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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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Elementary Practice

Elementary Practice

This complete worksheet is for practising BE and HAVE, basic sentence structures, possessive adjectives and possessive pronouns, a/an with the help of a basic vocabulary. The worksheet contains ga ...
11 Views 9,637 BegElem
Song Worksheet: Homecoming by Kanye West

Song Worksheet: Homecoming by Kanye West

Hip Hop and Rap songs are something I miss a bit at Busy Teacher's. Here are the lyrics to the song "Homecoming" by Kanye West as a gap-filling exercise, My students loved it. There are line numbe ...
5 Views 17,481 IntAdvExam
Cartoon Worksheet: Ben and Holly (The Royal Fairy Picnic)

Cartoon Worksheet: Ben and Holly (The Royal Fairy Picnic)

This simple worksheet's made for my 8-10 year-olds. The language in the cartoon is very clear and British. My Ss like it. And the tasks are easy and transparent. So they look forward for some new ...
7 Views 12,151 ElemPre-Int
School Objects Worksheet

School Objects Worksheet

This worksheet is based on the book for the fourth grade - primary school. It practises the basic school objects and math objects The aim is to revise them as well as to practise writing, especial ...
9 Views 26,493 BegElem
Jobs

Jobs

This worksheet is based on the book for the fourth grade - primary school. It practises the basic occupations. The aim is to revise the professions as well as to practise writing, especially spell ...
3 Views 10,926 BegElem
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Yo-Yee Cleaning Supplies - Flashcards

Yo-Yee Cleaning Supplies - Flashcards

Yo-Yee Cleaning Supplies - Flashcards for elementary students.You can also hand out the cover as a worksheet (Pictionary / Vocabulary List). Also students can circle the correct answer of the sch ...
10 Views 19,845 BegElem
Active Expressions for New Words Introduction [SPORTS]

Active Expressions for New Words Introduction [SPORTS]

This worksheet has been created in order to help young colleagues to implement new words that are very important for this topic. the parts of the speech have been shown, the pros and the cons are ...
11 Views 7,410 IntAdv
Sports and Olympics Crossword

Sports and Olympics Crossword

This is a critical thinking activity (crossword) for Elementary students about the Olympic Games in which students can recognize some sports of the olympic games.
8 Views 17,311 Elem
Daily Routine

Daily Routine

Hello, here is a worksheet about daily routine activities. It enables students to learn time with the help of clocks and hours. Regarding Grammar: The Present simple is practised and also the thi ...
10 Views 22,451 ElemPre-Int
Shape Matching (5 Sides Plus)

Shape Matching (5 Sides Plus)

This sheet requires children to match shape, number of sides and the name of the shape in a table. This was used in year 1 for my higher group with the aid of an adult but could be used in other y ...
2 Views 6,708 ElemPre-IntInt
Movie Worksheet: Little Pig Is Flying- Characters Thoughts

Movie Worksheet: Little Pig Is Flying- Characters Thoughts

To be used with the film Little Pig Is Flying. The children are to discuss then write the thoughts the squirrel is having when he meets little pig. The thoughts of the squirrel are to be wrote in ...
4 Views 7,569 Beg
Phrasal Verbs with OFF and UP [Flashcards]

Phrasal Verbs with OFF and UP [Flashcards]

This is a set of cards for teaching or revising phrasal verbs with off and up. They are easily adaptable to any level or age and they can also be used as conversation cards, or classroom posters.
10 Views 41,771 Pre-IntInt
Speaking Board Game

Speaking Board Game

This game will be useful if you find it difficult to motivate your students to speak. You will need a dice, or one of you can count in silence until someone says 'stop' to get a number. Use this g ...
25 Views 94,291 Pre-Int
Speaking Out

Speaking Out

This worksheet has 10 situations for discussion. Students should be divided into two teams. The captain of one team gives the situation to the member of the opponent team. He has to listen careful ...
12 Views 13,069 Pre-IntInt
Walking Tour

Walking Tour

It's the first part of this lesson. The pre-reading is devoted to developing map-reading skills; it includes several tasks that will engage the sts attention and narrow it to the lesson's topic. ...
5 Views 6,021 Adv
Song Worksheet: Leave Out All The Rest [Present Perfect]

Song Worksheet: Leave Out All The Rest [Present Perfect]

I've just turned one of my favorite songs into a worksheet to practice the present perfect tense... I haven't used it yet but I'll try it on my next class. I would first have ss read the lyrics an ...
5 Views 20,121 Int
Basic English Conversation Questions

Basic English Conversation Questions

Here's a worksheet I created for my low-literacy, adult English classes. It covers a variety of question structures and subjects that they are likely to hear in their community. I made copies of ...
16 Views 99,325 Beg
Make or Do Collocations (+ key)

Make or Do Collocations (+ key)

This workheet consists of 20 pictures and 20 sentences with gaps all of them involving collocations with do or make. The students have to fill in the gaps with the correct form of do or make. Afte ...
25 Views 57,530 Pre-IntIntAdv
That's My Village! (+ key)

That's My Village! (+ key)

There is a text describing a village and three exercises about it. In 1 the students are asked to say if the sentences are True/False and correct the false ones. In 2 they have to tick the buildin ...
13 Views 12,089 ElemPre-Int
Prefixes (+ key)

Prefixes (+ key)

This worksheet consists of two exercises to practise word formation involving prefixes. In 1 the studnets have to match the prefixes and their meaning. In 2 the have to add the correct prefix to t ...
22 Views 28,441 IntAdv
A New World

A New World

This is designed to be a speaking activity for upper - intermediate students. It has a frame work so that the teacher can intervien when necessary but allows students to openly express opinions. ...
12 Views 12,533 Adv
Song Worksheet: Imagine by John Lennon

Song Worksheet: Imagine by John Lennon

I find this song really meaningful and the words are not too difficult for my students so I made an exercise with it. There are three worksheets all together, all are blank-fill exercises. The fir ...
10 Views 35,546 Pre-IntInt
Family Picture Crossword

Family Picture Crossword

This is a 2-page worksheet for teaching or revising family related vocabulary at elementary level. There's a study sheet which can also be used as a classroom poster followed by a picture crosswo ...
7 Views 13,207 Elem
Plural Nouns Boardgame

Plural Nouns Boardgame

By presenting this boardgame into your classes young students will have fun while learning plural nouns. It's played with dice and counters, when students land on a square they are asked to chang ...
26 Views 96,540 Elem
Negotiations: Introduction

Negotiations: Introduction

This worksheet is good for students who learn Business English. This worksheet can be used at the first lesson on negotiations. Students are offerd to say what the word "negotiations" means for th ...
9 Views 14,754 IntAdv

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