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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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Song Worksheet: Love You Like a Love Song by Selena Gomez

Song Worksheet: Love You Like a Love Song by Selena Gomez

A listening exercise with a famous song teenagers love: Love You like a Love Song (Selena Gomez) While listening, the students have to complete the missing words (easy) or link the two halves of s ...
10 Views 28,675 ElemPre-Int
Writing Practice: Has Got/Hasn't Got

Writing Practice: Has Got/Hasn't Got

This is the worksheet I made while working on has got/hasn't got grammar. We have already learnt have got/haven't got, so I thought it would be smart to put some revision here too (see ex.6). Also ...
9 Views 30,284 Beg
Health and Sickness Vocabulary

Health and Sickness Vocabulary

This worksheet is to help students put health and sickness vocabulary into context. They practice the present and the past tenses as well as the vocabulary. Students have to use their brains. The ...
24 Views 42,621 Pre-IntInt
Song Worksheet: Everything At Once by Lenka [Alternative]

Song Worksheet: Everything At Once by Lenka [Alternative]

it is a listening activity to practice as+adj+as pattern for talking about similarities. It contains a worksheet gap filling activity, some of the words were also supported by pictures for very be ...
12 Views 24,782 ElemPre-Int
Draw Sandra Weird

Draw Sandra Weird

In this worksheet the students will find the wwritten description of their supposed new English teacher, who is a woman. In the description they will find physical features such as scars and wrink ...
5 Views 7,833 Pre-IntInt
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Make or Do?

Make or Do?

After explaining some expression using Make or Do, the teacher presents the text attached. She/He gives the students some minutes to complete the text. When they finish, the teacher corrects on th ...
11 Views 11,421 Pre-IntIntAdv
Colours Elementary Worksheet

Colours Elementary Worksheet

This is a worksheet for teaching colours related vocabulary at elementary level. Recommended for elementary students who are asked to match the colours with the corresponding pencil and then pain ...
11 Views 10,012 BegElem
Household Chores Worksheet

Household Chores Worksheet

This is a 2.page worksheet for teaching or revising household chores related vocabulary. There's a picture dictionary which can also be used as a study sheet followed by 2 simple activities to go ...
11 Views 28,420 ElemPre-Int
Sports Classroom Poster

Sports Classroom Poster

With this colourful classroom poster students will learn 24 new words related with sports. It can also be used as a picture dictionary or a study sheet for elementary students. The file is availa ...
12 Views 13,986 ElemPre-Int
Song Worksheet: Abilene by Damien Jurado (Past Simple Verbs)

Song Worksheet: Abilene by Damien Jurado (Past Simple Verbs)

I used this song for more practice of the past simple tense. Students put the verbs in parentheses in the correct form and then listen to the song to check their answers. Students were asked after ...
2 Views 4,917 ElemPre-Int
Halloween Worksheet

Halloween Worksheet

Halloween handout fill in the blanks, speaking, multiple choice, Who am I?, word search. 
13 Views 11,027 ElemPre-Int
Song Worksheet: The Lazy Song by Bruno Mars

Song Worksheet: The Lazy Song by Bruno Mars

A listening comprehension activity using this popular song. It deals with the use of simple present and future to talk about plans. It's a great activtity to use with students when you want someth ...
9 Views 57,386 ElemPre-Int
Endangered Species Discussion

Endangered Species Discussion

Here is a worksheet for the sts to discuss about endangered species. Later,they are asked to search the Internet and find information on the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW). Follow up ...
10 Views 65,049 Pre-IntInt
Song Worksheet: Everything At Once by Lenka

Song Worksheet: Everything At Once by Lenka

I used it for teaching as... as... pattern along with similes.. I believe they enjoyed it very much.. I hope your kids will like it too. The song itself is quite relaxing too :) They also learned ...
11 Views 25,938 ElemPre-Int
The Very Hungry Caterpillar: Interactive PPT

The Very Hungry Caterpillar: Interactive PPT

This is a ppt about The Very Hungry Caterpillar. It is an interactive story which allows the teacher to teach animals, food, counting. I have also used this when teaching the life cycle of animals ...
33 Views 45,864 BegElemPre-Int
Rainbow Fish Interractive Story PPT

Rainbow Fish Interractive Story PPT

This is a PPT that has circulated around the expats in China teaching Primary EFL. It is constantly moving and holds children's attention. Learn the timings and this can last well into 2 lessons. ...
28 Views 46,556 BegElemPre-Int
Members of the Family Powerpoint Presentation

Members of the Family Powerpoint Presentation

Simple family members powerpoint presentation for very young beginners. The pictures are colourful and bright and it goes through the names in a simple way. Only 5 slides long with mum, dad, broth ...
28 Views 64,654 Beg
Durell Zoo Webquest

Durell Zoo Webquest

This is a webquest I made last year while preparing for a trip to Jersey and a visit to the Durell zoo. All the links are to the Durell zoo website. I used it after I had studied animals with 6th ...
8 Views 7,944 ElemPre-IntInt
Animal Vocabulary Worksheet

Animal Vocabulary Worksheet

It's a matching exercice. Match the picture of the animal with its name. You can use this to introduce the vocabulary. Pretty basic stuff. Toad, snail, cheetah, dolphin, ostrich, scorpion, mouse, ...
8 Views 15,605 BegElemPre-Int
Practice In Reading: Great Britain

Practice In Reading: Great Britain

Reading comprehension practice. The worksheet contains two texts about Great Britain. The first text is divided into 10 parts to put them in correct order. The second text includes true/false acti ...
16 Views 23,507 Elem
Food Containers

Food Containers

A simple and brilliant presentation about Food Containers. Students can learn countable and uncountable nouns. You can use this presentation before beginning the unit. Students can learn the conta ...
24 Views 24,119 ElemPre-Int
A Feminine Response To Iceland's Financial Crash (TED Video Worksheet)

A Feminine Response To Iceland's Financial Crash (TED Video Worksheet)

This worksheet goes along with the TED talk of a successful businesswoman from Iceland. I watched it with my Business English Upper-Intermediate students, when we dealt with the topic "Risk" (Mark ...
6 Views 7,724 Adv
American and British English Picture Dictionary II

American and British English Picture Dictionary II

This is a picture dictionary, which can also be used as a classroom poster, for teaching the differences between American English and British English. The vocabulary concerns clothes, buildings ...
17 Views 17,259 ElemPre-Int
Making Arrangements On The Phone: Useful Phrases

Making Arrangements On The Phone: Useful Phrases

Are your students tired of the same old task of "matching 1-5 to a-e"? Mine were! I have created this activity for my pre-intermediate students by modifying a textbook exercise aimed to practice ...
22 Views 34,618 Pre-IntInt
Clothes Missing Letters Activity

Clothes Missing Letters Activity

This is a simple and easy activity for teaching clothes related vocabulary. Recommended for elementary students who are asked to complete the words with the missing letters. The worksheet is avai ...
13 Views 17,695 Elem

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