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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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Thanksgiving Reading Comprehension - Wild Turkeys (Non-fiction)

Thanksgiving Reading Comprehension - Wild Turkeys (Non-fiction)

Wild turkeys were Benjamin Franklin's choice for the national bird of the United States. They are large birds with long legs, wide tails, and small heads. This worksheet includes some interesting ...
13 Views 81,136 Elem
House Words

House Words

This is a vocabulary worksheet with the words related to house. In this exercise, the students have to guess the words that are related to house.It can be used to improve the vocabulary of the stu ...
7 Views 10,105 ElemPre-IntInt
Lady Di

Lady Di

It talks about the life of Lady Diana and some parts such as words , prepositions, some grammar parts are taken out of the text . I've choosen this text from the internet according to my students' ...
5 Views 7,448 Adv
Did You See Harry Potter ?

Did You See Harry Potter ?

Here is a test in a form of a conversation. Many activities are included ( act about relative pronouns, act: prepositions, writing act: daniel radcliffe's biography ).I'll hope you will find it useful
8 Views 16,654 Elem
Song Worksheet: Why Can't We Be Friends?

Song Worksheet: Why Can't We Be Friends?

This is a nice song worksheet to work with the subject of friendship. In this activity there are 5 types of exercises: putting the sentences in order; putting the words in order; completing the se ...
4 Views 9,999 ElemPre-IntInt
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Discussion about Love

Discussion about Love

Discussion about love for intermediate students. This is very useful  as a warming up specifically working with adults. There are lots of questions that are useful to practice several structu ...
5 Views 13,576 Int
Likes- Dislikes

Likes- Dislikes

It is a power point presentation on expressing likes and dislikes with examples and exercises. With verbs "like, dislike, hate, love" the students are introduced to gerunds. It is appropriate for ...
13 Views 65,304 ElemPre-Int
Biotechnology

Biotechnology

It is good for practice reading comprehension and it's recommended for high school students in its final such as it is a text which refers to career’s choice. Maybe you can prepare a discuss ...
6 Views 17,559 Pre-IntIntAdv
Creation of a Person

Creation of a Person

This powerpoint is for a short project I did with my Chinese students. The English club consists of 5th graders. I used newspaper and magazine clippings and gave each student 4 pictures. 1. The pe ...
10 Views 23,911 ElemPre-Int
Furniture/Rooms of the House/ Kinds of Houses Bingo

Furniture/Rooms of the House/ Kinds of Houses Bingo

Bingo game to revise furniture, rooms of the house and kinds of houses. Can be used with a regular bingo game with numbers (each number is allocated a picture, included in the file). The teac ...
10 Views 28,592 ElemPre-Int
Thanksgiving Printable Worksheet - How Many Words

Thanksgiving Printable Worksheet - How Many Words

This is a printable worksheet for Thanksgiving. Students are asked to make as many words as they can using the word 'thanksgiving' and write them in the box. This can be used as an extra resource ...
9 Views 16,833 Elem
Three Types of CV

Three Types of CV

In this material students will look into differences and similarities of three types of CV: Chronological, Functional and Combination. Based on the information gathered from the first task student ...
11 Views 21,053 IntAdv
Madonna Bio Worksheet

Madonna Bio Worksheet

The colorful worksheet with key facts about biography of prominent pop singer Madonna. Better to use the worksheet at the music-featured lesson. The activity is about reading, you may include addi ...
3 Views 9,688 ElemPre-Int
Means of Transport

Means of Transport

The worksheet contains exercises and questions concerning transport topic. The worksheet can be used as a small warm-up activity to revise the words and answer some questions. The tasks include ma ...
8 Views 23,301 ElemPre-Int
Colouring Worksheet - Thanksgiving (3)

Colouring Worksheet - Thanksgiving (3)

Thanksgiving Day is a national holiday celebrated in the United States and Canada as a day of giving thanks for the blessing of the harvest and of the preceding year. Use this colouring page as an ...
6 Views 16,225 Elem
Colouring Worksheet - Thanksgiving (2)

Colouring Worksheet - Thanksgiving (2)

Thanksgiving Day is a national holiday celebrated in the United States and Canada as a day of giving thanks for the blessing of the harvest and of the preceding year. Use this colouring page as an ...
6 Views 16,678 Elem
Colouring Worksheet - Thanksgiving (1)

Colouring Worksheet - Thanksgiving (1)

Thanksgiving Day is a national holiday celebrated in the United States and Canada as a day of giving thanks for the blessing of the harvest and of the preceding year. Use this colouring page as an ...
4 Views 12,358 Elem
Song Worksheet: Too Many Friends by Placebo

Song Worksheet: Too Many Friends by Placebo

Placebo shocks us again with Too Many Friends, a song from their latest album Loud Like Love. This is basically a listening and speaking activity conceived to make students think and share their o ...
8 Views 14,264 Pre-IntIntAdv
Movie Worksheet: Differences Between US and Canada

Movie Worksheet: Differences Between US and Canada

A listening exercise for upper-intermediate students, centred mostly on the topic of gun possession in both countries. The video is downloadable from youtube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3JM ...
8 Views 17,340 Adv
Adjectives Are Cool

Adjectives Are Cool

If you like this freebie please leave a comment :D It helps me improve and...feel good. I have used these exercises and projects in my classroom to enhance their speaking and writing skills e ...
15 Views 7,880 BegElemPre-Int
Types of Houses and Furniture

Types of Houses and Furniture

This worksheet is made with the help of the puzzle creator on this website. I was inspired to create it by the material we are studying with our students now. The worksheet is suitable for teens o ...
6 Views 8,134 Pre-Int
Movie Worksheet: The Closet Reconfiguration

Movie Worksheet: The Closet Reconfiguration

I created this worksheet to help students remember the vocabulary and the structure "what + be/look like + like", clothes, rooms, etc... It is better if the subtitles are in English. The Big Bang ...
2 Views 4,268 ElemPre-IntInt
Shapes - Read, Colour and Answer

Shapes - Read, Colour and Answer

This activity is to revise the shapes such as circle, triangle, rectangle and square. Read the discription and colour the picture. Then answer the questions about shapes (how many squares are ther ...
5 Views 14,918 Elem
Birds Matching Activity

Birds Matching Activity

This is matching activity for teaching or revising animals related vocabulary at elementary level. Students are asked to match the words given with the pictures. The worksheet is availab ...
6 Views 11,083 Elem
Jobs and Occupations Missing Letters Activity II

Jobs and Occupations Missing Letters Activity II

This is the second part of the missing letters activity for teaching or revising jobs and occupations related vocabulary. Recommended for pre-intermediate students who are asked to look at th ...
11 Views 27,066 ElemPre-Int

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