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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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Your House: Crossword

Your House: Crossword

This crossword is intended to make elementary level students practice the words related to the topic of the house. Some definitions are riddles (e.g. 'higher without a head than with one' or 'a go ...
10 Views 13,776 Elem
Means of Transport Multiple Choice Activity

Means of Transport Multiple Choice Activity

This is a multiple choice activity for teaching or revising means of transport related vocabulary. Recommended for elementary students who are asked to look at the pictures and choose the correct ...
14 Views 54,932 Elem
Extreme Sports Powerpoint Presentation

Extreme Sports Powerpoint Presentation

This presentation was created in order to teach students the latest types of extreme sports: hydro speed, free soloing, hang gliding and so on.You can use it for elementary or pre-intermediate stu ...
26 Views 41,961 ElemPre-Int
Household Chores Boardgame

Household Chores Boardgame

This is a boardgame for teaching or revising household chores related vocabulary. Students advance on the board with dice when they land on a square they must make a sentence using the picture cl ...
18 Views 44,377 Elem
Climate Change: Multiple Choice Worksheet

Climate Change: Multiple Choice Worksheet

This worksheet can be used in classroom as a teaser for studying the subject of environment. It is aimed for upper- intermediate students. With this multiple choice worksheet you can test your stu ...
13 Views 25,835 IntAdv
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Word Head: Face Parts Presentation

Word Head: Face Parts Presentation

A worksheet of the different parts of the face. You can use it in two ways: the first is by power point presentation, each mouse click shows a different part of the face. the second one is printin ...
6 Views 13,240 Beg
Tortilla Recipe

Tortilla Recipe

A good test to be devised after a unit about food and cooking. It includes a recipe completion, finding the second half of food collocations, using the right quantifiers and finally distinguishing ...
17 Views 19,678 Elem
Diary of Justin Bieber

Diary of Justin Bieber

In the lesson, students watch a video of Justin Bieber and write a diary about his day. The students first read a profile of Justin Bieber and gain some background information about him. Then, the ...
16 Views 16,739 Int
Newspaper Headlines Worksheet

Newspaper Headlines Worksheet

Newspaper headlines, in authentic newspapers especially, have their own language. Journalists use a variety of techniques in order to attract and keep the reader’s attention. Some of them ar ...
59 Views 107,767 IntAdv
My Favourite Toys

My Favourite Toys

This worksheet consists of 28 pictures of toys and 28 words. The students have to match the pictures and their names. Then they have to write the name under the correct picture. After doing the ac ...
12 Views 29,823 BegElem
Civil War Play

Civil War Play

Objectives: 1. Students will learn and appreciate the fact that the war involved friends fighting against friends. 2. Students will be able to identify three different roles that women played in t ...
6 Views 9,607 ElemInt
Martin Luther King - Adaptation of and additions to BNE article.

Martin Luther King - Adaptation of and additions to BNE article.

Readings x3 (250/280/600 approx word count with comprehension questions and linked exercises) / Word classes (n. or v. etc…) / Listening Gap Fill / Synonyms / Scrambled word syntax / Scram ...
8 Views 10,105 IntAdvExam
IELTS/TOEFL Speaking - Family

IELTS/TOEFL Speaking - Family

Single page giving subject formulaic language learners could use in speaking exams/everyday English (a bit formal tho) as well as a word cloud highlighting some key topic vocab with synonyms. IELT ...
40 Views 76,847 Pre-IntIntAdvExam
IELTS Speaking Topic / Hobbies

IELTS Speaking Topic / Hobbies

A one page topic sheet giving topic lexis and synonyms in a word cloud + fixed & semi fixed responses (Varying skill levels) as well as an IELTS writing one question re. hobbies in NZ. Usefu ...
35 Views 52,656 ElemPre-IntIntAdvExam
Sandwich Making

Sandwich Making

This worksheet is good for teaching reading and writing skills. Teacher distributes the instructions of sandwich making to pupils and drills pupils on the reading. Then, teacher shows the demo on ...
14 Views 49,180 Elem
Myth of the Chinese Zodiac - The Great Race: Worksheets

Myth of the Chinese Zodiac - The Great Race: Worksheets

Activity worksheets for the reading: https://busyteacher.org/8988-myth-of-the-chinese-zodiac-the-great-race.html Multiple pages with vocabulary exercises, dictionary exercises, mix and match, fil ...
8 Views 25,444 ElemPre-IntInt
Classroom Language Poster

Classroom Language Poster

My file in PDF is about the language that we use in the classroom. It's very important that our students know these simple instructions because we use these commands in class every day. The stude ...
27 Views 34,597 Beg
Buying and Selling

Buying and Selling

Buying and selling, order eight dialogues of a conversation between a girl trying to buy an icecream and the seller. Also there's an activity where you have to write under a picture the name of th ...
24 Views 39,117 Elem
Body Parts Classroom Poster

Body Parts Classroom Poster

The poster image is useful to provide students with the vocabulary of body parts. Beginner students can make use of it. Student can also look at the picture and fill the blanks with the names of b ...
20 Views 18,492 Beg
Myth of the Chinese Zodiac - The Great Race

Myth of the Chinese Zodiac - The Great Race

The story of how the order of the Chinese zodiac animals came to be. This story was taken from wikipedia and then edited to suit my lower classes' needs. Provided on the side are the vocabulary/ ...
18 Views 27,162 ElemPre-Int
Infantry Weapons Presentation

Infantry Weapons Presentation

This ppt may give the learners visual presentation of some military firearms: semi-automatic rifle, assault rifle, automatic shotgun, semi-automatic pistol, handgun, machine gun,fragmentation gren ...
3 Views 10,160 Int
Video Worksheet: Magnetic Storm from PBS

Video Worksheet: Magnetic Storm from PBS

This video is about the magnetic field reversal and all the evidence involved. It is presented in a sort of hip scientific manner. If you are teaching magnetism and/or Earth/Space science, then ...
3 Views 8,512 Adv
In My Flat There Are Two Rooms

In My Flat There Are Two Rooms

Reading comprehension to revise the present simple and rooms in the house related vocabulary. Students are asked to read the text, answer the questions and then write a small composition describ ...
13 Views 14,526 ElemPre-Int
Vocabulary Learning Strategies

Vocabulary Learning Strategies

Vocabulary,
A slideshow for students on vocabulary building strategies. the presentation includes answers to questions on what is vocabulary, why should we learn more words and what words are best to learn. t ...
5 Views 5,169 Pre-IntIntAdvExam
International Landmarks Worksheet

International Landmarks Worksheet

This is a worksheet that will help your students to know about the landmarks of the English speaking countries. Before you hand out this worksheet I suggest that you give them some background info ...
4 Views 11,251 Pre-Int

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