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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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Introductory Board Game for Intermediate Level

Introductory Board Game for Intermediate Level

This is an first-day board game to help students get to know each other and get them talking in English. Lower to mid intermediate level. Played in groups of 3-4. Students flip a coin and move two ...
9 Views 20,472 Pre-IntInt
Movie Worksheet: Witness by Peter Weir

Movie Worksheet: Witness by Peter Weir

While they are watching the movie, students will have to analyze the characters, the settings, the different sequences of the film. Listening comprehension as well as writing skill can be assesse ...
4 Views 11,236 Adv
Find Someone Who [Sports]

Find Someone Who [Sports]

This is an icebreaker or closing activity, it's for sports activities. The students must walk around the classroom asking others the questions and if the sport is their favorite one, or if they ca ...
5 Views 26,758 ElemPre-IntInt
Schools Around the World

Schools Around the World

Schools around the world, read the bullet points from each slide to the students and then they must guess what country the school is in, then for bonus points ask them to answer the capital, curre ...
20 Views 9,534 ElemPre-IntInt
Song Worksheet: Girl on Fire

Song Worksheet: Girl on Fire

this is a worksheet based on the song "girl on fire" by Alicia Keys. It can be used for elementary students and it contains several types of activities such as fill in the blanks, complete the sen ...
9 Views 39,369 BegElem
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Alphabet Game

Alphabet Game

Using the worksheet and an alphabet dice (or just by randomly choosing a letter out of a hat) you can practice vocabulary. You can change the headings to anything you are studying. This game is ...
9 Views 16,191 ElemPre-IntIntAdv
Billy Jean Gap Fill Song Activity

Billy Jean Gap Fill Song Activity

Listen to the song Billy Jean and fill the gaps. An alltime classic! Enjoy. One activity that can be done before giving out the worksheets is on a piece of paper get the students to write down any ...
4 Views 25,710 All
Story Writing Prompts

Story Writing Prompts

These are story fragments with questions. You can print them out of display them for the whole class. Discuss questions. Then write the rest of the story. If you can't answer a question, ignor ...
13 Views 23,388 Pre-IntIntAdv
Writing a Corporative Email

Writing a Corporative Email

Tips on how to write a clear, to the point corporate email. This worksheet also brings dictations, listening and reading activities. Designed for false beginners students. Interactive worksheets t ...
17 Views 40,837 ElemPre-Int
Numbers and Vocabulary Practice

Numbers and Vocabulary Practice

A simple worksheet for beginners to write the English word below the pictures. We were teaching time and some big numbers were an issue for my students i.e. thirty, forty-five, etc. So we decided ...
7 Views 10,341 ElemPre-Int
Mother's Day Poem in a Heart

Mother's Day Poem in a Heart

A Power point presentation contraining only one slide. It is useful for kindergarden and primary school students. A simple Mother's day poem in a heart for children to colour. Of course, after co ...
6 Views 21,859 Elem
House and Furniture: Bathroom

House and Furniture: Bathroom

This is a worksheet for teaching bathroom items related vocabulary. Recommended for elementary students who are asked to study the words using the picture dictionary given and then find them in t ...
11 Views 11,577 ElemPre-Int
Saint Patrick's Day Flashcards

Saint Patrick's Day Flashcards

This is a set of flashcards for teaching or revising Saint Patrick's Day related vocabulary. They are easily adaptable to any level or age and they can also be used as conversation cards, or class ...
11 Views 30,928 ElemPre-Int
Jobs and Professions Worksheet

Jobs and Professions Worksheet

Jobs: teacher, dentist, nurse, artist, fire fighter, police officer, doctor, farmer, cook, bus driver. Start of with teaching the vocabulary first, using flash cards or photos. Next you can proc ...
9 Views 44,678 BegElem
Saint Patrick's Day Boardgame

Saint Patrick's Day Boardgame

By introducing this boardgame into your classes, students will have fun while learning Saint Patrick's Day related vocabulary. Play the game with dice and counters, when students land on a square ...
13 Views 30,325 ElemPre-Int
Revision Questions for Beginners

Revision Questions for Beginners

This worksheet contains questions which are not in a correct order - students must make sentences and then they work in pairs and ask each other. It is for beginners - I prepared it for my student ...
5 Views 10,998 BegElem
Similes

Similes

This worksheet practices similes in order to equip EFL students with more tools for writing descriptive paragraphs. It is aimed at elementary level students. It can be used as a follow-up activity ...
8 Views 48,400 Elem
Animal Wordsearch

Animal Wordsearch

This is a simple wordsearch for elementary students including basic animal names. It aims to test students' receptive knowledge of these names by testing spelling at the same time. Problem so ...
13 Views 12,254 Elem
Personal Information Worksheet

Personal Information Worksheet

This is a worksheet with some sentences to be completed with personal information. Students fill some blank spaces with the words that better cmplete the sentences.
5 Views 22,535 Beg
What Is His Job?

What Is His Job?

This worksheet shows the different trades existing on a building site. The students must look at the drawing then they match the jobs with the numbers. It is a very interesting activity if you stu ...
2 Views 8,490 Int
Physical Appearance Categories

Physical Appearance Categories

This worksheet is great for describing people's physical appearance. It is useful for presenting vocabulary. It is a very organized way to provide an easy understanding. It provides adjectives, s ...
24 Views 107,109 ElemPre-Int
Vegetables Worksheet

Vegetables Worksheet

Can your students name these vegetables? 15 vegetables are pictured. Students choose from a word bank to identify each vegetable. Vegetables included are: cucumber, pumpkin, onions, broccoli, m ...
19 Views 58,772 Elem
Movie Worksheet: Mind Your Language S01E1 [Part One] - The First Lesson

Movie Worksheet: Mind Your Language S01E1 [Part One] - The First Lesson

Questions and vocabulary about the video. Listening Comprehension, questions students have to answer related with the video and an exercise on the vocabulary used with its defenitions. Students ...
11 Views 22,032 Pre-IntInt
Movie Worksheet: Rachel and Phoebe Go to a Literature Class [Friends]

Movie Worksheet: Rachel and Phoebe Go to a Literature Class [Friends]

In this video, Rachel and Phoebe take literature classes. While Phoebe is really interested in learning something, Rachel just wants to have some fun with her friend. This activity can be used for ...
8 Views 13,593 Pre-IntIntAdv
Do You Want Some More?

Do You Want Some More?

A worksheet with food vocabulary practice. Also food expressions are emphasized "Do you want some more?" With a native language vocabulary translation section (where they read the word and write t ...
8 Views 9,239 ElemPre-Int

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