing During the Pandemic

Pocket Passport
Teach vocabulary and expressions that focus on the positive things that are happening in the world during the global pandemic. Storytelling with illustrations is a powerful technique to get your ...
1 Views 19,430 All
Is Netflix Killing Cinemas? - B1 Listening Activity

Is Netflix Killing Cinemas? - B1 Listening Activity

The worksheet contains: - Vocabulary warm-up - 10 questions to test listening comprehension - Answer key It is designed for teenagers who are familiar with Netflix, TV, and cinema. No other app ...
1 Views 28,258 Pre-Int
My Teacher Ate My Homework - Different Ways Of Eating

My Teacher Ate My Homework - Different Ways Of Eating

Barbora
This is a worksheet with a Ken Nesbitt's poem of the same name. It is a short funny poem that contains many verbs that refer to eating (nibble, gobble, etc.) The synonyms of eat are bold, and s ...
1 Views 32,460 Pre-IntIntAdv
20 Getting To Know Your Teacher Questions - PPT

20 Getting To Know Your Teacher Questions - PPT

RobbieEnglishTeacher
Get students talking on the first day! Build great rapport with your first class! Time: 40-60min Includes: 20 Get to Know You Questions & Answers Includes pictures Worksheet - Guess the ...
2 Views 44,701 All
Discussing Sustainability Issues in English

Discussing Sustainability Issues in English

Nikoletta Cséke
You will need your student watch the Netflix documentary: Sustainable. The main aim of this lesson is to evoke and develop environment-consciousness. Please note, that in question 8 the students ...
1 Views 10,346 IntAdvExam
Confusing Words Practice - Part 5

Confusing Words Practice - Part 5

kristine44
This is worksheet is to practice on confusing words. There are 8 pages, 40 exercises (homophones, verbs vs. adjectives, nouns vs. verbs, etc.…) total, but you can break them up into shorte ...
1 Views 24,586 Pre-IntInt
COVID-19 Speaking & Writing Assignment

COVID-19 Speaking & Writing Assignment

Anse Noira
I this topic created to let our students learn more vocabularies about COVID-19, which I collected from newspapers, videos and other resources that I have been using recently. The activities rela ...
1 Views 8,260 IntAdv
Confusing words - part 7

Confusing words - part 7

This is worksheet no. seven to practise on confusing words. 10 pages, 40 exercises (homophones, verbs vs. adjectives, nouns vs. verbs, etc... Different levels. In alphabetical order, with content ...
1 Views 17,411 Pre-IntIntAdv
Confusing words - part 5

Confusing words - part 5

kristine44
This is worksheet no. five to practise on confusing words. 8 pages, 40 exercises (homophones, verbs vs. adjectives, nouns vs. verbs, etc.…). Different levels. In alphabetical order, with c ...
1 Views 14,264 Pre-IntInt
Success

Success

kristine44
This is a video with a special poem, called ´acrostic´. The first letter of each line spells out a new word. You can watch the video and do the exercises (Circle the correct verbs, ...
1 Views 10,751 ElemPre-Int
The Word

The Word

kristine44
This is a video with an interesting poem. You can make a lot of exercises: adjectives, verbs, letter words,… I’ve made 7 exercises and a crossword. But of course, you can change them ...
1 Views 8,631 Pre-IntInt
Writing a Cover Letter - Template and Examples

Writing a Cover Letter - Template and Examples

Anastasiia
This worksheet focuses on writing cover letters. Students practice the use of prepositions and formal language in cover letters. The assignments help to develop students’ writing skills in ...
1 Views 14,616 Pre-IntInt
Music Idioms

Music Idioms

This is a new grammar guide about Music Idioms. There are five pages of idioms and expressions including definitions, example sentences and a few pictures. Either the idiom or the definition is a ...
1 Views 16,145 ElemPre-IntIntAdv

"Tiger Tiger, Burning Bright" - Poem Worksheet

This is a worksheet with the famous poem ´Tiger Tiger, Burning Bright´ written by William Blake. You can watch the video and do the exercises. I’ve made several exercises: blank ...
1 Views 9,159 Pre-IntInt
Environmental Problems Vocabulary - Fill in the Blank

Environmental Problems Vocabulary - Fill in the Blank

Terjék Dóra
This is a gap-filling exercises introducing the major environmental problems. I usually use it in the beginning of the environmental protection topic to make the students familiar with the vocabu ...
1 Views 18,960 IntAdv
Research Activity: The Sumatran Tiger

Research Activity: The Sumatran Tiger

This research activity was created by primaryleap.co.uk and asks students to use resources like the internet, library books, or magazines to help them answer the questions about the Sumatran tige ...
1 Views 8,156 ElemPre-Int
Talking about Food - Listening Comprehension

Talking about Food - Listening Comprehension

Jeff Genet
A fantastic lesson for explaining vocabulary and expressions to talk about food. This lesson is linked to an animated video to help put things into context. There is a second video that is a voca ...
1 Views 34,348 BegElemPre-IntInt
Reading Comprehension - The Seven Continents

Reading Comprehension - The Seven Continents

What percentage of the world’s population live in Asia? What is the hottest continent on Earth? The Andes is a mountain range on which continent? Students read through the passage about the ...
1 Views 32,269 ElemPre-Int

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