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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 Hats

The Hats

This PowerPoint contains the names of different kinds of hats and their pictures. It is appropriate for elementary, pre-intermediate, and intermediate levels. The students become aware of the name ...
4 Views 5,843 ElemPre-IntInt
Song Worksheet: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

Song Worksheet: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

With Christmas coming, the kids'attention is easier to get with related topics. This year I work a lot on Rudolph and so I made this worksheet to work on the song too (the version I used is the on ...
14 Views 37,604 BegElem
Places PowerPoint

Places PowerPoint

This PowerPoint contains the names and pictures of different places in a city, including book shop, video shop, fire station, cafe', pub, ticket office, chemist's, car park, and so on. It is appro ...
6 Views 10,316 Elem
Shapes PowerPoint

Shapes PowerPoint

This PowerPoint introduces different shapes, including circle, square, triangle, rectangle, diamond, oval, and heart. All the shapes are colorful. Therefore, you can review the colors too. It is u ...
7 Views 13,121 BegElem
Movie Worksheet: Christmas Tree

Movie Worksheet: Christmas Tree

Christmas tree parts, speaking task- what kind of ones do you like?- and a video from National Geographic- 2 minutes- followed by a task to order stages of plastic tree production. Level B1 and ...
4 Views 10,599 Pre-IntIntAdv
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Room 11

Room 11

The students practise the use of "there was" and "there were", furniture vocabulary and prepositions of place (on, over, in front of, behind, etc.) The students must folder the worksheet in orde ...
5 Views 7,925 Elem
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer - Book Version

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer - Book Version

This is the book version of my mini kamishibai for printing. It allows the kids to reread the story, on their own or with guidance. This version is for very young learners as it's simplified. ...
7 Views 11,417 Beg
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer - Mini Kamishibai

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer - Mini Kamishibai

I used pictures from the video made by Edewcate (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujtaAQEWHTI) to create this mini kamishibai and tell the tale of Rudolph to young learners. The pictures help them u ...
5 Views 12,664 BegElemPre-Int
Revision of Present Tenses

Revision of Present Tenses

You can use this worksheet to revise present tenses. I sincerely hope it can help students understand a bit more the differences between these two tenses. I included also a few extra exercises, on ...
12 Views 14,115 ElemPre-Int
Technology Gadgets

Technology Gadgets

I prepared this modest worksheet about (technology gadgets) to teach beginners technology vocabulary in association with pictures. I hope it will be useful. Thank you  and waiting for your ad ...
11 Views 40,935 Beg
Toys

Toys

This PowerPoint contains the names and pictures of some toys. It is very useful for both beginner and elementary levels, particularly children between 5-13 years old. You can use it as the engagem ...
4 Views 11,865 BegElem
Diverse Role Play Ideas

Diverse Role Play Ideas

In this worksheet there are seven different role play ideas for students to perform in the classroom. They were designed to work in pairs, but some of them can also be used in groups so that you c ...
27 Views 83,941 Pre-IntIntAdv
Favorite Foods

Favorite Foods

This PowerPoint contains the names and pictures of some kinds of fruits, vegetables, desserts, snacks, and drinks. It's useful for elementary students, specially children between 8-13. You can use ...
9 Views 14,340 Elem
Animals PowerPoint

Animals PowerPoint

This PowerPoint contains the names of some wild animals. I've inserted the picture of these animals to make the meaning clear. It is useful for both beginner and elementary students, particularly ...
8 Views 12,256 BegElem
The USA

The USA

This is a pairwork sheet that contains basic information about the USA students should know for their exams. This is a pairwork sheet activity so the students should get into pairs and ask their p ...
8 Views 9,599 Pre-Int
New Zealand - Basic Information

New Zealand - Basic Information

This is a text about New Zealand. Students have to read the text and then complete the table. Then they are asked to match the pictures and the words that are in bald. Hope your students will ...
26 Views 46,503 ElemPre-Int
The UK

The UK

This worksheet is just the introduction to the topic covering the basic facts about the UK. Students have to guess whether the statement is correct or not. Then each student is given a card with i ...
10 Views 10,601 ElemPre-Int
Canada - Basic Facts

Canada - Basic Facts

This is a short text providing basic information about Canada. The first task students have to do is the T/F statements. They have to guess whether the statements are true or false. Then they read ...
13 Views 38,582 ElemPre-Int
Australia-Geography

Australia-Geography

This is a simple short text about Australia´s geography. First students have to do the guessing activity. After they have done so, they have to read the text and see if the guesses were righ ...
17 Views 31,392 ElemPre-Int
Australia - Interesting Facts

Australia - Interesting Facts

You can divide students into groups. Each student from the same group shall be given one card and read the information on the card. They can help each other within the group. Then the students are ...
26 Views 38,823 ElemPre-Int
Phrasal Verbs

Phrasal Verbs

This is a very well-prepared power-point classifying phrasal verbs with put / take/ get/ fall/ turn etc. At the end of it exercises part comes and students are expected to find out the correct phr ...
8 Views 8,529 Adv
Do or Make

Do or Make

Students often have difficulties using set expressions with such verbs as ‘do’ and ‘make’ in speech.The following worksheet will help them to practice the use of these verb ...
5 Views 16,175 Pre-IntInt
Country and Town PowerPoint

Country and Town PowerPoint

This PowerPoint contains some information about towns and countries. It provides some differences between a country and a town. I've inserted  new vocabulary pictures to make the meaning clea ...
11 Views 14,518 Elem
Record the Winter Temperature

Record the Winter Temperature

A great introduction to thermometers and how to read the temperature. Grab your coat and mittens and head outside to record the temperature outside for a week. Write your observations. This is a ...
7 Views 6,592 Elem
New Year's Resolutions - Speaking, Reading and Vocabulary Practice for Adult Students

New Year's Resolutions - Speaking, Reading and Vocabulary Practice for Adult Students

This is a great worksheet for the begining of the year when our students are still a bit lazy to start working on grammar issues. I created it having in mind my adult students. It starts with a sp ...
53 Views 72,245 IntAdv

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