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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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Moods & Feelings

Moods & Feelings

There are two sheets: one with a list of positive and negative feelings and moods, and the other with sentences to be completed. For example: When it rains I feel ... . The students are to fill in ...
15 Views 25,222 BegElemPre-IntIntAdv
Countries and Nationalities Naughts And Crosses

Countries and Nationalities Naughts And Crosses

This is a game of crosses and naughts for students who study countries and nationalities but instead of grids there are pictures of diffrent countries and people who live there. If a student wants ...
14 Views 15,941 BegElem
Cooking PowerPoint Worksheet

Cooking PowerPoint Worksheet

This is a very simple power point for teaching or revising cooking verbs. Recommended for elementary students. BASIC cooking verbs and Utensils, for a basic RECIPE, useful to practice first and ...
32 Views 48,745 BegElem
Movie Worksheet: Fawlty Towers (Pilot Episode)

Movie Worksheet: Fawlty Towers (Pilot Episode)

A worksheet to do whilst watching Fawlty Towers 'A Touch of Class' episode. Some comprehension questions (a few with multiple choice answers) and some vocabulary. I did this worksheet with an elem ...
5 Views 16,773 ElemPre-IntIntAdv
London

London

It's a reading task, with vocabulary and use of English exercises as well as a writing activity everything on the topic "London". The reading task has two parts, firstly, students have to match ea ...
12 Views 15,143 Pre-Int
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Adjectives/Feelings Story

Adjectives/Feelings Story

I have tried this activity when teaching feelings. I cut out the adjectives/feelings cards. I read out a story. I would pause after a few sentences. The children had to show the respective cards ...
12 Views 35,298 Elem
Discovery of America

Discovery of America

Texts are on the topic of the history of America, develop reading and comprehensive skills of pupils, check their ability to understand given information and readiness to answer the questions to t ...
7 Views 10,518 Pre-Int
Jobs and Professions Worksheet II

Jobs and Professions Worksheet II

This is a worksheet for teaching jobs and occupations related vocabulary. Students are asked to study the new vocabulary, find the words in the puzzle and then match them with the pictures.
21 Views 20,877 ElemPre-Int
Jobs and Professions Worksheet I

Jobs and Professions Worksheet I

This is a worksheet for teaching jobs and professions related vocabulary. Recommend for pre-intermediate students who are asked to study the words, find then in the puzzle and finally match the w ...
12 Views 20,055 ElemPre-Int
Colour in the Healthy Foods

Colour in the Healthy Foods

This worksheet was designed for students in Year 1. They will identify the healthy foods on the worksheet then write and draw what their favourite healthy food is. After discussions about healthy ...
11 Views 57,084 BegElemPre-Int
Healthy/Unhealthy Life

Healthy/Unhealthy Life

This worksheet consists of 2 exercises dealing with healthy/unhealthy food and habits. In 1 there are 20 pictures that the students have to name and put into the correct column: healthy /unhealthy ...
28 Views 85,663 ElemPre-Int
The Bathroom Worksheet

The Bathroom Worksheet

This is a very simple worksheet for revising bathroom related vocabulary. Students are asked to find the words in the puzzle and then label the picture. The worksheet is recommended for elementar ...
8 Views 13,634 Elem
Colours Board Game

Colours Board Game

Here is a boardgame for teaching or revising colours related vocabulary. Recommended for elementary students who are asked to make a sentence using the picture clue provided on the square where t ...
7 Views 14,077 BegElem
Outside My House Worksheet

Outside My House Worksheet

This is a worksheet for teaching or revising house related vocabulary. Recommended for intermediate students who are asked to match the words given with the pictures.
11 Views 9,752 Pre-IntInt
How It's Made? - Potato Chips

How It's Made? - Potato Chips

Do the the pre-watching activities with the students. Watch the video called "How it's made - Potato chips". While watching, students do the next set of acitivities. After watching, students do th ...
29 Views 19,247 Pre-Int
Sightseeing in London

Sightseeing in London

Watch the video from Youtube and then read the worksheet. When watching it for the second time pause after each section and do the exercises on the worksheet. I hope you will have fun.
11 Views 19,237 Elem
Song Worksheet: Gym Class Heroes by Stereo Hearts ft. Adam Levine [Listen, Order, Fill In Gaps]

Song Worksheet: Gym Class Heroes by Stereo Hearts ft. Adam Levine [Listen, Order, Fill In Gaps]

This is a listening worksheet. As students listen, they put paragraphs in the correct order. When they listen to the song again, they focus on filling the gaps with words next to the paragraph. To ...
8 Views 11,361 ElemPre-IntIntAdv
Grammar Auction

Grammar Auction

20 sentences, some of which are grammatically correct and some of which aren't. Put ss into groups and give them the sheet; give them some time to look at the sentences and decide which are correc ...
10 Views 53,785 ElemPre-Int
Weather Board Game

Weather Board Game

Simple boardgame for revising weather vocabulary. Students name the type of weather that they land on, and go up the rainbows and down the lightning bolts. Fully adaptable. Vocabulary: hot, cold, ...
15 Views 32,288 BegElem
Clothes and Order of Adjectives Worksheet

Clothes and Order of Adjectives Worksheet

This is a very simple worksheet for teaching or revising clothes related vocabulary and order of adjectives. Recommended for pre-intermediate students who are asked to complete sentences putting ...
17 Views 37,524 ElemPre-Int
Countries Worksheet

Countries Worksheet

This is a worksheet for teaching countries related vocabulary. Recommended for elementary students who are asked to study the new vocabulary and then find the the words in the word search puzzle. ...
12 Views 23,749 ElemPre-Int
Turtles: Identifying Parts Of Information Text

Turtles: Identifying Parts Of Information Text

This worksheet is designed to help identify parts and structure of simple information texts. While the reading text is specifically on Turtles, it is meant to be a stepping stone to apply its com ...
5 Views 12,628 IntAdv
Michael Schumacher: the 'Red Baron' [Test on Past Simple, Past Continuous and Present Perfect]

Michael Schumacher: the 'Red Baron' [Test on Past Simple, Past Continuous and Present Perfect]

This worksheet is a test in which you have a reading comprehension activity, use of english and writing, where students have to use the three tenses, past simple, past continuous and present perfe ...
17 Views 24,414 Int
Shopping in Oxford

Shopping in Oxford

This worksheet is based on the following video (see below). Students watch the video in full and then in shorter parts while filling in the activities.
15 Views 10,771 Beg
Science And Technology Worksheet

Science And Technology Worksheet

The worksheet introduces the topic of science and technology. It describes various gadgets invented and involve a discussion about the advantages and disadvantages of scientific and technological ...
23 Views 61,599 Int

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