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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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Shopping. Places and People

Shopping. Places and People

You can find a vocabulary assistant on the topic with the explanations of different places where people can buy things (bucket shop, locksmith, bakery, butcher etc.) and different synonyms for "co ...
20 Views 11,922 IntAdv
Classroom Language

Classroom Language

A set of all the expressions and words that can be used during the classes. It helps you to organize your lessons without using your native language. It is also a good idea to introduce it at the ...
10 Views 15,877 All
Prefixes and Suffixes

Prefixes and Suffixes

In the slides we have a vanishing dialogue and some grammar points about word formation. First of all you ask you students to repeat the dialogue and practice in pair. Then, you go to the second ...
13 Views 66,733 BegElem
Basic English Phrases for Classroom Communication

Basic English Phrases for Classroom Communication

Some basic phrases to help students interact in English. It contains sentences such as: *Greetings* *Being Polite* *Asking for help* *Asking about words* *Asking for permission* It is very help ...
30 Views 59,432 BegElem
Halloween Listening: When/what/what People Do

Halloween Listening: When/what/what People Do

This is a short, easy and fun listening comprehension. I only transcribed :=) I used it last year with my class (age: 12, level A2.1 CEFR) and they enjoyed reading and listening. For higher level ...
20 Views 26,754 Pre-IntInt
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The Haunted House: A Halloween Activity

The Haunted House: A Halloween Activity

This is a Halloween activity, very interesting, you can practice Halloween vocabulary with your students. This a Haunted house, ask the students to draw the house, and connect the words to the ne ...
21 Views 50,779 Beg
Movie Genres

Movie Genres

It's a power point presentation to teach movie genres and vocabulary related to the topic, such as food eaten in the movies, etc. It also makes a review about telling the time. In the end there's ...
10 Views 26,070 BegElem
Animal Classes

Animal Classes

This is a helpful visual aid for teaching animal classes. This aid is good for very young leaners as a prompt or a poster, since it shows general classification. It contains the pictures of animal ...
5 Views 14,824 Elem
Scrambled Olympic Sports

Scrambled Olympic Sports

This worksheet has a variety of sports that are played at the Olympics. It is a great tool for class competitions. I have found it provides fun for learners of almost any level from high level ...
15 Views 61,825 Pre-IntIntAdvExam
Mind Your Language Episode Question Guide

Mind Your Language Episode Question Guide

This is an episode-by-episode question guide to the series "Mind Your Language". There are questions for all but 3 episodes from the series. Many episodes are available w/subtitles on YouTube...
14 Views 19,032 Pre-IntIntAdv
Boundin' Cartoon Worksheet

Boundin' Cartoon Worksheet

Some very simple example of what you can do with this awesome movie of PIXAR studio. It is really entertaining and fun itself. It takes only five minutes to watch and about 20 minutes to work o ...
4 Views 12,562 ElemPre-IntInt
What's Cooking?

What's Cooking?

A vocabulary activity to go through all the main verbs that might come in handy in the kitchen. There are lots of pictures, a follow-up activity with monolingual explanations and the whole workshe ...
17 Views 32,232 Int
Situations Board Game

Situations Board Game

A 2-page board game for pre-intermediate students (any age, but preferably high school students or adults) to practise mainly situations. There are also some questions, like 'list five irregular v ...
8 Views 21,609 Pre-Int
Snowball Fight Activity - Introduce a Friend

Snowball Fight Activity - Introduce a Friend

Students should fill out this sheet with information about him/herself. Then they can crumple up the paper into a ball. Students toss the ball around the room until the teacher says stop. Each ...
12 Views 17,454 Pre-IntIntAdv
Song Worksheet: Love Story by Taylor Swift

Song Worksheet: Love Story by Taylor Swift

A song about love. Used in conversation class when the topic is love. Vocabulary about love and sing along activity. The students get involved when there is music in the class. Great opportunity t ...
2 Views 16,076 All
Favorite Pastime Bingo Sheet

Favorite Pastime Bingo Sheet

Group the students and let them ask their classmates how they spend their free time, what their favorite pastime is and how often they do it. A group should call one member from the other group an ...
16 Views 22,676 Int
Our Pastime Poem

Our Pastime Poem

Group the students and task them to make their own poem about their pastime following the given sample. In this activity, they will be able to express their opinions about various pastime. They wi ...
10 Views 15,170 Int
Clothes Worksheet (I Have)

Clothes Worksheet (I Have)

Vocabulary worksheet on clothes (a coat, a shirt, a T-shirt, a skirt, boots, mittens, shoes, socks).You may also practice the phrase I HAVE while learning the vocabulary. You may also find a video ...
10 Views 24,300 Beg
Telling the Time Worksheet [Present Tense]

Telling the Time Worksheet [Present Tense]

Note expansion for students to write sentences to tell about the time for some events. Students are given cues to write sentences using present simple to describe an event. Students change the p ...
11 Views 10,782 Beg
A Ghost Story

A Ghost Story

It's Halloween season. If your students are fed up with pumpkins and costume parties, maybe they will be interested in reading a spooky story. However, they will have to complete it by choosing th ...
37 Views 58,323 Int
When I Grow Up I Want To Be [Kids Art Activity / JOBS]

When I Grow Up I Want To Be [Kids Art Activity / JOBS]

Very simple art activity to be used in conjunction with teaching jobs vocabulary. Preteach jobs vocabulary using flashcards, then do a speaking activity using the flashcards and the sentences [/i] ...
5 Views 19,840 BegElem
Famous People Speaking Cards

Famous People Speaking Cards

Simple cards featuring a variety of famous people (most of them no longer with us) to be used when practicing years, birthdays plus introduction of the past simple of to be. I created them with my ...
33 Views 61,370 BegElem
Bill Gates On Life - Intermediate Reading

Bill Gates On Life - Intermediate Reading

This is a reading worksheet for intermediate and upper-intermediate students. It starts with a speaking warm-up where students are to discuss a few work-related quotes. Next, they move on to a spe ...
16 Views 17,657 IntAdv
Networking Party

Networking Party

This is a game where students can practice their small talk skills, and see how networking works in real life. Explain to the students that they are at a party, and each one will get a certain ch ...
18 Views 17,457 Pre-IntIntAdv
The Simpsons [Family Members]

The Simpsons [Family Members]

This worksheet has The Simpsons family tree which is helpful to create sentences using possessive nouns. This worksheet is really easy to undestand and for sudents to practice simple present and v ...
57 Views 266,846 ElemPre-IntInt

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