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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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Songworksheet: Diamonds by Rihanna

Songworksheet: Diamonds by Rihanna

A worksheet where, as a warm-up, students think about different things that shine. They then go on to listen to the song and fill in the gaps. The last exercise is also fun, a way of practising "l ...
9 Views 13,204 Elem
Parts of the House Flashcards

Parts of the House Flashcards

This is a set of flashcards with the vocabulary of the parts of the house. It includes (home,bedroom, bed, kitchen, table, chair, bathroom, bath,garden, tree, swing, living room, sofa, bookcase,ar ...
21 Views 54,371 BegElem
The Simpson Family (Flash Cards)

The Simpson Family (Flash Cards)

This is a set of flash cards of the Simpson family. It includes the vocabulary of the family (family, mother, father, brother, sister, aunt, uncle, grandfather,grandmother) I hope this will be use ...
10 Views 26,035 BegElem
Authentic ESL Activity with Soundtracks

Authentic ESL Activity with Soundtracks

This material will help you develop your students creativity by tapping into their ability of abstract thinking. Use these soundtracks from the movies and authentic tasks for speaking activities. ...
4 Views 7,980 All
Halloween Missing Letters Activity

Halloween Missing Letters Activity

This is a very simple missing letters activity for revising Halloween related vocabulary at elementary level. Students are asked to look at the pictures and complete the words with the missin ...
19 Views 25,057 ElemPre-Int
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The Yeti!

The Yeti!

It is a very fun reading. You can do it in class as a warm up for other endagered animals or folk tales.It is very useful also to evaluate reading comprehension. I used it with my third graders as ...
21 Views 19,341 All
What Are Objects Made Of?

What Are Objects Made Of?

This is a simple worksheet with various objects made of different materials (plastic, metal, glass and wood). Excellent for children to remember the names of the materials in association with obje ...
12 Views 40,760 BegElemPre-IntInt
Your Free Time

Your Free Time

You can use this worksheet to practise everyday English. The topis is giving an opinion. It's a good way to make your students feel confident while using English in classes. The worksheet can be u ...
6 Views 12,871 Pre-Int
Minus 10 Spider

Minus 10 Spider

This maths resource was created for primary/elementary students and focuses on taking 10 away from a given number. Children must first take 10 away from each number in the spider web and then comp ...
5 Views 9,680 Elem
Describe Your Person (Fun Game)

Describe Your Person (Fun Game)

This is a fun activity for describing people, the teacher or the students select a person beforehand and without revealing her name, hand in the paper with the description to other student whose j ...
22 Views 90,855 BegElemPre-Int
Capital Letters in Formal Writing

Capital Letters in Formal Writing

Help your students to identify where to use capital letters in writing formal correspondence. This worksheet includes a reminder of the main rules about capital letters, followed by a rewriting ex ...
15 Views 40,731 Pre-IntIntAdv
Favourites Bingo

Favourites Bingo

A simple getting-to-know-each-other game ideal for the beginning of the school year. It works like a regular bingo except we use our favourites instead of numbers. It could be considered a version ...
6 Views 11,560 BegElem
Food Idioms

Food Idioms

This is a nice worksheet on food idioms. How can you compare people with food? Find out yourself and share the secrets with your ss. The worksheet contains a matching activity and pictures.
17 Views 28,154 ElemPre-IntIntAdv
Making a Public Speech (Dos and Don'ts + Useful Phrases)

Making a Public Speech (Dos and Don'ts + Useful Phrases)

The worksheet consists of a reading activity about Dos and Don'ts in creating/making a public speech. Ss take one strip of paper with a piece of advice in turns, comment on it and act it out (show ...
20 Views 49,802 Pre-IntIntAdv
Sign Your Name (American Sign Language Alphabet Warmer)

Sign Your Name (American Sign Language Alphabet Warmer)

This activity is always fun to do as a warmer or a filler. Ss watch the video and try to repeat letters of the alphabet using American sign language alphabet. Then everybody "spells" their names. ...
7 Views 5,967 All
Movie Worksheet: Lie to Me. The Secrets of Body Language

Movie Worksheet: Lie to Me. The Secrets of Body Language

This worksheet is based on the first 10 mins of the popular TV show "Lie To Me" (Season 1, Episode 1). It includes pre-watching discussion on what body language is and how it is possible to read p ...
16 Views 37,285 IntAdv
Movie Worksheet: Into the Wild. Society vs Wilderness

Movie Worksheet: Into the Wild. Society vs Wilderness

The worksheet contains the whole lesson plan on topic “Society” or “Society vs Wilderness”. 1) Ss get p.1 to brainstorm what comes to their mind when they hear the word &ld ...
8 Views 17,219 Pre-IntIntAdv
Personality Types (in Time Management)

Personality Types (in Time Management)

This worksheet is not only a personality test that canbe easily  used as a filler or warmer. It also helps ss realize how effective they are in managing their time. It includes a ri ...
10 Views 16,005 ElemPre-IntIntAdv
Movie Worksheet: Dove Real Beauty Sketches

Movie Worksheet: Dove Real Beauty Sketches

The worksheet includes an amazing inspirational video with the main idea "you are more beautiful than you think". In the video women describe themselves and other people so some appearance vocabul ...
15 Views 16,797 Pre-IntIntAdv
First Day of School Warmer: Your Right and Left Brain

First Day of School Warmer: Your Right and Left Brain

This worksheet is a fun warm-up activity for the first day of school or Knowledge Day etc. It deals with the differences between our right and left brain hemisphere. 1) Give the picture from page ...
14 Views 21,876 All
The Life of the Plains Indians

The Life of the Plains Indians

This worksheet will help our intermediate students listen to a radio programme about Native Americans living in the Great Plains of the USA. The link to the mp3 file (downloadable) and to the text ...
5 Views 9,079 Int
The Man Who Traveled Around the World on a Motorcycle

The Man Who Traveled Around the World on a Motorcycle

This is a worsheet to use with intermediate to upper intermediate students to help them listen to a radio programme about the life of an American who traveled around the world on his motorbike. Th ...
12 Views 12,352 IntAdv
Maths Investigation - Can You Make 10?

Maths Investigation - Can You Make 10?

This maths worksheet is a maths investigation for primary/elementary children. They must try and think of as many ways as they can to make 10 by using just two numbers. See how many boxes you can ...
3 Views 7,047 Elem
Computer Parts Missing Letters Activity

Computer Parts Missing Letters Activity

This is pretty simple missing letters activity for teaching or revising computers related vocabulary at pre-intermediate level. Students are asked to look at the pictures and complete the wor ...
10 Views 29,321 ElemPre-Int
Movie Worksheet: Animal Intelligence (Dogs vs Chimps)

Movie Worksheet: Animal Intelligence (Dogs vs Chimps)

A series of questions about a short video i found on youtube about animal intelligence. Mixed questions, some gap-fill , some true or false. Quite an interesting video which can open up a dis ...
4 Views 13,277 IntAdv

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