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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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Giving Opinions

Giving Opinions

It´s important to be able to share your opinions with other people in a polite way. This short worksheet introduces common English phrases to agree, to disagree, to give your personal opinio ...
17 Views 43,382 Pre-IntInt
Movie Worksheet: Wallace and Gromit; The Curse of the Ware-Rabbit

Movie Worksheet: Wallace and Gromit; The Curse of the Ware-Rabbit

This is a worksheet on the movie : The Curse Of The Ware Rabbit. Kids must find correct adjectives to describe the movie, and select the right action.I use this worksheet in class  in France ...
7 Views 18,675 BegElem
Writing a Leaflet

Writing a Leaflet

THis is a writing activity for intermediate students who are asked to to write the text for a leaflet in English in which they inform the public about illegal trade in wild animals and the way it ...
8 Views 33,395 Pre-IntInt
Degrees of Comparison, Seasons and Weather Worksheet

Degrees of Comparison, Seasons and Weather Worksheet

This is a worksheet for teaching degrees of comprison, seasons and the weather related vocabulary. Recommended for elementary students who are asked to match the words given with the pictures, re ...
20 Views 21,132 ElemPre-Int
Unhealthy Food Reading Comprehension Worksheet

Unhealthy Food Reading Comprehension Worksheet

This is a reading comprehension worksheet for intermediate students on the topic unhealthy food. Students are asked to read the text, say if the sentences are true or false, match words taken fro ...
27 Views 55,921 Pre-IntInt
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Death Penalty Worksheet

Death Penalty Worksheet

This worksheet can be used with upper intermediate to  advanced English learners. It will help them get ready to talk about this controversial topic. It will allow  students to give thei ...
17 Views 38,467 Adv
Popular Songs in the Classroom: Talking about Adele

Popular Songs in the Classroom: Talking about Adele

Students love music, it's a great source for teachers to connect to their feelings and experiences. I've designed a lesson plan using this famous singer profile. Adele´s story can inspire a ...
9 Views 11,052 BegElem
Sos: I am Sick!

Sos: I am Sick!

This is a progress test for elementary students to revise illnesses. They have to complete the sentences according to the picture they see. Apart from the vocabulary involved, they are encouraged ...
9 Views 16,496 Elem
Song Worksheet: I've Seen It All by Bjork from movie Dancer in the Dark

Song Worksheet: I've Seen It All by Bjork from movie Dancer in the Dark

A wonderful song to teach students about  Movies, Cinema, Art and Culture. It is also useful to make students understand the problems each person can face in his/her life. The worksheet compr ...
2 Views 7,804 Pre-IntIntAdv
Song Worksheet: Skyfall by Adele

Song Worksheet: Skyfall by Adele

This worksheet is meant to practice listening through focus on rhyming words. It is interesting to analyze the meanings of Skyfall in the movie. With upper levels , you could previously watch a sc ...
10 Views 21,347 ElemPre-IntIntAdv
Synonyms: Cure for the Common Word

Synonyms: Cure for the Common Word

Students will practice writing skills using synonyms that illustrate a picture. Students list synonyms for overly used words, write sentences, and revise paragraphs to vary word choice. Several ...
16 Views 17,667 Int
Easter Picture Dictionary

Easter Picture Dictionary

Here's a colourful picture dictionary for teaching Easter related vocabulary at elementary level. The Worksheet is available in both colour and black and white version and it can also be used as ...
10 Views 24,912 BegElem
Electrical Things Matching Activity

Electrical Things Matching Activity

This is a matching activity for revising electronics related vocabulary. Recommended for pre-intermediate students who are asked to match the words with the pictures given. The worksheet is avail ...
7 Views 10,277 Pre-IntInt
Electrical Things Picture Dictionary

Electrical Things Picture Dictionary

This is a picture dictionary for teaching or revising electronics related vocabulary at pre-intermediate level. The worksheet is available in both colour and black and white version.
7 Views 15,970 Pre-IntInt
Action Verbs 1 Worksheet Criss Cross Puzzle

Action Verbs 1 Worksheet Criss Cross Puzzle

A useful worksheet about action verbs ( puzzle)
7 Views 27,628 Pre-Int
Clothes Pictionary 1 Poster Vocabulary Worksheet

Clothes Pictionary 1 Poster Vocabulary Worksheet

A useful worksheet about clothes...
8 Views 26,554 Pre-Int
Vocabulary: Money and Finance.Intermediate Word Search

Vocabulary: Money and Finance.Intermediate Word Search

This is a workheet to use either before the Money and Finances Intermediate wordsearch so that learners create a good idea of what vocabulary items they are looking for in the wordsearch or after ...
8 Views 20,985 IntAdv
Alphabet PPT

Alphabet PPT

PowerPoint slides about the TOPIC: ALPHABET. It consists of basic cognates for very young learners (e.g., a-ambulance b-balloon c-cafe... etc). The alphabet with funny pictures in the slides ca ...
17 Views 48,676 Beg
Movie Worksheet: Curious George. Happy Easter.

Movie Worksheet: Curious George. Happy Easter.

  Looking for a nice Easter video task? That's the answer! A super-duper children's story about beloved Curious George. In the worksheet you'll find the vocabulary list as well as multiple ...
7 Views 18,968 ElemPre-Int
Impromptu Speaking Activity

Impromptu Speaking Activity

A simple way to give students practice  speaking  English on a topic. Best for pre- intermediate or above. Students practice talking about a topic with a partner while being timed. Then ...
4 Views 13,349 Pre-IntIntAdv
Funny Poem: Past Simple Gap Fill Worksheet

Funny Poem: Past Simple Gap Fill Worksheet

A bad case of the sneezes, by Bruce Lansky.Funny 'school excuses' poem, and gap fill exercise created to practise the past simple tense. Can also be used as a reading exercise, a warmer or filler ...
39 Views 67,240 ElemPre-IntInt
Conversation Questions: Future Goals and Plans

Conversation Questions: Future Goals and Plans

It is a kind of game that encourages ss to speak in given time. The teacher is supposed to explain the names of cards ( spades- hearts- clubs-diamonds) first, give the question as a  hand o ...
22 Views 71,495 Pre-IntIntAdvExam
Guess the Colours

Guess the Colours

A worksheet about the TOPIC: COLOURS.Students are asked the colours and then they can practice questions and answers according to the example. They will practice verb to be( interrogative, negati ...
4 Views 8,354 BegElem
Crime Story Writing Prompts

Crime Story Writing Prompts

Crime story writing prompts based on Upstream Advanced Unit 4. Use this work sheet to drill the phrases connected with crime and modern concerns. There's a beginning of a story, and students are ...
7 Views 24,069 Adv
A Job Well Done

A Job Well Done

Search puzzle based on Upstream Advanced Unit 6.Use this work sheet to drill adjectives describing jobs. Sometimes I watch some movies with my students to demonstrate how demanding this or that ...
3 Views 4,622 Adv

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