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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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Seasons Powerpoint

Seasons Powerpoint

Easy and simple powerpoint presentation with picture explanations and descriptions of each season (Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter). And a few questions at the end to start conversation. Good to ...
11 Views 26,360 BegElem
Fruit Powerpoint

Fruit Powerpoint

A simple Powerpoint Presentation with basic fruit vocabulary. I find it useful for children and beginners, to teach new vocabulary and after I usually hand out a worksheet and play games like "gue ...
11 Views 11,254 BegElem
Song Worksheet: Diamonds by Rihanna

Song Worksheet: Diamonds by Rihanna

This activity can be used as a listening practise task. It includes tasks like complete the gaps and order the sentences. It can basically used to build the students' listening skills. It is a pop ...
14 Views 33,708 Pre-IntInt
Alphabet & Numbers

Alphabet & Numbers

Template to help trace the complete Alphabet & Numbers from 1 to 10. Has sentences ruling with three lines to help kids achieve correct size and position of letters and numbers. Also has space ...
7 Views 15,637 BegElem
Cartoon Worksheet: Merry Madagascar

Cartoon Worksheet: Merry Madagascar

This worksheet is for a christmas lesson based on watching a funny and kind christmas cartoon MERRY MADAGASCAR. There you can find plenty of activities, such as answering the questions, saying tru ...
13 Views 21,002 AdvExam
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The Madagascar Penguins in a Christmas Caper

The Madagascar Penguins in a Christmas Caper

This worksheet is for an unusual Christmas lesson. There you can find different activities that can be both: a good listening task that is fun to watch and to do and a topic for an interesting dis ...
10 Views 16,866 Pre-IntInt
Giving Advice

Giving Advice

Patterns to be used for giving advice with some sentences provided as practice. Suitable for pre-intermediate and intermediate levels. After having worked with the sentences given, students might ...
12 Views 45,203 Pre-IntInt
Functions of Money

Functions of Money

This worksheet is about the functions of money. Students are given the descriptions of three major functions of money (Medium of exchange, Store of value, Unit of account). The task is to match fu ...
7 Views 26,053 Adv
Means of Transport Dice

Means of Transport Dice

Two dice for revising means of transport related vocabulary. Recommended for elementary students who are asked to to roll both dice and then make a sentence by using the picture clue provided.
6 Views 10,784 BegElem
School Subjects Word Search

School Subjects Word Search

This is an easy wordsearch puzzle for revising school subjects related vocabulary at elementary level. Students are asked to find the words in the puzzle. The answer key is included. 
6 Views 22,232 Elem
Wild Animals Wordsearch

Wild Animals Wordsearch

This is an easy wordsearch puzzle for revising wild animals related vocabulary at elementary level. Students are asked to find the words in the puzzle. The answer key is included. 
2 Views 14,447 Elem
Home Animals Wordsearch

Home Animals Wordsearch

This is an easy wordsearch puzzle for revising home animals related vocabulary at elementary level. Students are asked to find the words in the puzzle.  The answer key is included.
2 Views 8,218 Elem
Adjectives That Describe Feelings [Word Search]

Adjectives That Describe Feelings [Word Search]

A word search to practice descriptive adjectives for pre-intermediate students, used as a revision after a module on how to talk about feelings. I started by asking students what they were afraid ...
7 Views 24,188 Pre-Int
Song Worksheet: Everything At Once by Lenka [Idioms]

Song Worksheet: Everything At Once by Lenka [Idioms]

This is a great song to practise idioms such as "as sweet as sugar", "as old as time" etc. First give them to the students without the examples from the table at the bottom and ask them to fill in ...
25 Views 62,025 Pre-IntIntAdv
Road Safety

Road Safety

Pupils must find letters to create sentences about road safety. Each letter of the alphabet corresponds to a number. Example if the letter A corresponds to number 1, you write down A on each box w ...
4 Views 11,840 Pre-Int
Places Around Town Powerpoint Presentation

Places Around Town Powerpoint Presentation

Here is a powerpoint presentation aimed at ESL learners at a beginner level. The subject is Places Around Town and there are seventeen slides. It is simple and bright for young learners. At the en ...
26 Views 51,922 BegElem
Learning the Weather Powerpoint Presentation

Learning the Weather Powerpoint Presentation

This is a powerpoint presentation aimed at ESL learners at a beginner level. It goes through different types of weather and uses full sentences e.g. "The weather is sunny". It also has sounds whic ...
26 Views 31,050 BegElem
Practise Worksheet for Phrasal Verbs (DOWN)

Practise Worksheet for Phrasal Verbs (DOWN)

Here is a worksheet for more advanced ESL learners to work on their knowledge of phrasal verbs. This sheet focusses on the common particle "down". It is short but can be teamed with the presentati ...
10 Views 13,828 IntAdv
Phrasal Verbs (DOWN) Powerpoint

Phrasal Verbs (DOWN) Powerpoint

Here is a Powerpoint presentation which explains the different uses for phrasal verbs using "Down". This is one in a series I am uploading so it is only focussed on the one common particle. It is ...
8 Views 11,931 IntAdv
Practising/Testing Phrasal Verb

Practising/Testing Phrasal Verb "Up" Worksheet

A short worksheet to test how much the ESL learner knows about the phrasal verb "up", or for them to practise using it. If they don't know the phrasal verbs then they can be explained. This is for ...
9 Views 10,663 AdvExam
Phrasal Verbs (UP) Powerpoint

Phrasal Verbs (UP) Powerpoint

Here is a Powerpoint presentation for more advanced learners. The title is Phrasal" Verbs, but it is one in a series and this one focusses on the common particle "up". It gives an explanation of t ...
11 Views 17,679 IntAdv
Places Around Town Practise Worksheet

Places Around Town Practise Worksheet

Here is a worksheet for ESL learners at a basic level learning the names for places around town. It helps them to put the names in a sentence when using the third person e.g. "In her town there is ...
11 Views 52,045 BegElem
Learning The Time Presentation

Learning The Time Presentation

Here is a simple straight-forward powerpoint presentation to help ESL learners to tell the time in English. There are 9 slides which go through all the main points on the clock with images. It als ...
9 Views 10,521 BegElem
Famous People Crossword Challenge

Famous People Crossword Challenge

This is a great activity to get students using the simple present and simple past tense (depending on who they have to make 5 clues about). Students are given one of the 10 famous people featured ...
9 Views 22,794 ElemPre-IntIntAdv
Phrasal Verbs

Phrasal Verbs

Students have to read through the definitions of the phrasal verbs. Using their current knowledge, they have to put the correct phrasal verb in the sentence. The flags represent the meaning of t ...
9 Views 6,971 IntAdv

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