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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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Bonfire Night

Bonfire Night

This is a worksheet on Bonfire Night or Guy Fawkes Night. Students have to complete a crossword with words related to this festival. They can read and complete a short story about the history of B ...
16 Views 23,696 ElemPre-IntInt
Autumn

Autumn

The worksheet contains vocabulary related to autumn. You can teach or revise the words with the matching exercise, where students have to look at the pictures and match them with the words. They h ...
17 Views 14,230 ElemPre-Int
Animals and Their Homes

Animals and Their Homes

Colorful spaghetti worksheet at beginner level to combine farm animals and their homes (vocabulary and/ or reading). The worksheet can be used for the project 'Houses and Homes' as well. Besides t ...
5 Views 36,216 Beg
Song Worksheet: Dancing Queen

Song Worksheet: Dancing Queen

Good for elementary students. Listen and choose the correct option and listen and complete the blanks with the right word. You can also work with pronunciation. You could also have your students w ...
6 Views 21,914 Elem
Fortune Telling (Vocabulary)

Fortune Telling (Vocabulary)

I used this worksheet with my students at the speaking club today and it was fun, though quite mind-boggling for them. The worksheet was created with the help of the Tiles Creator on this site. I' ...
7 Views 23,316 IntAdv
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Halloween Vocabulary (Monsters)

Halloween Vocabulary (Monsters)

This PDF file can be used to recycle Halloween vocabulary. It has the names of different ghouls and our kids found it really funny. Afterwards, you could create a simple wordsearch for them, using ...
8 Views 14,299 BegElem
The Weather

The Weather

Use this powerpoint presentation to help children memorize vocabulary related to weather by helping them understand how some words are related (i.e. ice-icy / snow-snowy). The presentation includ ...
9 Views 18,677 BegElemPre-IntInt
Chinese Zodiac

Chinese Zodiac

This worksheet introduces the Chinese "Zodiac". Sts find out about the original buddhist legend, the 12 signs (a great way to review or discover animals), which one is theirs (not everything is up ...
12 Views 17,416 ElemPre-IntInt
Zodiacal Astrology

Zodiacal Astrology

This is a brief introduction to zodiacal astrology, with its history mainly. I also put in the sky map for the 12 constellations ; students can link the dots to recreate them and try to figure out ...
5 Views 9,298 Pre-IntInt
How's the Weather? - Dominoes/Concentration Game

How's the Weather? - Dominoes/Concentration Game

This is a variation from Iluna's worksheet (https://busyteacher.org/17544-how180s-the-weather.html). The first page is exactly the same ; you can use it to introduce or review the voc. I created d ...
7 Views 11,998 BegElem
It Must Be Love...

It Must Be Love...

A lesson on dating customs, used to provoke discussion and introduce related vocabulary with a teenage upper-intermediate group. Students start by discussing which of the customs are traditional a ...
28 Views 103,879 Adv
Halloween

Halloween

This is a very difficult worksheet for beginners. It was intended for students who had only seen simple present and present continuous, but it also features simple past and passive voice, so this ...
13 Views 17,469 BegElem
Movie Worksheet: The Nightmare before Christmas Poem (Halloween)

Movie Worksheet: The Nightmare before Christmas Poem (Halloween)

Use Tim Burton's poem from the movie The Nightmare Before Christmas available on Youtube. Play the video first and make the students pay attention to the cartoons and ask them to retell what happe ...
8 Views 33,003 IntAdv
Song Worksheet: The Fifth of November

Song Worksheet: The Fifth of November

A song about Bonfire Night with pictures of the important words linked to this celebration : bonfire , sparklers, fireworks ,Guy Fawkes ,gingerbread man , toffee apples , An opportunity to explai ...
1 Views 9,718 Pre-Int
Movie Worksheet: Outback- Overview of the Australian Outback

Movie Worksheet: Outback- Overview of the Australian Outback

Encyclopaedia britannica (britannica.com) informational video on the Australian Outback. Great for introducing your students to Australian geography and accent. Comprehension check - matching exer ...
5 Views 23,039 IntAdv
Song Worksheet: Ghostbusters by Ray Parker Jr. with Video

Song Worksheet: Ghostbusters by Ray Parker Jr. with Video

This is a song worksheet based on the soundtrack to 'Ghostbusters' (1984). The song is performed by Ray Parker Junior. In this activity students fill in the blanks and put the sentences in th ...
17 Views 16,668 ElemPre-IntInt
Adjective Formation: Intermediate Worksheet

Adjective Formation: Intermediate Worksheet

This is a worksheet on adjective formation for pre-intermediate students. There are 3 different activities in which students are asked to add a prefix to form the opposite of the adjectives, ...
13 Views 25,046 Pre-IntInt
Noun Formation: Intermediate Worksheet

Noun Formation: Intermediate Worksheet

This is a worksheet for revising noun formation at intermediate level. There are 3 different exercises in which students are asked to add a suffix to each of the given words in order to form ...
16 Views 38,104 Pre-IntInt
ABC Flashcards

ABC Flashcards

This is a complete set of flashcards for the ABC with colours and fun graphics. I strongly believe flashcards are one of the most efficient methods of learning. I have made several sets of AB ...
16 Views 27,606 BegElem
Song Worksheet: Thriller by Michael Jackson

Song Worksheet: Thriller by Michael Jackson

This worksheet is fantastic to celebrate Halloween. In the activity, students should fill in the spaces listening the song at least three times. You can help them wriritng some words on the board. ...
9 Views 30,058 Beg
Halloween - Trivia (Hard)

Halloween - Trivia (Hard)

This is a great trivia worksheet to complete for Halloween. How much do you know about the festival Halloween? There are 15 questions to answer, some of them are easy and some of them are hard. Wh ...
13 Views 16,942 Elem
Halloween - Word Search

Halloween - Word Search

This is a fun activity to do with your class for Halloween. Can you find all of the Halloween words in the grid? See who can find them all first! Your students can work in pairs or by themselves. ...
10 Views 23,274 Elem
Halloween - Word Unscramble

Halloween - Word Unscramble

Halloween word unscramble - a fun activity to do with your class for Halloween! Can you help the spider unscramble the letters in the webs to solve the riddle? Riddle: What do witches cook in ...
15 Views 23,302 Elem
Halloween - Comprehension

Halloween - Comprehension

The word Halloween is linked to the Celtic festival 'Samhain' which means 'summers end'. Halloween was originally called All Hallows' Eve which means the evening before All Saints' Day. Students r ...
10 Views 20,425 Elem
Halloween Vocabulary

Halloween Vocabulary

This is a Power Point presentation about Halloween. Students have to look at the pictures and choose the correct option. There are twelve Halloween words illustrated in this PPT: ghost, vampire, w ...
34 Views 24,318 ElemPre-Int

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