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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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Friends Worksheet, Season 2 Episode 16 - The One Where Joey Moves Out

Friends Worksheet, Season 2 Episode 16 - The One Where Joey Moves Out

Friends, season 2 episode 16. The episode with Joey moving out, Phoebe and Rachel getting tattoos, Monica's and Ross's fathers birthday. Vocabulary building/talking exercise on roommates, age dif ...
7 Views 29,193 IntAdv
Friends Worksheet, Season 2 Episode 14 - The One With The Prom Video

Friends Worksheet, Season 2 Episode 14 - The One With The Prom Video

Friends, season 2 episode 14. The one with Chandler's new bracelet, "Rachel is Ross's lobster" and the prom video. Vocabulary building/talking exercise on friendship and proms. "True or false" typ ...
11 Views 35,942 IntAdv
Friends Worksheet, Season 2 Episode 12 - The One After The Superbowl

Friends Worksheet, Season 2 Episode 12 - The One After The Superbowl

Friends episode - The One After The Superbowl. The one with Ross finding out his monkey Marcel is alive, Joey's cute and crazy stalker and Phoebe singing "not-so-children" songs. Talking/vocabula ...
7 Views 22,709 Pre-IntInt
Friends Worksheet, Season 2 Episode 11 - The One With The Lesbian Wedding

Friends Worksheet, Season 2 Episode 11 - The One With The Lesbian Wedding

Friends worksheet, season 2, The One with the Lesbian Wedding. "I now pronounce you wife and wife." Talking/vocabulary building exercise on spirits, pressure management and weddings. Listening com ...
3 Views 15,587 IntAdv
What Do You Want to Do... Before You Die?

What Do You Want to Do... Before You Die?

This worksheet is for elementary or pre-intermediate students. They can build sentences about what they want or don't want to do and it starts basic and leads up to freer speech. It can last anywh ...
18 Views 27,586 ElemPre-Int
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Describing Houses

Describing Houses

This PPT gives a lot of useful words to let our students describe their own houses. It can be used to make them develop their speaking skills or just as a writing task. It is divided into several ...
14 Views 25,318 Elem
Classroom English Worksheet (Vocabulary Gap-Fill)

Classroom English Worksheet (Vocabulary Gap-Fill)

Worksheet for the first week of class: a simple 'word bank' of useful vocabulary, together with 15 'gap-fill' sentences. "What's your name?" and "Where are you from?" and "Please don't use your c ...
11 Views 25,124 ElemPre-Int
Home Remedies

Home Remedies

A ppt file that can be used to work with should/shouldn't, includes some exercises at the end and it starts in a very easy way: the teacher must talk or comment about some common accidents and mak ...
8 Views 15,660 Elem
Everyday English Expressions Worksheet

Everyday English Expressions Worksheet

Here's a list of everyday expressions, idioms and phrases asking you to find the meaning of each of them. Check the following common expressions, idioms and phrases and FIND OUT their meanings. Th ...
16 Views 45,139 All
Friends Worksheet, Season 2 Episode 10 - The One With The Russ

Friends Worksheet, Season 2 Episode 10 - The One With The Russ

TV-series Friends, Season 2 Episode 10. The one where Rachel dates a guy who looks like Ross. Vocabulary building/talking exercise on reviews, habits and look-a-likes. "True or false" type exercis ...
17 Views 37,371 IntAdv
Friends Worksheet, Season 2 Episode 9 - The One With Phoebe's Dad

Friends Worksheet, Season 2 Episode 9 - The One With Phoebe's Dad

Episode where Phoebe learns that her father is alive and she goes to meet him. It's Christmas time, so it's time to learn/review some common Christmas decorations. Exercises on listening comprehe ...
8 Views 21,290 IntAdv
Friends Worksheet: Season 2 Episode 8 - The One With The List

Friends Worksheet: Season 2 Episode 8 - The One With The List

TV-Series Friends Season 2 Episode 8 "The one with the list" worksheet. Mostly listening comprehension. Exercises on filling the blanks in dialogues, explaining the meaning or some set phrases, sl ...
7 Views 48,363 IntAdv
The Seasons Classroom Posters

The Seasons Classroom Posters

By presenting these posters, you can help students tol learn the seasons related vocabulary. They will also have visual support in the classroom to remember the new vocabulary. Recommended for el ...
6 Views 8,931 ElemPre-Int
Classroom Expressions Presentation

Classroom Expressions Presentation

A short presentation that will help teachers to work with esl class. You can find orders, requests, classroom vocabulary for everyday use. You can add your words if you need and tailor the whole p ...
12 Views 14,579 Elem
Movie Worksheet: Hoi Polloi - The 3 Stooges

Movie Worksheet: Hoi Polloi - The 3 Stooges

This is a set of activities based on an episode by the 3 stooges. You can work on good and bad manners, how to be polite and different social classes and how different or similar they are. Apart f ...
8 Views 9,554 Pre-IntIntAdv
Days of the Week, Months of the Year, Numbers and Holidays!

Days of the Week, Months of the Year, Numbers and Holidays!

Students are going to learn about the days of the week, months of the year and important Holidays; as well as numbers. This is a full week's lesson plan about days fo the week, months of the year, ...
12 Views 60,183 Beg
Discuss, Chat or Talk About...

Discuss, Chat or Talk About... "Happiness"

Here is another of my themed conversation sheets. This worksheet covers the topic of "Happiness". If you like this worksheet and find it useful then please take a look a look at my other worksheet ...
34 Views 27,302 ElemPre-IntInt
Spelling Snakes and Ladders

Spelling Snakes and Ladders

This is a fun game to practice vocabulary with fixed spelling patterns. In case Snakes and Ladders is completely new to you, ladders go up, and snakes go down. If you convert the image to a jpeg a ...
12 Views 26,558 Pre-IntIntAdv
Introductions Board Game

Introductions Board Game

Quick and easy board game ("Get-to-Know-You" activity) for the first week of class. Students roll a die twice to find their question to talk about for one or two minutes. (Questions such as: "Ta ...
73 Views 108,689 Pre-IntIntAdv
Dictionary Lesson

Dictionary Lesson

A couple of ideas and exercises of how to run a dictionary class. It is rather a plan than a ready worksheet. It gives a clue and I am going to use it tomorrow. I will see how it's going to work:) ...
5 Views 19,068 Pre-IntIntAdv
After Holidays Game

After Holidays Game

You can use the worksheet in a private class or in any sized class if you put the students in pairs. Good opener to talk about summer holidays! Have the students take turns reading and answering ...
24 Views 98,726 ElemPre-Int
Holiday Wordsearch

Holiday Wordsearch

A wordsearch for beginners or elementary students to learn/review summer holiday vocabulary. Can be used as a warmer to introduce the topic of summer holiday or back to school warmer to start the ...
9 Views 28,525 Elem
Imagine A Holiday...

Imagine A Holiday...

There are 5 individual sheets, 6 pictures each. You can cut each sheet into "photos" (pictures), but that is not necessary. Ss work in pairs/groups trying to describe "their holiday" by showing th ...
11 Views 13,890 ElemPre-IntInt
Listening Comedy: Buying Property [Alan Carr]

Listening Comedy: Buying Property [Alan Carr]

This is a listening and speaking activity which would best suit upper intermediate and advanced classes. It is a short sketch by Alan Carr at the Apollo where he's talking about buying a property ...
6 Views 9,381 Adv
Food PowerPoint Presentation

Food PowerPoint Presentation

This is a powerpoint presentation I've prepared to help my students with vocabulary, not only food but also some sauce and some cutlery as well. This activity is a must for visual learners and a n ...
17 Views 47,506 BegElemPre-Int

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