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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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Fairy Tale :The Old Fisherman and His Ambitious Wife

Fairy Tale :The Old Fisherman and His Ambitious Wife

A story you can learn from with questions you can discuss or write about after the reading. I used this story for home reading and later in classroom kids tell me the story with their own words an ...
16 Views 18,898 ElemPre-IntInt
The ABC Name Game

The ABC Name Game

This board game can be used by beginner to elementary students, whether young or older. For the beginner have them just make a word. For the elementary ss, have them use this as a refresher. They ...
10 Views 14,898 BegElem
Reading Comprehension - Polar Bears

Reading Comprehension - Polar Bears

This reading comprehension includes some interesting facts about polar bears including their diet, appearance, behaviour, habitat etc. Children must read through the text and then answer the accom ...
15 Views 29,800 Elem
Doubling Shapes - Maths Resource

Doubling Shapes - Maths Resource

The title of this worksheet is 'Doubling shapes'. This resource asks students to look at the shapes in the boxes and then draw double the amount in the next box e.g. 2 circles now becomes 4 circle ...
2 Views 8,750 Elem
Shapes and Colours

Shapes and Colours

A basic worksheet to introduce 2D shapes and practise colours. Used with under 19 students for Maths with esl embedded. I used this as part of a lesson about 2D and 3D shapes. We discussed th ...
4 Views 13,395 BegElem
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Meats and Fish - Simple PPT

Meats and Fish - Simple PPT

A vocabulary power point presentation of basic types of meats and fish with sounds. Useful for beginners and elementary learners who find food an essential part of their diet! Easily recognisable ...
6 Views 8,553 BegElemPre-Int
Phrasal Verbs

Phrasal Verbs

Sometimes phrasal verbs may be a little confusing. Don't get desperate, just go step by step and try to find different ways to learn about them. Place the meanings from the box next to each ...
5 Views 16,421 Int
Reading Practice: Extreme Sports

Reading Practice: Extreme Sports

I use this text to develop reading skills while covering the topic "Extreme Sports". This activity contains a gap-filling task (removed sentences). It can be used as the introduction to the topic ...
15 Views 53,449 Int
Song Worksheet: Cats in the Cradle by Ugly Kid Joe

Song Worksheet: Cats in the Cradle by Ugly Kid Joe

A very nice song with interesting and true lyrics. It's a song about a father and son relationship. The father would like to spend time with his son but he is often too busy and before he realizes ...
4 Views 18,814 Pre-IntInt
The Head and the Face

The Head and the Face

Once the students have learnt the vocabulary related to the body parts, they can complete this worksheet. Here is a boy's head image and some lines to complete with the proper words. It can be use ...
7 Views 10,468 ElemPre-Int
My Timetable

My Timetable

This is timetable for your students. It can be used for any type of students (from small students to older ones). It has got some London icons as for example the London Eye, the Big Ben, an Englis ...
12 Views 17,884 All
Number Recognition - Maths Resource

Number Recognition - Maths Resource

The title of this maths resource is 'number recognition'. This worksheet asks students to help Poldo by joining the digit and written numbers together. The first one has been to help them. There a ...
3 Views 10,861 Elem
Have Got in Questions

Have Got in Questions

This powerpoint presentation can be used with children and adults to introduce the structure of have got in questions, short answers and review some animals. It's very simple to use and easy to un ...
6 Views 8,092 BegElem
Divide Numbers by 1 to 10

Divide Numbers by 1 to 10

Basic math worksheet of division. This is a very fun activity for kids to divide numbers by 1 to by 10, division math activities and worksheet for kids in grade 2 and grade 3 of elementary or ...
2 Views 9,038 All
Color the Animal Alphabet

Color the Animal Alphabet

Class 1 English, printable worksheet for teachers and kids! This is a very fun activity for kids to color the animal alphabet, one for every letter. If your students are more interested in Movies ...
14 Views 19,663 All
Has Got or Have Got

Has Got or Have Got

This worksheet consists of a clear explanation designed for kids to teach them the use of have got and has got for describing animals or things. It has tow explanatory sheets and one with a practi ...
10 Views 15,941 BegElem
Working with Key Word Transformation Exercises

Working with Key Word Transformation Exercises

This series of slides are intended to make students aware of the mental processes involved in key word transformation exercises typical in the FCE examination. The slides work with paraphrasing an ...
10 Views 14,382 AdvExam
Movie Worksheet: How to Train Your Dragon

Movie Worksheet: How to Train Your Dragon

It's a very nice movie worksheet to work especially with children. They love it! You can also revise the use of have got  and the present simple tense. Besides you can encourage students to d ...
11 Views 22,713 Elem
Song Worksheet: Ka-ching by Shania Twain

Song Worksheet: Ka-ching by Shania Twain

This might not be the latest song, but I like the lyrics very much anyway. It is a song about our obsession with shopping, when we buy things we don't even need just to feel happier. The song con ...
8 Views 26,997 Pre-IntInt
Movie Worksheet: Friends - the One with Ross's Wedding (Part 1)

Movie Worksheet: Friends - the One with Ross's Wedding (Part 1)

Taken from TV series 'Friends' episode 23 (season 4) will come in handy to those busyteachers who want to revise reported speech and have a good laugh as well. There are pre-, while- and post-watc ...
17 Views 21,215 IntAdv
English for Children with Specific Needs

English for Children with Specific Needs

I use this booklet with students with specific educational needs in my lessons. It includes very simple vocabulary such as numbers and colours. While other students follow a textbook, these childr ...
7 Views 6,804 Beg
Cultural Differences Quiz

Cultural Differences Quiz

This was initially designed for an IELTS preparation class using Masterclass IELTS. It gets students thinking about different ways we can see and interact with the world. Most of the issues are ge ...
8 Views 21,227 IntAdvExam
Movie Worksheet: Out of a Forest

Movie Worksheet: Out of a Forest

This is a worksheet based on a funny and weirdly awesome cartoon "Out of Forest". The tasks draw students' attention to details of the animation and provoke their creativity. I planned this video ...
5 Views 5,913 ElemPre-Int
Reading Comprehension - The Aardvark

Reading Comprehension - The Aardvark

This reading comprehension is all about the Aardvark. Aardvarks (Orycteropus afer) live south of the Sahara desert in Africa. They are greyish-brown in colour with large ears, sharp claws and a co ...
7 Views 11,266 Elem
Reading Comprehension- Famous People

Reading Comprehension- Famous People

Read the text comparing famous people nowadays and heroes in the past, and do different activities: answering questions, finding synonyms, true or false statements and writing. Designed for elemen ...
19 Views 61,822 ElemPre-Int

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