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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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People and Family Word Search

People and Family Word Search

An easy word search on Family and People vocabulary for beginners. Can be also used for elementary students to test their knowledge of these words. List of words used in this word search: SON, BO ...
4 Views 8,695 Beg
Media Vocabulary Activity

Media Vocabulary Activity

This activity is good for revising media vocabulary. It is fun, too. Cut out the vocabulary cards and shuffle them. Put your students into groups of 4-5. Prepare one set of cards and newspaper/TV ...
24 Views 38,860 Pre-IntInt
What A Mess!

What A Mess!

This is 2-page worksheet for teaching prepositions of place, there is / there are and bedroom related vocabulary. Students are asked to complete sentences with prepositions of place and there is ...
7 Views 16,015 ElemPre-Int
Wild Animals: Multiple Choice Activity

Wild Animals: Multiple Choice Activity

This is a multiple choice activity for teaching or revising wild animals related vocabulary. Recommended for elementary students who are asked to look at the pictures and circle the correct optio ...
19 Views 27,937 BegElem
Farm Animals: Multiple Choice Activity

Farm Animals: Multiple Choice Activity

This is a multiple choice activity for teaching or revising farm animals related vocabulary. Suitable for elementary students who are asked to look at the pictures and circle the correct option. ...
22 Views 21,056 BegElem
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The Body: PowerPoint Quiz

The Body: PowerPoint Quiz

This is a powerpoint game where questions are asked about the human body and the students have to answer the questions. it can be done in teams to make it more fun. I created it especially for Spa ...
16 Views 20,326 Pre-IntInt
Coolest Sport Ever!

Coolest Sport Ever!

Worksheet for pair/group activity (written/spoken): invent a sport (make up the rules, number of players, etc.). Practice sports vocabulary and verbs (action verbs, etc.). For more advanced groups ...
5 Views 15,633 IntAdv
Describing A City / Town

Describing A City / Town

This is a worksheet to prepare your students for a writing task. Through this worksheet you revise and teach vocabulary related to the topic city: adjectives and places to visit. Step by step, s ...
23 Views 110,305 ElemPre-Int
New Year Resolutions Worksheet

New Year Resolutions Worksheet

A short reading and writing activity where the kids will first read some clues and then use their own imagination to write about their own New Year resolutions. It can be then followed by a speaki ...
30 Views 55,145 Pre-IntIntAdv
Song Worksheet: I've Got A Friend by James Taylor

Song Worksheet: I've Got A Friend by James Taylor

A song that talks about the importance of having a good friend beside you, sustaining you and giving you a helping hand. it can be a good introduction to teach the expression have/has got to your ...
6 Views 17,226 ElemPre-IntInt
Food Pair Work Activity

Food Pair Work Activity

This is a 2-page worksheet for teaching or revising food related vocabulary. There are 2 different activities in which students are asked to match the words with the pictures and offer, refuse, a ...
18 Views 32,466 Pre-Int
Physical Appearance Picture Dictionary

Physical Appearance Picture Dictionary

This is a picture dictionary which can also be used as a classroom poster for teaching physical appearance. The picture dictionary is available in both colour and black and white version.
19 Views 28,293 ElemPre-Int
Rooms in the House

Rooms in the House

A project in which we talk about rooms in the house with pictures. We describe a house and the rooms, for example: kitchen, bedroom, living-room, bathroom,. There are pictures with names of the ro ...
16 Views 37,004 BegElemPre-IntInt
Camping with My Friends

Camping with My Friends

In this ws the students have to fill in the blanks with the correct past simple form of the verbs in brackets. Then they have to find the names of 12 things you need for camping from the text (ex ...
17 Views 10,917 ElemPre-Int
Let's Read and Write About: Anorexia Nervosa

Let's Read and Write About: Anorexia Nervosa

This is the 9 th part of my worksheets "Let´s read and write about...´ Students have to read the text on the given topic, then they have to do some tasks connected with the text. The t ...
10 Views 12,362 Pre-IntIntAdvExam
Action Verbs Boardgame

Action Verbs Boardgame

This is a boardgame for teaching or revising action verbs. It is played in teams with dice and counter, when students land on a square they must make a sentence using the picture clue and the ver ...
16 Views 26,911 ElemPre-Int
Health Problems Worksheet

Health Problems Worksheet

This is a matching activity, suitable for elementary students, on illness/diseases related vocabulary. Students are asked to match the words with the pictures. The answer key is included.
28 Views 115,677 ElemPre-Int
Cootie Catchers (Speaking Practice)

Cootie Catchers (Speaking Practice)

This can be altered to fit ANY level and ANY topic you want to drill with speaking practice. To make it a listening excersize you simply tell the instructions for the cootie catcher and have stude ...
20 Views 16,877 All
What Is There...? Some, Any, How Much, How Many

What Is There...? Some, Any, How Much, How Many

There are 4 exercises to practise there is/ are & use some, any, how much and how many. In exercise 1, the students have to fill in the gaps with the correct verb form & some or any accord ...
61 Views 122,192 ElemPre-Int
Travel and Catering Glossary

Travel and Catering Glossary

Dictionary/glossary for travel and catering language users. The list of most frequently used verbs, nouns, adjectives and expressions that are commonly used in the travel and catering environment. ...
8 Views 12,125 All
Engineering Glossary

Engineering Glossary

Vocabulary,
Dictionary/glossary for engineering language users. The list of most frequently used verbs, nouns, adjectives and expressions that are commonly used in the engineering environment. You can use it ...
4 Views 12,507 All
IT Glossary

IT Glossary

Dictionary (glossary) for IT language users. The list of most frequently used verbs, nouns, adjectives and expressions that are commonly used in the IT environment. You can use it separately or bu ...
13 Views 13,710 All
Let's Read and Write About: BMI [Body Mass Index]

Let's Read and Write About: BMI [Body Mass Index]

This is the 7th part of my worksheets "Let´s read and write about...´ Student have to read the text on the given topic, then they have to do some tasks connected with the text. The ta ...
11 Views 10,863 Pre-IntIntAdvExam
Celebrations Planner

Celebrations Planner

This is a worksheet for the students to enhance their understanding about celebrations. The students (preferably in groups) have to complete the celebration planner. They need to match a greetin ...
6 Views 9,863 Pre-Int
Body Language: Gestures Worksheet

Body Language: Gestures Worksheet

This is a worksheet that can be used in order to enhance students' writing skills about body language and gestures in different cultures. It encourages both students and teachers to visit the inte ...
8 Views 28,920 Int

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