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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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How to Reduce Christmas Waste

How to Reduce Christmas Waste

This is a worksheet which contains a text and accompanying exercises. The text is about ways to reuse and/or recycle things and food used at Christmas. I've used this worksheet to widen the pupils ...
17 Views 15,636 Pre-Int
Reading Worksheet: USA Elections 2012

Reading Worksheet: USA Elections 2012

This is a worksheet about the U.S. Elections 2012. I have used these exercises for improving reading skills, increasing vocabulary range and to widen knowledge about English speaking countries (th ...
6 Views 13,658 Pre-Int
Song Worksheet: War by Bob Marley

Song Worksheet: War by Bob Marley

This worksheet is both meant as an oral comprehension and a reading comprehension worksheet (level B1 in the CEFR). It also intends to bring some historical landmarks in connection with the conte ...
9 Views 13,465 Int
From the End of Slavery to the Civil Rights Movement

From the End of Slavery to the Civil Rights Movement

From the end of slavery to the Civil Rights Movement. This webquest allows pupils to become conscious of the evolution of the racial issues faced by the African Americans over the last hundred a ...
17 Views 16,666 Int
Love and Romance

Love and Romance

This worksheet is about love and romance. This worksheet is related to vocabulary and the students have to match vocabulary, give definitions and complete sentences with vocabulary of love. In thi ...
11 Views 12,127 IntAdv
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The Robbery [Past Continuous & Past Simple]

The Robbery [Past Continuous & Past Simple]

Hi :) I tried to prepare a worksheet which can be used while teaching Past Simple and Past Continuous. The students are given a short story about a robbery at a bank. After reading and examining t ...
37 Views 131,703 ElemPre-Int
Food and Beverages: Colours

Food and Beverages: Colours

This is a lesson that will help F&B students (Beginner Level) identify colours and use them in their daily life at the restaurants and kitchen. The focus is on describing things by adding colo ...
4 Views 9,252 Beg
Past Continuous Tense [Fact sheet]

Past Continuous Tense [Fact sheet]

This is a simple to read and understand fact sheet about the basic structure of a Past-Continuous sentence/s. Indispensable in any TEFL/ESL classroom. Teachers may hand it out at the end of the ...
6 Views 14,904 Pre-IntInt
Jingle Bells

Jingle Bells

This is a warmer or a time filler for elementary level ESL students. You could use this worksheet when every one looks forward to the Christmas holidays. "Believe it or not Jingle Bells, one of th ...
12 Views 22,964 Elem
Our Pets

Our Pets

This worksheet is very interesting and easy reading for students. The lexical units and grammar are known for them. Tasks are also very important for every day conversation and using for speaking ...
9 Views 8,908 Elem
What Is The Weather Like?

What Is The Weather Like?

A crossword on the topic of weather for elementary ESL students. It could be used as a warmer or a cooler or a time filler. You could revise the weather vocabulary. It takes only about ten minutes ...
17 Views 15,919 Elem
Feeling the Music

Feeling the Music

Are there stereotypes when listening to music? What is more important - to know the backgound of a band or to feel the music? At this lesson SS practice speaking about the music which is unfamilia ...
14 Views 22,268 Pre-IntInt
Symbols of the UK

Symbols of the UK

Floral symbols of Scotland, England, Ireland and Wales. First you can use the map and do the warm-up about countries in the United Kingdom, then you can present those symbols presented in a very e ...
6 Views 15,917 All
What's The Job?

What's The Job?

There are pictures showing people and activities. The aim of the worksheet is to revise vocabulary for occupations. Students have to match the words to the pictures. As a follow up activity, I sug ...
6 Views 7,445 Elem
Video Worksheet: Legend of Boneknapper Dragon

Video Worksheet: Legend of Boneknapper Dragon

The worksheet on video for teenagers of good level. I've put in here more work than fun (for Ss), so it could be divided into two parts. New-words-presentation is needed. All creative tasks they c ...
4 Views 6,141 Int
Animals Cut and Paste Activity

Animals Cut and Paste Activity

Here's an enjoyable cut and paste activity for revising animals related vocabulary at elementary level. Students are asked to complete the words with the missing vowels, cut and paste them under ...
14 Views 23,071 BegElem
Phrasal Verbs With Off Worksheet

Phrasal Verbs With Off Worksheet

This is a 2-page worksheet for teaching phrasal verbs at intermediate levels. There's a picture dictionary which can also be used as a study sheet followed by 3 activities in which students are a ...
16 Views 36,803 Pre-IntInt
Parts of the Body - Homer Simpson

Parts of the Body - Homer Simpson

This is a worksheet which introduces Beginner - Pre-Intermediate students to different parts of the body. You will see that there are a number of variations of this worksheet in the attachment, so ...
41 Views 89,720 BegElemPre-Int
Song Worksheet: Love is Blindness by Jack White (U2 Cover)

Song Worksheet: Love is Blindness by Jack White (U2 Cover)

I've decided to take this song because my students love rock music. This worksheet is a combination of listening and speaking comprehension. It can be used as a debate starting point. The students ...
6 Views 10,255 IntAdvExam
Jobs & Occupations

Jobs & Occupations

This is a simple but hopefully useful worksheet about jobs. Students should look at the pictures and match them with the names given below. There are twelve common occupations. Pictures are simple ...
10 Views 29,899 ElemPre-IntInt
Food Idioms

Food Idioms

Worksheet used to learn some idioms containing names of food. Recommended for Pre-intermediate level students. It contains a set of sentences with idioms and the meaning of these idioms. Students ...
34 Views 60,477 Pre-Int
Car Parts

Car Parts

The aim of this worksheet is to provide vocabulary dealing with cars and their parts. The first exercise deals with the exterior and the second one with the engine and its parts. It can be used wi ...
8 Views 16,933 Int
Fruits Powerpoint

Fruits Powerpoint

This powerpoint is a good tool for reviewing vocabulary of various fruits. It has over ten fruits, big vibrant pictures, and encompasses the phrase, "What is your favorite fruit?" Also, the last ...
14 Views 43,005 Elem
Traditional Foods

Traditional Foods

It's a comprehension activity about different food traditions all over the world. Our students will know what people eat in places such as Hawaii, Alaska, South Africa and Ireland. In the reading ...
8 Views 19,053 Elem
Movie Worksheet: Brave (2012)

Movie Worksheet: Brave (2012)

Worksheet suggests activities for after watching the Disney movie "Brave". It includes matching pictures with characters' names, questions on the contents of the movie and a picture for coloring a ...
16 Views 40,681 ElemPre-IntInt

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