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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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Easter Boardgame

Easter Boardgame

This is a boardgame for teaching or revising Easter related vocabulary. Students are asked to make a sentence using the picture or answer the questions provided on each square. The game is recom ...
19 Views 25,870 Elem
Easter Multiple Choice Activity

Easter Multiple Choice Activity

This is a simple multiple choice activity for revising Easter related vocabulary. The activity is available in both colour and and black and white version and the answer key is also included.
18 Views 14,728 BegElem
Spending Time With Family

Spending Time With Family

This worksheet was made up to be worked with intermediate conversation classes. In this lesson you will have your students talk about how they spend time with their family. Other than that, you wi ...
5 Views 10,399 Pre-IntInt
Phrasal Verb BACK

Phrasal Verb BACK

My worksheet is about the phrasal verb Back. It contains the theory and an exercise with gaps. Firstly, it is necessary for the student to study and learn by heart the different meanings of this p ...
4 Views 8,224 Adv
How It's Made: Potato Chips

How It's Made: Potato Chips

A worksheet on the video "how it is made potato chips". http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkqBbr7Ewsw For the second part, where it asks which chips would you try, I went on google and found pictu ...
4 Views 14,151 ElemPre-IntInt
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Rockabilly Is Cool: Appearance Lesson Plan

Rockabilly Is Cool: Appearance Lesson Plan

This is about clothing and style. The activity lasts about 2 hours and it is possible to work on the 4 skills. Students might learn: Vocabulary related to clothing and style; Character and Persona ...
10 Views 7,674 Pre-Int
Countries Bingo

Countries Bingo

This is a basic Bingo setup. I replaced the numbers on the player boards with nationalities, and the caller has the proper names. Then you play like regular Bingo. There are five unique player c ...
8 Views 14,711 BegElem
Sports Mingle

Sports Mingle

It is a worksheet talking about olympic sports. I used it in my class to play this game: I cut the two parts (sport and explanation) and I give one each to my students; then they have to move arou ...
15 Views 16,258 ElemPre-Int
Song Worksheet: Tom's Diner by Suzanne Vega

Song Worksheet: Tom's Diner by Suzanne Vega

Tom's Diner by Suzanne Vega: students love this song! It is easy to sing, easy to understand the lyrics, and has a nice, sentimental but 'daily life' story to it. You can follow up with present ...
1 Views 27,157 Elem
Obesity: Vocabulary Lesson Plan

Obesity: Vocabulary Lesson Plan

It's a vocabulary lesson plan which focuses on obesity and related vocabulary. It contains all the stages of a lesson plan plus smooth transitions among them. It has flow and it's quite interestin ...
5 Views 14,944 Pre-IntInt
Parents Help Kids Lie To Get On Facebook: Authentic Reading Worksheet

Parents Help Kids Lie To Get On Facebook: Authentic Reading Worksheet

A reading comprehension / fluency speaking exercise using authentic material. The topic is the Pros and Contras of Facebook. For Intermediate+ levels. There is a scanning then a comprehension tas ...
12 Views 15,911 IntAdvExam
Prefixes: Meanings & Examples

Prefixes: Meanings & Examples

This worksheet provides an overview of the most commonly used prefixes such as mis- un- pre- and dis-. It can be used for a reference for your students. You could also delete the example words a ...
13 Views 27,249 Pre-IntInt
Avril Lavigne: Reading Comprehension (Pre -Intermediate)

Avril Lavigne: Reading Comprehension (Pre -Intermediate)

This is a biography about Avril Lavigne with a True-False exercise and a chart to complete to check comprehension. The activity is based on reading the text that talks about Avril Lavigne's life ...
12 Views 19,753 Pre-Int
Cars Or People?

Cars Or People?

Situational discussion on the role of cars in our society. Besides the discussion, it can also be used to work with conditionals and modal-should, present and past. Can be used with intermediat ...
18 Views 17,698 IntAdv
Farm Animals Board Game

Farm Animals Board Game

This is a board game for revising farm animals related vocabulary. Recommended for elementary students who are asked to make a sentences using the picture clue provided.
11 Views 20,987 BegElem
Holiday Activities Elementary Word Search

Holiday Activities Elementary Word Search

This word search may be useful to practice basic vocabulary on holiday activities. It can also be useful for fast-finish students or to introduce new vocabulary on this topic. It can be also used ...
2 Views 7,558 Elem
Farm Concert

Farm Concert

Students will be able to cut and paste animals with appropriate sounds. They can also write simple sentences using descriptive words related to the picture. eg. Cow lives in the farm. It gives a m ...
5 Views 5,590 Beg
1001 Arabian Nights Listening - A Whole New World

1001 Arabian Nights Listening - A Whole New World

This activity is part of the Arabian Nights theme class. Here students listen to the song "A whole new world" (Aladdin's OST, Disney 1992) and complete the gaps with the missing words. In order to ...
8 Views 18,137 BegElemPre-IntInt
Saint Patrick's Day Reading Comprehension

Saint Patrick's Day Reading Comprehension

A short text to read on Saint Patrick's day celebration, its origin and the main traditions related to it, together with a set of questions so that it can be used as a reading comprehension exerci ...
30 Views 90,891 Pre-IntInt
1001 Arabian Nights Vocabulary Word Search

1001 Arabian Nights Vocabulary Word Search

This activity is part of a series under the 1001 Arabian Nights theme. Here students look up for the words in the grid. The teacher should not limit the class to the wordsearch, though. It's alway ...
4 Views 10,722 ElemPre-IntInt
The Media

The Media

A lesson on the main types of the media, including brainstorming of related vocabulary, speaking activities, watching a video "The Media in Britain" activities and tips for the teacher with the in ...
26 Views 62,408 Pre-IntInt
Song Worksheet: Vienna by Billy Joel

Song Worksheet: Vienna by Billy Joel

One of my favourite songs so far. This fill in the gaps activity was designed to enhance the students' listening and vocabulary skills but also to initiate an after discussion about adolescence. T ...
2 Views 12,698 Pre-Int
Verb TO BE: Short Answer Board Game

Verb TO BE: Short Answer Board Game

This activity contains a board game for beginner students to learn and practice, in a funny way, the short form of the verb to be. It can also be used to practice personal pronouns. It can take ar ...
9 Views 24,917 Elem
Song Worksheet: I Love This Bar by Toby Keith

Song Worksheet: I Love This Bar by Toby Keith

Simple worksheet which uses Toby Keith's video to have students practice classification. I use it a a precursor to a classification paragraph. Since it mentions bars and the video has a brief glim ...
8 Views 5,537 IntAdvExam
Appositives (Fun Sentences)

Appositives (Fun Sentences)

This worksheet is designed for pair work (but can be changed to one on one or a bonus if needed). The first sentences have students combining two different sentences with appossitives. The last fe ...
9 Views 24,757 IntAdvExam

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