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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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Song Worksheet: Rolling In The Deep by Adele (Version IV)

Song Worksheet: Rolling In The Deep by Adele (Version IV)

This song can be used as an icebreaker with advanced levels so that students can discuss what the author of the song may be trying to express with it. A good idea can be to ask students if they ev ...
28 Views 84,084 IntAdvExam
Syllabication Rules

Syllabication Rules

19 rules: explanation of how to separate words into syllables. Intermediate and advanced levels. Really helpful fo those who are teaching how to separate words in syllables in English. Including e ...
11 Views 26,499 AdvExam
What Do They Look Like? Physical Appearance Worksheet

What Do They Look Like? Physical Appearance Worksheet

Vocabulary about physical appearance, including height, weight, hair style, complexion and other features. Then they have to describe some famous people. And finally they have to do the followin ...
43 Views 65,462 ElemPre-Int
Song Worksheet: Fireworks by Katy Perry

Song Worksheet: Fireworks by Katy Perry

This is an activity I've used with adolescents as an icebreaker on our very first day. We've dicussed the topic of feeling and if they have ever felt the same way the author of the song describes. ...
5 Views 9,538 Int
Mingling Activity

Mingling Activity

Print out the material according to the number of students in the classroom. Each student will have one worksheet and walk around the classroom asking his/her classmates the questions provided on ...
12 Views 12,769 ElemPre-IntInt
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Song Worksheet: My Way by Frank Sinatra

Song Worksheet: My Way by Frank Sinatra

The famous song of Frank Sinatra with a word list (vocabulary) and 2 activities: 1. students have to open the brackets to put the verbs into present perfect. 2. the students have to put verbs fr ...
11 Views 30,813 Pre-IntInt
Spring Multiple Choice Activity

Spring Multiple Choice Activity

This is a lovely multiple choice activity for revising Spring related vocabulary. Recommended for elementary students who are asked to look at the pictures and choose the correct word. The worksh ...
22 Views 31,351 BegElem
At the Restaurant Worksheet II

At the Restaurant Worksheet II

This is a worksheet for teaching restaurant related vocabulary. There is a study sheet with restaurant vocabulary, useful words and phrases and food related adjectives followed by an activity in ...
42 Views 77,197 Pre-IntInt
Immigration In the UK

Immigration In the UK

This is a article reading and understanding worksheet. It is about the Immigration Issues in the UK. The article is from a UK news paper. The students read the article and then review the Vocabula ...
14 Views 14,454 IntAdv
American Idioms To Know

American Idioms To Know

This worksheet contains some American idioms that can be used for students in their conversation and their writing. It is for personal enrichment of vocabulary where the students have to match the ...
11 Views 16,163 ElemPre-Int
More Word Formation

More Word Formation

This worksheet is the last (so far) of my word-formation series. There are two exercises. In the 1st one the students have to fill in the gaps with the correct form of the word in brackets (noun, ...
21 Views 26,154 IntAdv
Moods and Feelings Worksheet

Moods and Feelings Worksheet

Moods and Feelings pictures -  you can use them in the classroom to introduce emotions. The Ss draw out one slip of paper with an emoface on it. They have to guess the emotion expressed by th ...
12 Views 34,602 ElemPre-Int
Numbers Worksheet (Highlights Similarities)

Numbers Worksheet (Highlights Similarities)

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When I first learned numbers in Spanish I couldn't remember them at all. That was until my teacher pointed out the similarities between the lower numbers and the higher numbers - it clicked immedi ...
6 Views 13,915 BegElem
Song Worksheet: Thriller by Michael Jackson

Song Worksheet: Thriller by Michael Jackson

XXThis sheet contains questions related to the video by Michael Jackson 'Thriller'. I think it is suitable for Halloween or to use with descriptions and the present simple, for example. They are o ...
14 Views 22,328 Elem
Holiday Memory Game

Holiday Memory Game

Match the holiday with the date it happens. It can be used with children, but adults may like to play it too. I used both American and Brazilian holidays to play this game. Teachers may handle one ...
3 Views 6,515 BegElem
-IBLE vs -ABLE

-IBLE vs -ABLE

This worksheet is about -ible and -able suffixes which are frequently mixed in the words. Although a lot of grammar books do not pay attention to this fact, this grammar rule is of immense importa ...
8 Views 22,891 IntAdvExam
Interrogation: Past Continuous Role Play

Interrogation: Past Continuous Role Play

I found this worksheet once on a language learning portal. It is a great role-play for practising the past continuous in a communicative, fun way. Make sure you first teach the past continuou ...
20 Views 54,857 Pre-IntIntAdv
Disasters: Find Someone Who

Disasters: Find Someone Who

Mingling activity asking about different disasters, using the 'Find someone who' format. It is followed by a pair or small group activity of putting disasters into categories. Useful when the top ...
9 Views 27,534 Pre-IntInt
Flatmate Wanted: Flatmate Interview Pair Role Play [UPDATED]

Flatmate Wanted: Flatmate Interview Pair Role Play [UPDATED]

This replaces the previous file. I have updated it a little, based on student feedback.  One student has a room to let, the other wants to rent a room. Using the sheets students write th ...
29 Views 25,123 Pre-IntInt
Song Worksheet: Simple Math by Manchester Orchestra

Song Worksheet: Simple Math by Manchester Orchestra

I used this beautiful song, "Simple Math," to review the grammar of second conditionals (imaginary situations). I also removed rhyming words and asked students to fill-in-the-blanks with the word ...
4 Views 5,796 Pre-IntIntAdv
Unscramble The Fruit & Vegetables

Unscramble The Fruit & Vegetables

This worksheet is about different fruit and vegetables. The target is beginner students. The aim here is to help students to learn new words and be familiar with different kinds of fruit and veget ...
11 Views 26,736 Beg
Let's Talk About Sleeping

Let's Talk About Sleeping

List of useful words and expressions on the topic. It can be used for classroom discussions or it can be handed out for a written composition about sleeping. Students can also write some questions ...
9 Views 31,041 Int
All About Australia!

All About Australia!

Australiana themed Word Search. I think It could be easy for all levels, provided you have already presented the particular Australiana material to your class(s). List of words used in this word ...
5 Views 10,755 Pre-IntIntAdv
Your Dream Company: Business English Speaking Worksheet

Your Dream Company: Business English Speaking Worksheet

Everyone has a dream. Ideal for business conversation. Students can use their creativity to come up with information. Design a business card to go along with the information and exchange informati ...
19 Views 29,574 Pre-Int
I Love Sports

I Love Sports

In this worksheet the students will learn vocabulary related to sports; they will have to read different texts about people talking about their favourite sports. After that they will have to decid ...
11 Views 13,203 BegElem

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