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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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Confusing Similar Words

Confusing Similar Words

Many writers of English blur the meaning of what they want to say by confusing words that either sound similar or have a similar but not exactly equivalent meaning. This is a test to help students ...
13 Views 66,457 Pre-Int
Song Worksheet: Roar by Katy Perry ( 5 Activities)

Song Worksheet: Roar by Katy Perry ( 5 Activities)

This worksheet has five different activities. First, you have to put the lines in the correct order. Thirteen lines needs to be rearranged. Second, you are going to listen to the refrain and you ...
28 Views 51,895 Int
Quiz on Superstitions

Quiz on Superstitions

A quiz to break the ice and introduce our students to the topic of the most common British superstitions. A quiz that can be easily projected through EWB or simply OHP, or just given out to studen ...
11 Views 36,006 Elem
Superstitions

Superstitions

This is a sort of warmer, to introduce students to the topic of most common supersitions. Students receive one chunck each (strips of paper can be cut from the worksheet) and have to find out &nbs ...
4 Views 18,851 ElemPre-Int
Fraction as Part of a Whole

Fraction as Part of a Whole

Please download the printable worksheet on fraction as part of a whole for teachers and kids. This is a very fun activity for kids. If your students are more interested in movies and comics visit ...
1 Views 8,360 All
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What's the Time?

What's the Time?

Use this activity sheet in elementary classes. Let children look at the faces, read the sentences and then draw handles on the faces. 
6 Views 9,805 Elem
Movie Worksheet: Hey, Arnold - New Teacher

Movie Worksheet: Hey, Arnold - New Teacher

This worksheet is based on an episode taken from popular cartoon series ‘Hey, Arnold’ and will be of great use at the beginning of a new school year or while studying ‘Education& ...
7 Views 13,239 Pre-IntIntAdv
Personality Adjectives Vocabulary

Personality Adjectives Vocabulary

No doubt that wordlists are essential elements of studying and further reference. This particular wordlist is designed for personality adjectives topic and comprises the most common words related ...
9 Views 25,468 Pre-IntInt
Conditionals Reading Comprehension and Speaking Practice

Conditionals Reading Comprehension and Speaking Practice

I wasn't able to find a reading comprehension text to show my adult students how conditionals can be used in practice. So, I created a text packed with all 3 conditionals (1, 2, 3). There is a spe ...
52 Views 274,822 Int
Classroom Rules

Classroom Rules

I usually use this worksheet with my primary students and I do it the first lesson of the school year. We always talk about the rules and the consequences  of breaking them when somebody does ...
14 Views 89,398 BegElem
Using the Correct Numbers

Using the Correct Numbers

This math worksheet asks students to use the correct numbers to complete the questions. They are allowed to use only the six numbers given on the worksheet. This worksheet was created by PrimaryLe ...
6 Views 9,653 Elem
Letters and Colors

Letters and Colors

This document is for ESL beginners who learn the alphabet. Students must colour each letter of the alphabet in the colour which phoneme (sound) is the same. A and J must be colored grey. ...
4 Views 11,669 BegElem
Board Game with Connectors

Board Game with Connectors

Saw this board game online and thought of a good game to play. Each student has to make a sentence on each square using a conjunction and by rolling a dice, they choose which conjunction to use. F ...
7 Views 31,744 Int
Welcome to the World of English

Welcome to the World of English

A worksheet that can be used as an ice-breaker for the very first class with your new students. Have your students work in goups or pairs and find out or guess the answers to check how much they k ...
8 Views 9,777 Pre-Int
Find Game

Find Game

 Based on a find-someone-who mingling activity this game will be of great interest for learners of elementary levels. By asking personal questions related to age, place of living, job, marita ...
15 Views 15,624 BegElem
One More Than - Maths Resource

One More Than - Maths Resource

The title of this maths resource is 'one more than'. This worksheet teaches students how to add one more and understand the term 'one more than'. There are 22 questions to answer. There is also a ...
2 Views 8,608 Elem
Welcome to Bugs World PPP for Young Learners

Welcome to Bugs World PPP for Young Learners

My powerpoint presentation is about bugs /crawlies. Students are asked to say who's this /what's this ? This presentation also teaches how to introduce them by saying This is.... The whole pres ...
6 Views 8,583 BegElem
Song Worksheet: Summer Moved on by A-Ha

Song Worksheet: Summer Moved on by A-Ha

 I have used this song as a getting-back-to-school activity to make students less timid and encourage them to talk about their summer holidays and share impressions. There is a gap-fill while ...
4 Views 9,121 Pre-IntInt
Office Meeting

Office Meeting

It's a role play activity, a telephone conversation and a follow up activity. The learners can be paired at random or they can choose their partners. The follow up activity allows the learners som ...
7 Views 18,936 Pre-Int
Letter Sound and Phonics Bingo

Letter Sound and Phonics Bingo

This bingo game is designed for pre-primary/ pre-junior classes. It includes bingo chips and 6 sets of bingo cards (6 students, 2 games). The teacher can print the cards and distribute them to the ...
8 Views 26,357 Beg
Animals Boardgame

Animals Boardgame

This is a boardgame for teaching or revising animals related vocabulary at elementary level. It is played in groups or pairs with dice and counters, when students land on a square they must make ...
4 Views 17,305 BegElem
Recognising Numbers

Recognising Numbers

Maths worksheet: Recognising numbers. This maths resource teaches children to recognise larger numbers. There are seven rows of frogs. Each row has five numbers. Students must colour the frog in e ...
3 Views 28,505 Elem
Song Worksheet: Hey Jude (Bingo)

Song Worksheet: Hey Jude (Bingo)

Students must choose 20 words among 24 they think they can find in the lyrics. The idea is to keep them paying attention to the sound of words, vocabulary and enjoy the great music by The Beatles. ...
9 Views 16,479 ElemPre-IntIntAdv
Basic Expressions about Myself

Basic Expressions about Myself

This worksheet is a kind of activity card that will help students to speak about themselves, it contains some basic expressions. They are extremely helpful for people who are going to introduce th ...
24 Views 26,275 Pre-IntInt
The Ultimate Collection of Back to School Activities: Poster

The Ultimate Collection of Back to School Activities: Poster

There can never be enough Back to School activities, warmers, and first lesson ice-breakers. Check out our latest poster below: "The Ultimate Collection of Back to School Activities". These are th ...
19 Views 58,826

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