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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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15 Common Proverbs PPT

15 Common Proverbs PPT

Description: This PPT is like a list of common proverbs but it has pictures complementing each proverb and it is intended to be used to encourage discussion and opinions and for students to become ...
16 Views 33,881 Int
Mammals - Reading Comprehension

Mammals - Reading Comprehension

This English worksheet is a reading comprehension all about mammals. It was created for children of 7 - 8 years old and includes some interesting facts about mammals. Can you think of three large ...
9 Views 20,155 Elem
Fish - Reading Comprehension

Fish - Reading Comprehension

This English worksheet is a reading comprehension all about fish. It was created for children of 7 - 8 years old and includes some interesting facts about fish. How do fish breathe? Can you name t ...
6 Views 24,519 Elem
Phrasal Verbs with Pictures

Phrasal Verbs with Pictures

This is an exercise based on a Youtube class about phrasal verbs. Students have to watch the video and then do the exercises. You may also look at the pictures and ask students to say the correct ...
9 Views 26,467 Pre-Int
Reading comprehension - Amphibians

Reading comprehension - Amphibians

This worksheet is all about the animal group: amphibians. It was created for children of 7 - 8 years old and includes a short passage with some interesting facts about amphibians. Where can amphib ...
6 Views 11,059 Elem
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Phonology - the Alphabet and Cardinal Numbers

Phonology - the Alphabet and Cardinal Numbers

The table shows  phonology of the alphabet  and cardinal numbers.I hope you find it useful. Present your students with the correct pronunciation of ABCs and cardinal numbers.  ...
18 Views 27,670 BegElem
Co-ordinates - Maths Worksheet

Co-ordinates - Maths Worksheet

This worksheet is all about coordinates and was created for children of 7 - 9 years old. This worksheet asks children to look at the grid and work out the coordinates of each shape. Remember to go ...
5 Views 11,651 Elem
3D Shapes - Maths Worksheet

3D Shapes - Maths Worksheet

The title of this maths worksheet is 3D shapes. There are 6 illustrations of 3D shapes and students are asked to name them correctly. This maths resource was created for children of 8 - 9 years ol ...
3 Views 11,247 Elem
Add or Subtract? - Maths Worksheet

Add or Subtract? - Maths Worksheet

This maths worksheet focuses on addition and subtraction and was created for children of 7 - 9 years old. Pupils must 1. Look at the sums and write either + or - to complete each sum, 2. Complete ...
4 Views 10,635 Elem
Alfie the Dog - Reading Comprehension

Alfie the Dog - Reading Comprehension

This English worksheet is a simple story about a dog called Alfie and was created for children of 5 - 6 years old. Pupils read the comprehension and answer the accompanying multiple choice questio ...
6 Views 10,416 Elem
Physical Description (Guess Who Game)

Physical Description (Guess Who Game)

One student thinks of a celebrity and describes him or her using the vocabulary words from the table, the other student tries to guess who is being described. This worksheet can be used for the to ...
11 Views 31,088 ElemPre-IntInt
Brock the Badger - Reading Comprehension

Brock the Badger - Reading Comprehension

The title of this English worksheet is 'Brock the badger'. It is a reading comprehension for children of 5 - 7 years old. Ss read the comprehension about a badger called Brock and answer the multi ...
5 Views 7,250 Elem
Song Worksheet: Love Story by Taylor Swift

Song Worksheet: Love Story by Taylor Swift

There are 2 sheets, the first is a multiple choice fill-in-the-blanks of the lyrics, the second sheet consists of comprehension questions, a grammar section (including the past simple, past contin ...
8 Views 58,314 IntAdv
Application Letter Writing

Application Letter Writing

This is a worksheet to guide students to write an application letter. Recommended for pre-intermediate students who are asked to read the job ad given and write an application letter.
15 Views 46,064 Pre-Int
The Press Crossword Puzzle

The Press Crossword Puzzle

This is a picture crossword for teaching or revising the press related vocabulary. Recommended for intermediate students who are asked to complete the crossword by using the clues provided.&n ...
7 Views 21,999 Pre-IntInt
Introduce Myself

Introduce Myself

A basic prompt sheet to be completed and read out in a self introduction situation. Finish off with greetings: nice to meet you – nice to meet you too Good morning, afternoon, ...
12 Views 32,317 All
Guess Who...Comic Style

Guess Who...Comic Style

Fun reading and writing activity. Perfect for everyone. We all love cartoons and comic books. This worksheet has 20 known cartoon characters. Students guess who wants to save the world and wears a ...
10 Views 28,137 ElemPre-IntInt
Song Worksheet: Yesterday by the Beatles (ESL Cloze Listening Game - Stative/ Non-Action Verbs)

Song Worksheet: Yesterday by the Beatles (ESL Cloze Listening Game - Stative/ Non-Action Verbs)

This review activity  is intended to be used after stative (non-action verbs) like “need, want, believe, long, etc,” have been taught for a few days. This activity can be done two ...
8 Views 38,909 Pre-IntInt
Spelling Bee

Spelling Bee

I had to give a lesson about spelling bee to adults; the problem was that asking them to spell resulted in a bit boring and monotonous class. I therefore came up with the following idea: I cu ...
6 Views 16,273 All
All That Jazz: Idioms About Music

All That Jazz: Idioms About Music

This exercise helps learn and practise idioms about music. It consists of three parts: one matching activity (match idioms to their definitions), the list of idioms and their definitions, and one ...
19 Views 41,911 IntAdv
Expressive Forms ( Russian Translation)

Expressive Forms ( Russian Translation)

Sometimes it is difficult to be as free in your FL as in your L1. Certain colloquial words, phrases, sentence constructions in your L1 have a definite translation in FL. The material represents Ru ...
6 Views 8,925 Pre-IntIntAdvExam
Colour Idioms

Colour Idioms

The material  presents idioms with the names of colours with explanations in English, examples and some translations into Russian. An exercise and video references are supplied at the end of ...
12 Views 9,540 Adv
How to Draw a Circle

How to Draw a Circle

Which geometrical shape is seen in the Olympics logo? What is the shape of Sun, Moon & our planet Earth? Yes, it's a circle! The worksheet teaches to draw it. Easy to learn and easy to dr ...
3 Views 4,952 All
Super Pig, Slow Turtle!

Super Pig, Slow Turtle!

For beginners. They need fun games too! This is a board game I did with elementary classes. It gets students to practice some functional classroom language (Can I...?, shapes, numbers, class objec ...
7 Views 12,697 BegElem
Let's Play!

Let's Play!

An activity to revise some basic vocabulary. Each player needs a counter,throws the dice, says the number that comes and has to answer the questions.The game continues until all the players reach ...
5 Views 10,040 Elem

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