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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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New Year Resolution List

New Year Resolution List

This is a worksheet dealing with teenagers who want to make resolutions for the New Year 2012. There are examples of what they can write in their resolutions for the next year.This activity would ...
23 Views 38,013 ElemPre-Int
The World's Most Poisonous... Part 1

The World's Most Poisonous... Part 1

This is the first reading in "The world's most..." series. There will be 2 worksheets related to the world's most poisonouns creatures. In the first part your students will learn about the box j ...
19 Views 11,932 IntAdv
Animals PowerPoint Presentation

Animals PowerPoint Presentation

With this PowerPoint Presentation students will learn the names of 36 different animals. Students are asked to click on the animals given and then study their names. Recommended for elementary st ...
12 Views 23,221 BegElem
New Year Wordsearch Puzzle

New Year Wordsearch Puzzle

This is a 2-page worksheet on New Year vocabulary. It includes a picture dictionary which can also be used as a study sheet followed by a word search puzzle. The activity is available in both col ...
17 Views 42,904 ElemPre-Int
New Year Flashcards

New Year Flashcards

This is a set of high quality flashcards for teaching or revising New Year related vocabulary: countdown, fireworks, midnight, party, noise makers, calendar, friends, champagne, confetti, etc. Ha ...
26 Views 35,572 ElemPre-Int
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New Year Crossword

New Year Crossword

This is a picture crossword for teaching New Year related vocabulary. Students are asked to complete the crossword puzzle and them match the words with the pictures. The activity is flexible enou ...
16 Views 57,789 ElemPre-IntInt
The Imperative: Mac and Cheese with Martha Stewart

The Imperative: Mac and Cheese with Martha Stewart

This is a listening test to assess the pupils' knowledge about the form of the imperative. The document offers a transcript of a video (link included) in which Martha Stewart shows you how to make ...
11 Views 31,414 Pre-Int
How To Write a Postcard

How To Write a Postcard

There you can find some examples of the postcards on different topics. The students have to fill in the postcards and write their own ones. There is also a useful link where you can try to write ...
13 Views 41,086 ElemPre-Int
How Do You Read Symbols & Punctuation? Part 3

How Do You Read Symbols & Punctuation? Part 3

The 3rd ws of this series about signs & punctuation marks. The students have to choose the right name of the sign or punctuation mark that they have learnt and revised in ws 1 & 2. The key ...
13 Views 30,239 ElemPre-IntInt
How Do You Read Symbols & Punctuation? Part 2

How Do You Read Symbols & Punctuation? Part 2

This is the 2nd ws of a series about signs & punctuation marks. After doing the 1st one, her the students have to find out the 30 words in a word search. The signs are given, but no names, so ...
7 Views 13,425 ElemPre-IntInt
How Do You Read Symbols & Punctuation? Part 1

How Do You Read Symbols & Punctuation? Part 1

This ws consists of 30 symbols (signs & punctuation marks) and 30 names. The students have to match the names and the symbols and write down the names under the crrect symbol. As a follow-up a ...
10 Views 30,457 ElemPre-IntInt
Just for Fun: Buy A New Husband

Just for Fun: Buy A New Husband

This is a two page worksheet for reading and speaking. You can use it for the discussion when finishing the theme "Relationships", "Marriage" or "Choosing a partner" with your intermediate, upper- ...
36 Views 20,511 IntAdv
Houses: Pairwork Activity

Houses: Pairwork Activity

This worksheet is a pair work task and can be used to make students talk about the houses in the pictures and their own houses. They can use place prepositions, color adjectives, vocabulary about ...
13 Views 22,169 ElemPre-Int
Song Worksheet: Affirmation by Savage Garden

Song Worksheet: Affirmation by Savage Garden

This is a word formation exercise I used with my PreFCE and FCE students. I used it at the beginning of the year and it lead to an interesting discussion about beliefs and values, and it created a ...
3 Views 10,237 AdvExam
Rooms in the House Worksheet

Rooms in the House Worksheet

This is a worksheet for teaching or revising rooms in the house related vocabulary. Suitable for elementary students who are asked to label the picture and then answer the question about their house.
19 Views 44,425 ElemPre-Int
Office Supplies Worksheet

Office Supplies Worksheet

This is a multiple choice activity for teaching or revising office supplies related vocabulary. Students are asked to look at the pictures and then match them with the words given. The answer key ...
7 Views 23,943 ElemPre-Int
St.Valentine's Day PowerPoint Presentation

St.Valentine's Day PowerPoint Presentation

Saint Valentine's Day. The topic of this color presentation is St.Valentines Day. Can be used for holiday English lessons with school children. They can learn the history, customs and traditions, ...
28 Views 46,017 Pre-Int
Song Worksheet: Jealous Guy by John Lennon

Song Worksheet: Jealous Guy by John Lennon

This is a fill-in exercise for the song JEALOUS GUY by John Lennon, with a grammatical focus on the past continuous. It is followed by the formation of this tense + 3 basic examples of the past co ...
9 Views 21,434 Pre-Int
Sports / Hobbies in Canada

Sports / Hobbies in Canada

This is a short vocabulary activity about sports/hobbies in Canada which can be used to introduce a chapter about the different English-speaking countries. The students must unscramble the words t ...
8 Views 23,376 Pre-Int
In the Kitchen Multiple Choice Activity

In the Kitchen Multiple Choice Activity

This is a multiple choice activity for teaching kitchen related vocabulary. Students are asked to choose the correct names of kitchen utensils. The activity is available in both colour and black ...
15 Views 19,644 ElemPre-Int
Sports and Games Worksheet

Sports and Games Worksheet

This is matching activity for teaching or revising sports and games related vocabulary. Students are asked to look at the pictures and then match them with the words given. The activity is also a ...
7 Views 13,909 ElemPre-Int
Movie Worksheet: The Big Bang Theory Episode 1 Season 1.

Movie Worksheet: The Big Bang Theory Episode 1 Season 1.

This is a worksheet about the first episode of the sitcom The big bang theory. It's a good way to study while entertaining the students. The grammar point focused on is the simple present. The que ...
14 Views 32,934 Adv
Cartoon Worksheet: Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas

Cartoon Worksheet: Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas

Worksheet for a Christmas lesson with elementary, pre-intermediate or intermediate level students. There you will find different types of activities: answering the questions, matching, finding the ...
14 Views 19,239 ElemPre-IntInt
Song Worksheet: Consider Me Gone by Sting

Song Worksheet: Consider Me Gone by Sting

I designed this worksheet when I was training my students at word formation for one of the first modules of a CAE coursebook. It was meant as a follow-up to the activities for word formation at FL ...
2 Views 7,982 Adv
Vincent Van Gogh

Vincent Van Gogh

A good example how to write a short biograghy and learn how to use vocabulary and grammar while filling the blanks. The aim of this short bioghraphy is also to motivate students to do their on re ...
7 Views 11,265 Pre-Int

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