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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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Who Wants to Be a Millionaire: Sports

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire: Sports

This is a power point game based on "Who wants to be a Millionaire" TV show. The topic of the game is SPORTS. You can play with your students according to the rules in the show, but I have differe ...
23 Views 26,788 IntAdv
Monopoly Game

Monopoly Game

This is a printable version of the old favorite Monopoly game, for those of us who might have no access to a Monopoly game otherwise. 2-6 players. Monopoly is a fun game for practicing communicati ...
36 Views 63,200 Pre-IntIntAdvExam
Countries: Present Simple Affirmative, Negative and Question Forms

Countries: Present Simple Affirmative, Negative and Question Forms

This is good for an intro to the Present Simple forms (+ve, -ve and ?). First, I have the flags of the countries printed individually and pasted on the walls of the classroom so students can get i ...
44 Views 62,414 ElemPre-Int
Vegetable Photos Flashcards

Vegetable Photos Flashcards

These are 16 photo flashcards of common vegetables. They can be used for vocabulary building and review. They are; onion, green pepper, tomato, lettuce, mushroom, brocolli, potato, carrot, pumpkin ...
11 Views 25,696 ElemPre-IntInt
Clothes, Footwear and Accessories Worksheet

Clothes, Footwear and Accessories Worksheet

This is a picture dictionary followed by a wordsearch puzzle for teaching or revising clothes and footwear related vocabulary. The worksheet is available in both colour and black and white version.
26 Views 48,735 ElemPre-Int
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Word Formation (from Noun to Verb or Adjective)

Word Formation (from Noun to Verb or Adjective)

This worksheet consists of 32 sentences to practise word formation. In the first exercise te students have to fill in the blanks with the correct adjective from the noun in brackets. In exercise t ...
31 Views 57,485 IntAdv
Gail Devers: A Runner's Dream

Gail Devers: A Runner's Dream

Do you know why Olympic track star Gail Devers had many obstacles to overcome before reaching her dream? Why did they call Gail a sprinter? Sprinting means to run very short races, that is what G ...
4 Views 6,247 Int
Expressing Future Board Game

Expressing Future Board Game

The aim of the worksheet is to practise expressing future and suggestions. You can practise going to, present continuous, shall and expression like let's or what about...... This worksheet was pre ...
18 Views 24,386 ElemPre-Int
Crime Vocabulary Worksheet

Crime Vocabulary Worksheet

It's an activity about "crime vocabulary". It can be used with pre-intermediate or intermediate students. There are two activities: One matching and one about nouns, verbs and adjectives. The teac ...
12 Views 30,443 Pre-IntInt
Sacagawea

Sacagawea

It's a description of Sacagawea. You can use it in a history lesson or in a play. I'm going to use it in a recital where students pretend to be at a museum, not as visitors, but like in the movie ...
5 Views 10,260 Elem
A-Z Flashcards

A-Z Flashcards

These alphabet flashcards can help students learn & review the 26 letters of the alphabet along with pronunciation. There are three sample words for each letter, so pronunciation can be practi ...
20 Views 32,871 BegElemPre-Int
Song Worksheet: I Will Always Love You by Whitney Houston [Alternative]

Song Worksheet: I Will Always Love You by Whitney Houston [Alternative]

My students asked me to pay tribute to Whitney Houston, so I decided to make this exercise. Besides the tribute you can also link it to future tenses. Giving extra emphasis on the I will part... a ...
14 Views 18,898 ElemPre-Int
How Do You Feel? Board Game

How Do You Feel? Board Game

How dou you feel? Play a board game to practice feelings. The students can use a dice or a coin to play the game. It is a really good and fun activity to practice body language, pronounciation and ...
16 Views 19,698 Beg
Dog Idioms

Dog Idioms

Match-up worksheet with key - dog idioms. If your students are interested in idioms (and are dog people;) ) this worksheet can be a good idea ;). A very nice exercise for pre-intermediate or int ...
11 Views 10,478 Pre-IntInt
Song Worksheet: Cry Cry by Oceana (Simple Past)

Song Worksheet: Cry Cry by Oceana (Simple Past)

I use a lot of music in the classroom, especially with teens, and this was a song my students requested. This is a very simple worksheet which revises regular and irregular verbs in the past simpl ...
12 Views 16,743 Pre-IntIntAdv
Let's Eat Out

Let's Eat Out

A colourful PowerPoint presentation that illustrates dishes that commonly appear on English menus, followed by dialogues between customers and waiter. After this we have a section on problems/comp ...
36 Views 25,018 All
Amazing Adventures Reading Worksheet

Amazing Adventures Reading Worksheet

This is a reading activity about interesting journeys. The texts are very interesting and at the beginning they have to talk about the pictures they have work in pairs and describe the pictures. ...
21 Views 23,747 ElemPre-Int
Movie Worksheet: Casper (pre-viewing, comprehension check, test, creative writing)

Movie Worksheet: Casper (pre-viewing, comprehension check, test, creative writing)

This worksheet provides with different exercises: before watching the film [/i]Casper (by Brad Silberling, 1995) the students get acquainted with the cast and main heroes with the help of Pre-view ...
10 Views 18,355 IntAdv
Video Worksheet: Modern Family

Video Worksheet: Modern Family

It's a good way to review family vocabulary, simple present, possessives and adjectives related to personality. First you let students explore the picture to find out the relationship between the ...
41 Views 67,130 BegElemPre-Int
Clothes Classroom Poster

Clothes Classroom Poster

This is a classroom poster which can also be used as a picture dictionary or a study sheet for teaching or revising clothes related vocabulary. The poster is available in both colour and black an ...
12 Views 35,187 BegElem
Winter Olympics Sports [with VIDEO examples]

Winter Olympics Sports [with VIDEO examples]

The worksheet contains the most popular Winter Olympic sports names, pictures and descriptions for them. The can be cut and used in different "Explain it!" or "Show it!" games. Your students will ...
17 Views 16,669 Pre-IntIntAdv
Clothes Multiple Choice Activity

Clothes Multiple Choice Activity

This is a simple multiple choice activity for teaching clothes related vocabulary. Recommended for elementary students. The worksheet is available in both colour and black and white version and ...
17 Views 19,549 ElemPre-Int
Bribery and Corruption

Bribery and Corruption

This handout can help you/your Ss to learn new vocabulary and start heated discussion in the class on the topic Bribery and Corruption. It focuses on language in use and vocab as well as speaking ...
12 Views 17,034 Adv
Post Office Flashcards

Post Office Flashcards

The set of flashcards to practice your students vocabulary on POST OFFICE vocabulary: post office, postman, letter, letterbox, envelope, post card, to write, to post, to read. The format id doc. ...
8 Views 20,550 BegElemPre-IntInt
Feelings and Emotions Primary Worksheet

Feelings and Emotions Primary Worksheet

This worksheet is for primary students of ages from 7-10. it is very suitable to work on the comprehension and understanding of feelings through pictures and afterwards the students' own oral and ...
11 Views 22,568 BegElem

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