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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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Unscramble the Phrasal Verb Sentences with Answer Key

Unscramble the Phrasal Verb Sentences with Answer Key

Alex Bricker
This works well for dictation, individual or group work, and with introverted learning styles. Students can compare their answers, write on the board, and compare their work. Students must unscram ...
4 Views 22,676 IntAdvExam
African Animals Mini Book

African Animals Mini Book

Beginning or younger English language learners can use this mini book to practice their reading skills and learn the names of African Animals. Print out the book, and then have students cut out an ...
4 Views 25,230 BegElemPre-Int
Halloween - Does it Belong?

Halloween - Does it Belong?

Young learners can use this worksheet to practice words related to Halloween and other holidays, as well as learn a bit about categorizing objects. Have students say the word associated with each ...
5 Views 27,511 BegElem
Election Words Lesson

Election Words Lesson

Check out HelpTeaching.com's lesson about election words, and then have students download and complete the accompanying worksheet. This is great during fall and spring election season in the Unite ...
1 Views 14,188 IntAdvExam
Colours Picture Test

Colours Picture Test

Nicola Dickens
I used this for my younger students (who can read) after we had covered colours with flashcards. The idea was to see if they had managed to retain the word and correct spelling for each colour. We ...
5 Views 28,534 Elem
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Identifying Power Tools

Identifying Power Tools

Do you teach English for a specific purpose? If so, your students may benefit from vocational education worksheets, such as this worksheet which has students identify the names of common power too ...
4 Views 21,298 Int
Endangered Species: Great White Shark

Endangered Species: Great White Shark

Did you know that great white sharks are now considered vulnerable? How much do your students know about the great white shark? Students are asked to fill in the missing information and then fill ...
9 Views 32,537 Elem
Telling Time - General Rules

Telling Time - General Rules

A fun and visually attractive worksheet teaching the essentials of telling time. This worksheet is designed as more of a lesson than practice opportunities. It can also be used to help with speaki ...
9 Views 38,320 BegElem
Cat Idioms

Cat Idioms

A worksheet for this video about cat idioms in the English language. Idioms included: cat got your tongue?, a fat cat, to purr like a cat, when the cat's away, to be the cat's whiskers, the cat is ...
8 Views 65,921 Pre-IntIntAdv
Flying First Class

Flying First Class

This worksheet is about a joke about a blonde woman travelling to New York. Students are required to answer questions to check their undertanding of the joke, then they can role play the scene in ...
5 Views 31,317 ElemPre-Int
Learning about a Job

Learning about a Job

This worksheet features questions to help students think about the type of job they want to apply for and some of the qualifications and skills needed to obtain that job. This worksheet is ideal f ...
3 Views 30,458 Adv
Sewing Terminology

Sewing Terminology

If you have students who are interested in sewing, give them a chance to practice some sewing-specific words with this sewing terminology worksheet. Sewing is an important life skill and knowing k ...
1 Views 10,906 Adv
Cloze Activity - What is an Ocean?

Cloze Activity - What is an Ocean?

What is an Ocean? This worksheet was created for primary/elementary school children and includes facts about the world's oceans. Students read through the sentences and fill in the missing words. ...
5 Views 18,795 Elem
Skeletal System - Bones in the Human Body

Skeletal System - Bones in the Human Body

Lily Buckland
This sheet discusses the human skeleton. The human skeleton is the internal framework of the body which is composed of around 270 bones at birth. This number decreases to around 206 by adulthood a ...
6 Views 25,899 All
Family Tree Pictures

Family Tree Pictures

Donna Kovacs
This is a simple family tree with pictures of grandmother, grandfather son and two daughters and their respective wives, husbands and children. I use it to present family vocabulary and possessive ...
7 Views 59,421 BegElemPre-Int
Let's Talk About Money

Let's Talk About Money

corinne hoffert
This can be used as an exercise or a test to learn about the terms used to speak about money. It can be useful for a commerce class or any other class.
7 Views 34,836 IntAdv
Food Pyramid

Food Pyramid

The following worksheet consists of two pages. The first page has a table label with the groups of food. Students have to fill each group with drawings, the second page has a food pyramid and it h ...
6 Views 49,310 BegElemPre-IntInt
Guess The Picture - Animals

Guess The Picture - Animals

Ekaterina
This PPT can be used with young learners to review different animals. Pupils have to guess the animal after seeing just a part of it, then the whole picture appears. It's good as a warm up task or ...
9 Views 22,620 Beg
What Did You Do This Summer? Back to School Activities

What Did You Do This Summer? Back to School Activities

Katie-Zhou
This activity focuses on summer vocabulary, such as verbs, things to do in summer time, and the simple past of summer verbs.  In pairs, students collect and share summer nouns and summer verb ...
9 Views 29,781 Elem
Beginning of the Year Conversation Game

Beginning of the Year Conversation Game

VASILIKI LISMANI
This worksheet is a nice way to to review previous knowledge. Everything is here: grammar (tenses, modals), topic vocabulary (free time activities, school subjects, extreme sports, music, descript ...
16 Views 37,776 Pre-IntInt
The Alphabet Chant

The Alphabet Chant

ycik
the-alphabet-chant.pptx [3.75 Mb] (Count: 11563)This is a great rhythmic chant for young learners to practice the alphabet. You can divide your students in two groups or ask individual students to chant particular letters. Bes ...
6 Views 23,856 Elem
Interview a Friend Writing Template

Interview a Friend Writing Template

Use this friend interview worksheet to help students build basic writing and speaking skills. This worksheet contains simple questions for students to ask a friend, such as "What is your name?" an ...
3 Views 16,536 BegElemPre-Int
Colors Word Search

Colors Word Search

Svetlana Yakren
This worksheet gives the opportunity to practice their colour words. Pupils have to find the words in the word search. They also have to rewrite the words using lower case letters, put down the me ...
3 Views 23,700 Elem
Science Memes

Science Memes

Kauê Moura
Who doesn't like memes? Students sure do! This worksheet will help you warm-up for a class about science, or maybe you can assign it as homework after said class. Teenagers and younger adults will ...
4 Views 25,786 Pre-Int
Drawing Clock Hands - Time in Words

Drawing Clock Hands - Time in Words

With this worksheet, students must read the time, and then draw the hands on the clock. The time is written our. For example, 3:45 is written as quarter to four. This worksheet helps students lear ...
6 Views 42,857 BegElem

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