14,321 FREE Vocabulary Worksheets
BusyTeacher Home » Vocabulary

FREE Vocabulary Worksheets

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!


Become a part of the BusyTeacher.org community, where you'll find 14,321 vocabulary worksheets to download and use in your lessons every day! There's no limit to what you can do when you make our worksheets a part of your lessons, so start by taking a look at the recommended ones below.

Filter by Level
NEW
  • Complete Beginner (2981)
  • Elementary (7231)
  • Pre-Intermediate (5938)
  • Intermediate (5254)
  • Upper-Intermediate Advanced (3048)
  • Exam Level (771)
  • Suitable for All Levels (676)
Clear filters
Filter
Dramatically improve the way you teach:




Make A Word Search:

Create awesome-looking custom word searches in seconds!

Make A Word Scramble:

Instantly create custom word/sentence scrambles for your class!

Make A Double Puzzle:

Generate double puzzles your students will love - hours of fun!

ESL Articles
Rate this Category
4.5 out of 5, rated by 30 teachers




Sort by: Most Recent | Most Viewed | Rating
Speaking Activity 2º ESO [Making Suggestions, Agreeing/Disagreeing]

Speaking Activity 2º ESO [Making Suggestions, Agreeing/Disagreeing]

I made this to review with 2nd Program of the ESO. It's a role play activity to help them remember how to suggest activities to their partners. It contains three different situations. Would you l ...
26 Views 41,604 ElemPre-IntInt
The Tower of London

The Tower of London

The material contains an article about the remarkable mediaeval ladmark, the Tower. It is focused on its rich and bloody history and an extra phenomenon connected with its inhabitants - the treasu ...
19 Views 22,512 Pre-IntInt
Happy Mother's Day: Poster

Happy Mother's Day: Poster

Happy Mother's Day! For all mothers out there, we have prepared this cute poster - print it out and enjoy! Click the image below to get the full size poster & save it to your computer. CLICK ...
21 Views 38,443 All
Word Hunt

Word Hunt

It is a worksheet to use at the end of the year and test students about their vocabulary in English. My students loved it. Hope you will enjoy it!! Students can play in two and the teacher reads t ...
15 Views 30,472 All
Hello & Goodbye

Hello & Goodbye

This worksheet helps students to know some adjectives to describe their feelings when someone ask them. Teaching students how and when to say Hello and Goodbye to other people. This worksheet focu ...
16 Views 23,586 Elem
Put BusyTeacher in your inbox

Sign up for the BusyTeacher Weekly and be the first to get direct links to our latest teaching articles, worksheets and lesson plans. Goes out to 323,134 subscribers every Wednesday.
See last week's issue.

Roald Dahl

Roald Dahl

This is a short presentation about Roald Dahl that you can use when discussing his books. Besides there is an extra task to encourage your student to speak (to tell about the book they would take ...
6 Views 22,733 Pre-Int
The Elephant Song

The Elephant Song

Worksheet for young learners Vocabulary exercise + song lyrics activity: Students will work on the vocabulary of actions associated with animals. They'll do a matching exercise and then they'll li ...
5 Views 9,692 Elem
Making Excuses

Making Excuses

PW Oral practice: Working on to be supposed to + was/were going to Students will be in different roles - parents and children. The parent will say something the child was supposed to do and the ch ...
28 Views 33,840 Adv
Reinforcing Vocabulary & Sentence Making

Reinforcing Vocabulary & Sentence Making

AN ACTIVITY TO REINFORCE VOCABULARY & SENTENCE MAKING Materials Required: 1. Rolling dice 2. A chart with the words below .Bold enough for the children to see: NOUNS[ A] ...
11 Views 24,024 Elem
Colors and Shapes: Difficult Memory Flashcards 2

Colors and Shapes: Difficult Memory Flashcards 2

This set of cards is designed to help students practice or review color and shape words. Printed double-sided, the cards can be used as flashcards; printed on two separate sheets, they can be use ...
9 Views 11,171 IntAdvExam
Colors and Shapes: Difficult Memory Flashcards

Colors and Shapes: Difficult Memory Flashcards

This set of cards is designed to help students practice or review color and shape words. Printed double-sided, the cards can be used as flashcards; printed on two separate sheets, they can be used ...
4 Views 9,503 ElemPre-IntInt
Colors and Shapes: Easy Memory Flashcards

Colors and Shapes: Easy Memory Flashcards

This set of cards is designed to help students practice or review basic color and shape words. Printed double-sided, the cards can be used as flashcards; printed on two separate sheets, they can b ...
8 Views 11,834 BegElemPre-Int
Colors: Memory Flashcards

Colors: Memory Flashcards

This set of cards is designed to help students practice or review basic color words. Printed double-sided, the cards can be used as flashcards; printed on two separate sheets, they can be used for ...
5 Views 11,777 BegElem
Australia. The Upside Down World

Australia. The Upside Down World

This ppt presentation can be used to encourage students to speak about Australia, to develop their skills in speaking and reading. It can be also used as game. There are many views of the country ...
15 Views 32,212 Pre-IntInt
Sports Matching Activity

Sports Matching Activity

Here is a pretty simple matching activity for revising sports related vocabulary. The activity is recommended for elementary students who are asked to label the pictures by using the words given. ...
13 Views 18,240 ElemPre-Int
Our Living Room Worksheet

Our Living Room Worksheet

This is a worksheet for teaching prepositions of place and living room related vocabulary. Recommended for elementary students who are asked to label the picture with the words given, answer the ...
8 Views 25,270 Elem
Classroom Language [Teacher]

Classroom Language [Teacher]

What do we teachers say on the English lessons? This worksheet contains the necessary language students need to understand. You can use it for presenting the topic or as a review. If you print it ...
41 Views 130,205 BegElemPre-Int
Rev. Martin Luther King

Rev. Martin Luther King

This is a bio you can use to teach american history in a funny way. students love to pretend to be important people. I use it in a role play activity where students pretend to be wax statues in a ...
5 Views 12,612 Elem
Seasons of the Year

Seasons of the Year

This is a power point presentation that I have created for my students after they have learnt the vocabulary related to the weather and seasons of the year. They have to choose different pictures ...
5 Views 17,005 Elem
The Simpsons Family

The Simpsons Family

I have created this exercise for my students at secondary school. They have to see a video and look for the differences between the opening sequences, analyse a family tree, practise the verb have ...
6 Views 10,880 Elem
Minibook - Alice in Wonderland [For Spanish Speakers]

Minibook - Alice in Wonderland [For Spanish Speakers]

This is an adaptation of the famous book "Alice in Wonderland". English-Spanish. You can make a minibook by using the Hot Dog Booklet: fold the paper in half the long way; open the paper and fol ...
6 Views 13,281 Elem
I Am Writing To Apologize: An Informal Letter of Apology

I Am Writing To Apologize: An Informal Letter of Apology

This is a sample of an informal letter of apology. The worksheet starts with some warm up questions that student's answer. The sample letter is simultaneously a 'fill in the gaps' activity. There ...
20 Views 38,025 Pre-IntInt
Present Continuous Pictures (Doing Sports)

Present Continuous Pictures (Doing Sports)

These funny pictures can help you not only to practice Present Continuous tense, but also to revise the sports vocabulary. You can use them to elicit the words that your children has already known ...
28 Views 29,418 Elem
Debate: Seismologists vs. Volcanologists

Debate: Seismologists vs. Volcanologists

A debate worksheet about the pros and cons of living in earthquake zones vs. volcano zones, where ESL students can practise and reinforce acquired terminology and concepts. Brainstorming previousl ...
6 Views 19,162 Pre-IntInt
Later Sleep Leads to Better Students

Later Sleep Leads to Better Students

This worksheet is a listening exercise taken from Scientific American and adapted for a better understanding of science matters. This worksheets is organized in three steps, which aims to help the ...
4 Views 5,801 Pre-IntInt

Got a great worksheet on Vocabulary? Tell us about it and become a BusyTeacher contributor!

Submit a Worksheet