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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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Phrasal Verbs and Prepositions Test

Phrasal Verbs and Prepositions Test

It is an ESL test which consists of 90 questions in advanced level. This worksheet can be given to the students in high level to reinforce their knowledge. It has 5 alternatives from A-E and give ...
20 Views 26,473 Adv
CPE Tests

CPE Tests

This worksheet includes 5 great exercises in advanced level. Students are expected to fill in the gaps in the long cloze texts with suitable words. It really helps the ones who want to work on dif ...
5 Views 7,904 Adv
Monster High: Write a Story in Past Simple

Monster High: Write a Story in Past Simple

A private student of mine is fond of "Monster High" dolls and cartoons, and can talk about it for hours. After having noticed that more and more children started watching it, I thought that they m ...
11 Views 16,113 BegElem
My Family

My Family

It is a reading comprehension worksheet for teaching or revising family related vocabulary at elementary level(or pre-intermediate). It contains a text in which the family is described. After read ...
15 Views 39,994 ElemPre-Int
Vowel Picture Match Game - Short U & O Sounds

Vowel Picture Match Game - Short U & O Sounds

This is a set of picture cards of words using the short u and o vowel sounds. You can use these picture cards in various ways to give students practice matching pictures/words with their short vo ...
6 Views 26,762 BegElem
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Animal Body Parts (Has Got/ Have Got)

Animal Body Parts (Has Got/ Have Got)

This worksheet allows stutents to practice animal body parts, solve riddles and practice correct use of have got / has got in the process. Students have animal body parts to write in the gaps for ...
13 Views 36,929 BegElem
Movie Worksheet: Weather Forecast with Prince Charles

Movie Worksheet: Weather Forecast with Prince Charles

This worksheet is devoted to the weather and weather forecasts. It can be used as a warm up though it is quite mind-boggling, so if your students like a bit difficult tasks it might be for you. Th ...
11 Views 22,431 IntAdvExam
Animals 01 - Easy

Animals 01 - Easy

Animals 01is a PPT worksheet for beginners. Students identify the animal and write the number next to the word in the word bank. They also write the name in their own language. This worksheet is f ...
5 Views 6,452 Elem
Song Worksheet: We're Going to Be Friends (School and Friendship)

Song Worksheet: We're Going to Be Friends (School and Friendship)

This is a song with versions by Jack Johnson and The White Stripes, which can be used to talk about school life and friendship. There are some gaps to fill in with vocabulary of different kinds (v ...
8 Views 35,331 Elem
Family and Friends

Family and Friends

Funny and inetresting ppt about family members and friends. I included information about a friend and about my mom Queen Elizabeth and my dad Barack Obama. My students find it amusing. I've put vo ...
4 Views 14,228 Elem
Tell the Time

Tell the Time

Telling the time exercises. There are so many clocks that your students will become masters, for sure :).  Draw hands in the clock. 
8 Views 21,074 BegElem
Would Rather

Would Rather

It covers the grammar subject  'would rather'. It firstly explains the use of it as a preference ' I'd rather do' but later give other structures which are used with would rather such as I'd ...
5 Views 15,393 Int
Movie Worksheet: Gran Torino

Movie Worksheet: Gran Torino

This is a multiple choice exercise that may be used after watching the film by Clint Eastwood to make sure the students understood the topic. It can be followed by a debate about what the relation ...
2 Views 12,945 Pre-IntInt
Reading Comprehension - Famous Athletes

Reading Comprehension - Famous Athletes

This reading comprehension includes some interesting facts about four famous athletes and their sport achievements. Children must read through the texts and answer the questions. It can be used w ...
9 Views 32,035 Int
Body Parts

Body Parts

The topic of this worksheet is body parts. The worksheet is designed to help ss learn and review basic vocabulary through three easy activities. Ss have to match pictures with words, label picture ...
21 Views 57,400 BegElemPre-IntInt
Thanksgiving- a Traditional American Celebration

Thanksgiving- a Traditional American Celebration

This is a "collage" I made from various internet links on Thanksgiving. I knew almost nothing about this celebration and I recall searching in the internet for hours and hours in order to find som ...
11 Views 26,959 Pre-Int
Thanksgiving- a Little History

Thanksgiving- a Little History

It's great to teach ss a little bit about another culture. This is a worksheet for teaching or revising the story of the first Thanksgiving. Ss fill in gaps using pictures and sentences. They lear ...
22 Views 50,212 ElemPre-IntInt
Thaksgiving Festival in the USA

Thaksgiving Festival in the USA

Most holidays come with new vocabulary.This is a one page worksheet for teaching or revising Thanksgiving. Ss fill in the gaps and learn  how Thanksgiving is celebrated today. The worksheet a ...
15 Views 21,407 ElemPre-IntInt
Song Worksheet: No Stress by Laurent Wolf

Song Worksheet: No Stress by Laurent Wolf

This song worksheet is based on Laurent Wolf's hit  No Stress. I use it when I teach jobs and work. Students like this song and even if it is simple, I tried to create exercises that are fun. ...
2 Views 9,804 Elem
My Family - Reading

My Family - Reading

This activity was prepared for elementary pupils. It is about a boy and his family. I tried to use many words from the family members topic to give them a chance to practise and understand them. I ...
14 Views 61,111 Elem
Revision Test

Revision Test

It is a brief revision test for 10 year-old pupils who study  Project 1 coursebooks in Slovakia. They write a test after each finished unit. I try to create a new test for each group, because ...
7 Views 15,638 Elem
School Subjects

School Subjects

Another PowerPoint presentation this time about school subjects in English. Each slide contains a picture related to the subject and the name of the subject to help kids memorize them. After the ...
7 Views 16,483 BegElemPre-IntInt
Means of Transportation

Means of Transportation

PowerPoint presentation about different means of transportation. Presentation has a picture of the item and its name and a section for students to check if they remember what they've learned. Ho ...
5 Views 17,110 BegElemPre-IntInt
Basic Revision for ESL

Basic Revision for ESL

This is a basic worksheet to revise vocabulary. It can be use to revise the material or to check on what level of proficiency your ss possess. Lexis is : classroom objects, numbers, days of the we ...
6 Views 13,660 BegElem
History of Thanksgiving

History of Thanksgiving

This is a great text that tells the history of how the first Thanksgiving came to be. At the end there is a true or false section for students to answer. A great text for discussion, vocabulary, a ...
21 Views 66,996 Int

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