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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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Valentine' Day Homophones

Valentine' Day Homophones

This w/sheet is to use with the topic of homophones (words that sound the same but with different meanings) It is tied in with Valentine's day and the idea of sending poems. The SS read the w/shee ...
14 Views 20,371 BegElem
Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln

This PowerPoint gives a brief overview of key points regarding Abraham Lincoln. It includes some vocabulary and links to a variety of websites for students to obtain additional information. Abra ...
9 Views 10,478 IntAdv
Footwear and Accessories Picture Dictionary

Footwear and Accessories Picture Dictionary

This is a picture dictionary which can also be used as a classroom poster or a study sheet for revising footwear and accessories related vocabulary. The worksheet is available in both colour and ...
14 Views 16,643 ElemPre-Int
Food Missing Vowels Activity

Food Missing Vowels Activity

This is a very simple and easy missing vowels activity for revising food related vocabulary. Recommended for elementary students who are asked to look at the pictures and complete the words with ...
14 Views 17,246 Elem
Australia Reading Worksheet

Australia Reading Worksheet

This is a useful and informative reading worksheet which can also be used as a classroom poster about Australia for pre-intermediate students. The worksheet is available in both colour and black ...
17 Views 31,019 Pre-IntInt
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The History of Valentine's Day: FCE Word Formation Style!

The History of Valentine's Day: FCE Word Formation Style!

I found a worksheet about Valentine's Day on this website from a previous poster, but I adapted it and made it into an FCE style word formation activity for any teachers currently teaching this Ca ...
25 Views 29,238 AdvExam
Strange Food Around the World

Strange Food Around the World

People would eat the most disgusting things, depending on their cultural background and love of unique experiences. Such food - and things made from food - cause us to stop in the tracks and thin ...
20 Views 26,009 Elem
Song Worksheet: Everything At Once [As...As Structure]

Song Worksheet: Everything At Once [As...As Structure]

Tis song is a good way to repeat or teach the as...as structure and get to know more adjectives. You can divide it in two parts using the first part for explaning the as...as structure, while the ...
10 Views 18,730 Elem
Idioms about Love

Idioms about Love

A simple, maybe fun, activity for an intermediate level Valentine's Day lesson or for any other lesson-topic about love. Contains a few warmer questions about love and a chart where you can go thr ...
18 Views 26,652 Pre-IntIntAdv
Meat, Fish and Shellfish Picture Dictionary

Meat, Fish and Shellfish Picture Dictionary

This is a picture dictionary which can also be used as a study sheet or a classroom poster for teaching or revising food related vocabulary. There are 30 new words illustrated with picture for eas ...
22 Views 41,359 ElemPre-IntInt
Business Writing Help - Invitations (for Polish students)

Business Writing Help - Invitations (for Polish students)

It is a great help for people who use business writing in everyday working situation. This gives you more frequently used business writing phrases and its translation to English language. Variety ...
5 Views 15,023 All
Business Writing Help - Meetings (for Polish students)

Business Writing Help - Meetings (for Polish students)

It is a great help for people who use business writing in everyday working situation. This gives you more frequently used business writing phrases and its translation to English language. Variety ...
7 Views 18,727 All
Business Writing Help - General (for Polish students)

Business Writing Help - General (for Polish students)

It is a great help for people who use business writing in everyday working situation. This gives you more frequently used business writing phrases and its translation to English language. Variety ...
6 Views 11,818 All
Awareness Campaigns and Advertising

Awareness Campaigns and Advertising

The following lesson is designed to analyse different styles of advertising by looking at two different commercials that are part of two different awareness campaigns. One is an amusing video for ...
19 Views 28,839 Pre-IntIntAdv
Saint Valentine's Day Maze

Saint Valentine's Day Maze

Can you help Lumpy find the box of chocolates? Here students must help the elephant find the box of chocolates. It is a maze with Valentine's decorations. You will also find the solution for the m ...
12 Views 22,254 ElemPre-IntInt
Colour These Balloons

Colour These Balloons

This is a colours worksheet. Students must colour the balloons accordig to the words writtennext to them. It can be a revision activity or a test to check if students know colours. Apart from comm ...
11 Views 16,832 Elem
Song Worksheet: The Man Who Can't Be Moved by The Script

Song Worksheet: The Man Who Can't Be Moved by The Script

I used this song to revise and compare the present continuous and the present simple forms. I also focused on vocabulary and prepared another sheet to know a little more about the group and its mu ...
8 Views 14,169 Elem
Starbucks CEO's Interview

Starbucks CEO's Interview

This is an article suitable for business classes to improve their reading skills. It is about the past and future of Starbucks. It includes a vocabulary matching exercise and some comprehension qu ...
12 Views 17,917 IntAdv
Johnny Appleseed, an American Hero (voa)

Johnny Appleseed, an American Hero (voa)

This worksheet is based on a special English broadcast by Voice of America. The corresponding mp3 file and transcript can be found on the Voice of America ESL website at http://www.manythings.org/ ...
6 Views 9,180 Pre-IntInt
Alphabet Cards

Alphabet Cards

Cards are the good and convenient additional material for training of pupils of younger school age or children of kindergarden age. Letter naming is a strong predictor of later reading succes ...
13 Views 26,302 BegElem
Halloween Song Worksheet: Calling All The Monsters by China Anne McClain

Halloween Song Worksheet: Calling All The Monsters by China Anne McClain

Halloween worksheet for kids who like China McClain (Disney Channel, Dynamite song,etc.) Listen, fill in the gaps, draw and describe your Halloween costume. I used the video from Youtube and pictu ...
6 Views 11,019 Elem
The Environment: Re-Use House Objects

The Environment: Re-Use House Objects

The Environment: Re-Use House Objects. Presentation with 50 pictures of re-used house objects. Students can use these ideas to create and describe their own eco-friendly invention. Some of these a ...
13 Views 9,758 Pre-IntInt
Speaking Cards: General Questions

Speaking Cards: General Questions

Six pages of general questions to cut out and have students ask each other. Topics are very general, varied and random, so I usually use the questions as a warmer or a first class to get people sp ...
96 Views 166,582 IntAdv
Secrets of a Happy Marriage

Secrets of a Happy Marriage

The worksheet contains the secrets of a happy marriage by R.Hynes of Mornington in a table and the students have to order the words to form sentences based on the given codes. It can be used eith ...
13 Views 12,968 All
Step Up Board Game

Step Up Board Game

For practicing the present simple tense, you can play this game with your students. Here are some rules for the players. The Game Rules: 1-To start playing you should answer the first Q 2- Go up ...
11 Views 12,045 Elem

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