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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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How To React? Language Function Worksheet

How To React? Language Function Worksheet

The worksheet will be useful as a short test for students of lower secondary school preparing for the exam. It checks students' ability to react properly in everyday situations and practises langu ...
7 Views 8,690 Pre-Int
Ultimate Survival on a Deserted Island

Ultimate Survival on a Deserted Island

This is a fun discussion worksheet on ultimate survival/traveling. Students imagine they are on a deserted island after a ship crash. They need to do a lot of things (like create a shelter, find d ...
22 Views 54,230 All
The World of Comics: The Comic Con WITH ANSWERS

The World of Comics: The Comic Con WITH ANSWERS

I use these two short videos in my class about comics... Usually, I include crosswords to introduce the vocabulary, make them work on a text or interview about comics, and then I show them these t ...
5 Views 12,238 Adv
Subcultures (Emos, Goths, Hippies, Punks)

Subcultures (Emos, Goths, Hippies, Punks)

The document contains 4 picture cards and 4 hobbies/interests cards for each of 4 subcultures (emos, goths, hippies, punks). This all should be cut and mixed up. Make sets of these items for every ...
9 Views 17,634 All
Feelings and Emotions Multiple Choice Activity

Feelings and Emotions Multiple Choice Activity

This is a multiple choice activity for teaching or revising feelings and emotions related vocabulary. Students are asked to look at the picture and choose the correct option. The answer key is in ...
28 Views 108,504 Elem
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Groundhog Day Video Worksheet

Groundhog Day Video Worksheet

Interesting activities for advanced adult learners about a really typical and funny American festivity: the Groundhog Day. It contains listening, vocabulary and speaking activities. The listening ...
9 Views 23,568 Adv
Feelings and Emotions Classroom Poster

Feelings and Emotions Classroom Poster

This is a classroom poster which can also be used as a picture dictionary or a study sheet for teaching feelings and emotions related vocabulary. The worksheet is suitable for elementary students.
30 Views 58,404 BegElem
Cardinal Numbers Spelling Game

Cardinal Numbers Spelling Game

This is fully animated spelling game with audio for very young students on cardinal numbers. Students are asked to listen to the word then click on the correct letters to spell the number correc ...
25 Views 36,617 BegElem
The Pizza of My Happiness

The Pizza of My Happiness

This worksheet is great fun when talking about your hobbies & interests. Students devide "The Pizza of Happiness" (or simply a circle) into pieces and write about important things in their lif ...
28 Views 36,192 BegElemPre-Int
Twas the Night before Christmas by Clement Moore [poem worksheet with VIDEO]

Twas the Night before Christmas by Clement Moore [poem worksheet with VIDEO]

It is now the tradition in many American families to read or recite the poem "Twas the Night before Christmas" (1822) by Clement Moore every Christmas Eve. Let your students get into the Christmas ...
5 Views 18,116 Pre-IntIntAdv
Mickey and Minnie's Gift of the Magi [with VIDEO]

Mickey and Minnie's Gift of the Magi [with VIDEO]

This is a video worksheet based on the Disney cartoon "Mickey's Once Upon A Christmas" (Part 3). The best activity to get into the Christmas spirit of gift giving! The story "Mickey and Minnie's G ...
13 Views 25,311 BegElemPre-IntInt
Giving & Receiving Gifts Culture Quiz

Giving & Receiving Gifts Culture Quiz

This is a multiple choice quiz on the traditions of giving and receiving presents in different countries. It contains 8 questions with 4 possible answers to each (only 1 is correct!) Answers inclu ...
14 Views 24,347 ElemPre-Int
Types of Films

Types of Films

The worksheet contains the names of the main types of films, a picture example to each and 2 short activities: quessing the type of the film by description and matching types of films with some re ...
48 Views 117,886 Elem
Practicing Days of the Week

Practicing Days of the Week

This is a worksheet for young learners. First, they have to complete the days of the week with their missing words. Next, they must draw what they do on the given days. They can share this informa ...
13 Views 21,164 Beg
Politics Worksheet

Politics Worksheet

It's a kind of vocabulary exercise which can improve the foreign students' knowledge about political systems in the US & UK. There are some words provided in boxes above each part. The student ...
10 Views 12,755 Pre-IntInt
Guess The Animal Game

Guess The Animal Game

This worksheet helped me with a group of quiet students, I'm teaching English in Mexico and I have a hard time finding activities like this one so that's why I am sharing this with all of you, I h ...
18 Views 17,194 BegElem
Ecotourism in Bolivia [WITH ANSWERS]

Ecotourism in Bolivia [WITH ANSWERS]

This is a listening exercise to be used in a class about tourism, ecotourism, but also poverty, travelling, different cultures... I let my students watch each half of the video 2 or 3 times withou ...
12 Views 16,728 IntAdv
Animal Seesaw

Animal Seesaw

This worksheet contains a fun activity for teaching kids to compare animals' weight. Students are asked to guess which side of the see-saw is lifted up. Each page has a question and answer with im ...
13 Views 5,780 BegElem
Sports PowerPoint Presentation

Sports PowerPoint Presentation

This is a fully animated PowerPoint presentation with audio for teaching sports related vocabulary. There is a vocabulary lesson followed by a multiple choice activity in which students are asked ...
33 Views 67,701 ElemPre-Int
Movie Worksheet: The Proposal

Movie Worksheet: The Proposal

The Proposal is a great movie starring Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds, then your students will have fun while they are trying to get some specific information from the film. This worksheet will ...
11 Views 16,056 Elem
Belongings

Belongings

This worksheet is based on a photo article on http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/nyregion/27belongings.html. Students look at the pictures some immigrants have taken with them to NYC and try to gu ...
30 Views 82,198 IntAdvExam
Lavigne vs. Gaga

Lavigne vs. Gaga

This worksheet is to be used after working with the two previuosly submitted ones. I started this lesson by brainstorming information about both singers. In this way, sts have the choice to partic ...
4 Views 4,328 BegElem
My Family Tree for ESL Students

My Family Tree for ESL Students

A simplified and blank family tree designed to teach students about family relationships such as Mother, Father, Uncle, Aunt, Son Daughter, Cousin, Grandmother, Grandfather, Granddaughter, Grandso ...
17 Views 46,253 All
Euro 2012 Worksheet: Coloring Flags

Euro 2012 Worksheet: Coloring Flags

Students will follow directions to colour the 16 flags of the countries participating in the Euro Cup 2012. This worksheet goes with the one title "Euro 2012 Part B". This can be used as a reading ...
9 Views 10,648 All
Furniture and Prepositions: Cut and Stick Sheet

Furniture and Prepositions: Cut and Stick Sheet

This simple but fun activity is to reinforce furniture vocabulary and prepositions of place. The children have to read the instructions and cut out and stick the furniture in the right place on th ...
27 Views 27,270 Elem

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