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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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Reading: Weakness or strength?

Reading: Weakness or strength?

Elena
  This familiar story of a boy with one arm who won a tournament is inspirational and interesting to read. This reader includes activities such as continue the sentence, choose the right o ...
1 Views 4,000 Pre-IntInt
7 Speaking Test Tips For IELTS In 2019

7 Speaking Test Tips For IELTS In 2019

Jessica
ELTS is widely accepted English language proficiency test. Candidates apply for it to study, live, or work in a foreign country where English is the official language. As a test-taker, getting a ...
1 Views 7,988 Exam
Let's Revise the Words Worksheet

Let's Revise the Words Worksheet

StarodubtsevaIrina
This is a crossword for the third grade, based on the textbook: Àíãëèéñêèé ÿçûê. Ó÷åáíèê äëÿ 3 êëàññà. Âåðåùàãèíà È.Í., Ïðèòûêèíà Ò.À. (for the Russian learners). It can be used either as a grou ...
1 Views 10,763 Pre-Int
The Berenstain Bears Go To Camp - A Video Activity

The Berenstain Bears Go To Camp - A Video Activity

BusyTeacher Contributor
This worksheet contains activities for you to work with kids after watching The Berenstain Bears Go To Camp. You will find reading and listening activities. Find the video at this link: https:// ...
1 Views 12,044 Pre-Int
Health and Nutrition. Is Gluten Really Bad for You?

Health and Nutrition. Is Gluten Really Bad for You?

Anastasiia
The tasks are aimed at pre-intermediate and intermediate students and are based on the video. Worksheet focuses on developing listening comprehension and provides Ukranian vocabulary translation ...
1 Views 18,568 Pre-IntInt
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Containers Worksheet

Containers Worksheet

kristine44
This is a grammar guide to revise containers, measurements, and quantities (a slice of, a cup of, a loaf of, a box of, a pint of, a bunch of, a glass of, a pot of, a metre of, a dozen of, a roll ...
1 Views 20,809 Pre-IntInt
The PEEL Paragraph Scaffold

The PEEL Paragraph Scaffold

Ambi Tad
Here is a scaffold detailing all aspects of inclusions in a PEEL / SEEL / TEEL paragraph. This paragraph structure is used to elaborate on arguments or reasons that support the opinion or point o ...
1 Views 32,176 Pre-IntIntAdv
Are All Endangered Species Worth Saving?

Are All Endangered Species Worth Saving?

Anastasiia
The worksheet is based on the video that discusses the problem of animal extinction and human role in preserving wildlife and includes vocabulary in Ukranian. The video puts forward controversial ...
1 Views 14,760 Pre-IntInt
Summer at the Seaside

Summer at the Seaside

This is a worksheet for elementary students on summer vocabulary. Students are asked to choose a word from the box and write it down under the right picture. Vocabulary included: bikini, mask, sw ...
19 Views 57,337 BegElem
Summer Holiday Travelling Brainstormer

Summer Holiday Travelling Brainstormer

This is a worksheet to brainstorm destinations, packing lists, ways to travel, and things to see and do. It can then be followed by a speaking activity. And after that you could have your students ...
18 Views 52,455 Elem
Summer Boardgame

Summer Boardgame

Teach or revise summer vocabulary with this boardgame. Students must advance on the board with dice, when they land on a picture they must name it, spell it and or use it in a sentence. This activ ...
18 Views 38,728 ElemPre-Int
The Berenstain Bears by the Sea Worksheet

The Berenstain Bears by the Sea Worksheet

Karina
Spend your summer holiday with The Berenstain Bears! You can find the video for the worksheet here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=10&v=JvllvjuGcKc. Listen and number the pi ...
1 Views 9,021 Pre-Int
The Red Rose Flower Worksheet

The Red Rose Flower Worksheet

kristine44
This is a worksheet with a new video with music and a poem. The poem is about the red rose flower. I’ve made eight different exercises. You can watch the video and read the poem. Then you c ...
1 Views 6,867 ElemPre-Int

SONG: I Can See Clearly Now

Guilherme G Tidon
This is a very simple song and activity which contains vocabulary about weather, as well as some use of 'can' and 'going to' (informally contracted as 'gonna'). There are also some adjectives and ...
1 Views 40,761 BegElemPre-IntIntAdv
Complete the Three-Letter Words Worksheet

Complete the Three-Letter Words Worksheet

Ekta Sharma
This simple worksheet provides practice for elementary level students to complete three words from letters A through H.
1 Views 14,658 Elem
Booking Appointments Worksheet

Booking Appointments Worksheet

Guilherme G Tidon
In this quick exercise, learners will complete the gaps of a phone conversation to book a doctor's appointment with the phrases "I would like to book", "I can't make it", "That works for me", "Ca ...
1 Views 23,280 Pre-IntInt
Comparing Athens to Sparta Worksheet

Comparing Athens to Sparta Worksheet

Mark T
We owe a lot of our military tactics, culture, and democracy to Ancient Sparta and Athens. This sheet looks at the contributions from both civilizations and allows students to reflect on ho ...
1 Views 14,100 IntAdv
Welcome Unit Worksheet

Welcome Unit Worksheet

Blanca Aragón
It's never too early to start planning for next year! Matching exercises to revise personal information, months, seasons, colors, and practise asking and answering questions in pairs to activat ...
1 Views 26,334 BegElem
Prefix Un- Word Search

Prefix Un- Word Search

Vocabulary,
Introduce learners to words that contain the prefix UN- through a basic word search activity. Print the word search to have students complete it on their own or work on it in class and have studen ...
1 Views 23,131 ElemPre-IntInt
Word Formation Fill-in-the-Blank Worksheet

Word Formation Fill-in-the-Blank Worksheet

Irina Komoltseva
Word formation is a part of the international exams such as FCE, CAE, CPE. Timely preparation for these exams is an essential part of the examinee success. I start doing exercises on word formatio ...
1 Views 18,584 Elem
IELTS Topic Vocabulary Lists and Activities

IELTS Topic Vocabulary Lists and Activities

Ben Worthington
IELTS Vocabulary means using a more academic style and word choice (Lexical Resource) when writing your essay. Using Topic Specific Vocabulary, collocations and words from the Academic Word List w ...
1 Views 20,013 Exam
SONG: Penny Lane (The Beatles)

SONG: Penny Lane (The Beatles)

Guilherme G Tidon
In this worksheet, students will work with the song 'Penny Lane' by The Beatles. There are many opportunities to work on different topics here: present simple, body parts, jobs, places in town. Th ...
1 Views 31,393 Pre-IntIntAdv
Colour the letters of your name

Colour the letters of your name

Simona
Find and Color Your Name! Fun way for your students to learn the alphabet letters and the colours. Teach the letter sounds by naming each letter and then allow students to trace the uppercase an ...
1 Views 18,548 Beg
Going Shopping Fill in the Blank Conversation

Going Shopping Fill in the Blank Conversation

Guilherme G Tidon
In this worksheet, students will fill in the blanks of two conversations at a shop. After that, they will look into the language and vocabulary used in the conversations and analyze their meanings ...
1 Views 42,488 ElemPre-Int
Blowing In The Wind By Bob Dylan Song Worksheet

Blowing In The Wind By Bob Dylan Song Worksheet

Nastya Bolovina
There are three tasks around the song "Blowing in the Wind" by Bob Dylan. At first we match some words from the song with their meanings. Some words are translated in Russian, for others pictures ...
1 Views 9,154 Int

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