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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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Marcus the Monkey - Reading Comprehension

Marcus the Monkey - Reading Comprehension

This simple reading comprehension is about a monkey called Marcus. Find out where Marcus lives, what he likes to eat and what he likes to do. This is a great way for young children to learn about ...
5 Views 14,478 Elem
Tom Goes Fishing

Tom Goes Fishing

The title of this worksheet is 'Tom Goes Fishing'. Tom goes fishing with his grandad. Grandad explains to Tom that he must be patient and wait for a fish to pass by. Students read the text and ans ...
5 Views 11,068 Elem
Whales (Non-fiction) - Reading Comprehension

Whales (Non-fiction) - Reading Comprehension

Whales have been swimming in the oceans for millions of years. They are large, gentle mammals. Whales are warm-blooded and have no fur. This reading comprehension includes some interesting facts a ...
5 Views 16,757 Elem
Weather and Seasons

Weather and Seasons

This is a useful and very simple worksheet for revising the vocabulary about the weather and the seasons of the year. You can also revise the vocabulay of clothes. It can be used with beginner stu ...
9 Views 21,759 BegElem
Create Dialogue Comic Strip

Create Dialogue Comic Strip

This is a simple worksheet with single comic strips for students to use their imagination and fill the speaking bubbles freely. There are no conditions except that they have to write at least 2 se ...
12 Views 42,961 BegElemPre-IntInt
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Computers Verbs Picture Dictionary

Computers Verbs Picture Dictionary

This is a picture dictionary which can also be used as a study sheet for teaching computer related verbs at pre-intermediate level. The worksheet is available in both colour and black and whi ...
17 Views 24,539 Pre-IntInt
Countries Matching Activity

Countries Matching Activity

This is a pretty easy matching activity for teaching or revising countries related vocabulary at elementary level. Students are asked to match the flags with the words given. The workshe ...
11 Views 14,452 Elem
Song Worksheet: 5 Little Monkeys

Song Worksheet: 5 Little Monkeys

This is a worksheet for beginners. You  show them or make them listen the song "Five little monkeys", which you can easily find on Youtube. The aim of this worksheet is to have students pract ...
5 Views 13,976 Beg
The Mary Celeste Wordsearch

The Mary Celeste Wordsearch

This is a wordsearch from the book "The great mysteries of our world" by Gina D.B Clemen. It contains 33 challenging words about the dissappearance of "Mary Celeste" which is in chapter 1 of the b ...
2 Views 11,300 Pre-Int
Rebus Story 2

Rebus Story 2

My summer: this is a rebus story, that is to say, a story which combines words and pictures. Here, pictures represent entire words. There is a colour version, a B&W one and the key. This type ...
9 Views 17,074 ElemPre-Int
Hospital Vocabulary 1

Hospital Vocabulary 1

Hospital vocabulary 1: a picture dictionary with words related to common vocabulary used in hospitals. This worksheet is great to learn some specific words and you can change or add images to go o ...
6 Views 15,158 IntAdvExam
Describe This Girl

Describe This Girl

Describe this girl: an activity to practise descriptions. There is a picture of a girl and some words that can help students to write their description. Though some words are given, you can add mo ...
5 Views 9,736 ElemPre-Int
Chit-Chat

Chit-Chat

This worksheet can be used to enhance vocabulary related to common subjects such as music, cinema, sport, etc. It includes a section for Phrasal Verbs, which students usually find challenging, and ...
12 Views 17,242 Pre-IntIntAdvExam
Colors and Shapes Search

Colors and Shapes Search

Simply cut out the shapes and hide the shapes out around the the classroom and tell the children to find one of the color/shape combinations. For example, say, "Find the purple circle". And the fi ...
3 Views 16,714 Beg
Colors and Shapes Review

Colors and Shapes Review

A very simple review sheet for active children who like to color. They simply color-in the shapes the color that is written inside of the shape itself. I use this with very young students. It is a ...
1 Views 16,030 BegElem
Movie Worksheet: Nightmare before Christmas

Movie Worksheet: Nightmare before Christmas

Here is are some comprehension questions to the film Nightmare before Christmas. Things like: Where does the story take place? What is the town called? When Jack comes back to town, they ...
6 Views 34,073 ElemPre-IntInt
Movie Worksheet: Funny Discipline PPT+ Short Video

Movie Worksheet: Funny Discipline PPT+ Short Video

This is a PPT based on the topic of discipline and a 2 minute funny video called “Seven ways to discipline your child”. The PPT includes two questions about the video and types of disc ...
9 Views 27,660 Int
Sing a Song

Sing a Song

This activity can be used as a time filler,warm up or just a fun moment. You can split students into groups or in rows if your class is large.The aim of this game is let students sing songs with t ...
3 Views 12,072 ElemPre-Int
Would You Rather - PPT

Would You Rather - PPT

This is a PPT version of the Would You Rather speaking game. It is aimed at teens with a mixture of funny and serious questions. Don't forget to encourage the students to explain their preferences ...
75 Views 83,954 Int
Guess These Proverbs

Guess These Proverbs

I have created this worksheet to motivate students to some proverbs (bearing in mind elementary students). They have some images and an imcomplete proverb below each image. With the help of some w ...
6 Views 21,063 Elem
Movie Worksheet: Toy Story

Movie Worksheet: Toy Story

This is a worksheet for a listening and comprehension lesson based on the animated film "Toy Story." This exercise focuses on character, as Toy Story has a wide variety of interesting characters w ...
5 Views 23,357 BegElem
Forest Wildlife - Reading Comprehension

Forest Wildlife - Reading Comprehension

This reading comprehension includes interesting facts about forest wildlife. How do trees in a forest help the animals that live there? What does nocturnal mean? Students read the article and answ ...
10 Views 26,302 Elem
Seashore Wildlife - Reading Comprehension

Seashore Wildlife - Reading Comprehension

This reading comprehension includes interesting facts about seashore wildlife. How do plants help some of the seashore creatures? Why are crabs called the seashore's 'cleaners'? Students read the ...
6 Views 15,633 Elem
Fun at the Beach - Story Picture

Fun at the Beach - Story Picture

The title of this worksheet is 'Fun at the beach'. Students look at the picture and think of an interesting, creative story to go with it. They could maybe write about their own fun day at the bea ...
9 Views 22,609 Elem
Chipmunk Snack - Story Picture

Chipmunk Snack - Story Picture

The title of this worksheet is 'Chipmunk snack'. Students look at the picture and think of an interesting, creative story to go with it. Students write their story on the lines provided and can th ...
3 Views 9,452 Elem

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