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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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Jobs Word Search

Jobs Word Search

There are 30 people doing different jobs. The students have to write down the correct name under the pictures and then find the jobs in the word search. The key to the exercise is included. Notice ...
11 Views 19,486 ElemPre-IntInt
-ED / -ING Adjectives Worksheet

-ED / -ING Adjectives Worksheet

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This exercise is about using -ed and -ing adjectives. The ss have to choose the correct form of the adj and put them into the correct sentences. Remind them that they have to use the same adjectiv ...
12 Views 27,365 Pre-IntInt
Alphabetical Vegetables

Alphabetical Vegetables

The worksheet is made for young beginner students and the instructions have to be given orally. I give the instructions one at a time and very slowly since it can be a little confusing.The first t ...
8 Views 10,144 BegElem
Health Problems Vocabulary Worksheet

Health Problems Vocabulary Worksheet

A worksheet with 32 pictures & 32 words to learn/ revise vocabulary on health problems. The students have to match the pictures and the names and then write down the correct name under the cor ...
41 Views 120,193 ElemPre-IntInt
The Lorax: Movie Review

The Lorax: Movie Review

The following worksheet is to be used as a response and review of The Lorax. Using a combination of following directions, writing and drawing skills this worksheet focuses on the students' opinion ...
6 Views 30,018 ElemPre-Int
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Sports Worksheet

Sports Worksheet

This is a worksheet on sports related vocabulary, which includes a picture dictionary and a wordsearch puzzle. Recommended for elementary students, it is available in 2 different sizes ( formats) ...
10 Views 14,500 ElemPre-Int
Jobs and Occupations: Elementary Flashcards

Jobs and Occupations: Elementary Flashcards

Here's a set of high quality flashcards. There are 30 different jobs and occupations presented by amazing illustrations of animals. Recommended for elementary students, these cards can be used to ...
24 Views 31,168 BegElem
Jobs and Occupations: Elementary Boardgame

Jobs and Occupations: Elementary Boardgame

This boardgame is designed for elementary students who are studying jobs and occupations related vocabulary. Students work in groups of 3-5 with dice and counters. When they land on a square they ...
15 Views 25,046 BegElem
Parts of the Body Board Game

Parts of the Body Board Game

Play it like any other board game. Fun way to review or teach parts of the body. Grammar review: articles, numbers, questions, verbs. How to play: Throw the dice and lets say it lands on number ...
13 Views 29,664 BegElem
How Many Fruit: Beginner Worksheet

How Many Fruit: Beginner Worksheet

In this worksheet children will look and count the following fruit: apples, lemons, bananas, kiwis, pears and plums. If you like, you can let them colour these fruit according to what you say (ap ...
30 Views 34,414 Beg
Taboo

Taboo

You can find some taboo words that you can use and play in your class. You can divide the class into two groups and one by one your students can come and try to explain the word on the TOP without ...
28 Views 35,308 Pre-IntInt
Phrasal Verbs With 'OUT'

Phrasal Verbs With 'OUT'

This is a worksheet containing 6 sets of sentences. Each set requires 1 phrasal verb with the particle out. It can be done as a warm-up or revision exercise or anything you want. At the end there ...
9 Views 6,403 AdvExam
Environment: Basic Vocabulary

Environment: Basic Vocabulary

This vocabulary sheet is a good introduction to the topic of environment. It introduces students to the following vocabulary: deforestation, alternative energy, pesticides, global warming, endange ...
28 Views 70,313 Pre-IntInt
Health Problems: Dealing with Problems

Health Problems: Dealing with Problems

Different activities concerning health problems. There are 2 sets of sentences (1,2...). The 1st set is an odd one out activity and the 2nd a gap-filling to choose the right word. Then the student ...
18 Views 47,625 ElemPre-IntInt
An American in Madrid

An American in Madrid

This is a reading comprehension exercise consisting on filling 10 gaps all over the text. The words and 5 more distractors appear in the chart above the text. The text has been taken from a travel ...
10 Views 7,025 Int
I Play....Who Plays...? Card game set [musical instruments]

I Play....Who Plays...? Card game set [musical instruments]

We HAVE… WHO HAS… VOCABULARY GAME How to play the game: ● Distribute the cards randomly to your students. Some students may get more than one card. ● Select a student to ...
18 Views 16,188 Elem
Countries, Nationalities and Flags

Countries, Nationalities and Flags

This worksheet contains a number of activities the topic of countries, nationalities and flags. It was originally created for Cypriot children who attend the second class of Gymnasium which is equ ...
29 Views 91,003 Elem
Facebook Creator is Time Person of the Year

Facebook Creator is Time Person of the Year

It's an interesting reading activity about Mark Zuchenberg, the Facebook creator and his Time's nomination for the person of the year award. With comprehension activities such as pharse matching, ...
15 Views 17,675 Pre-Int
Clothes Board Game

Clothes Board Game

This is a game I made to practise clothes vocabulary with children from the ages of 7+. You can either use a normal dice, or have them spin a coin and move one for heads and two for tails if you w ...
15 Views 66,188 Beg
Always a Bridesmaid: Its vs It's

Always a Bridesmaid: Its vs It's

Always a Bridesmaid is a low to intermediate beginner worksheet that highlights the use of pronoun it vs. the verb form it's. "This" and "that" are also used frequently within the dialogue and pro ...
3 Views 4,922 Pre-Int
Jobs - Multiple Choice Activity

Jobs - Multiple Choice Activity

This is a pretty easy multiple choice activity, suitable for elementary students, for teaching or revising jobs and occupations related vocabulary. Students are asked to look at the pictures and ...
24 Views 23,444 BegElem
Ailments, Injuries and Diseases: Classroom Poster

Ailments, Injuries and Diseases: Classroom Poster

This is a classroom poster which can also be used as a picture dictionary or a study sheet, on ailments, injuries and diseases: headache, toothache, flu, cut, bruise,etc Recommended for elementar ...
20 Views 23,721 BegElem
Language Is Music: Poster

Language Is Music: Poster

Here's a nice and fun poster featuring a famous text by Gary Provost, quoted in Roy Peter Clark’s (terrific) Writing Tools, about the melody of the English language. Please share it with you ...
9 Views 106,399 All
Song Worksheet: Friends Will Be Friends by Queen

Song Worksheet: Friends Will Be Friends by Queen

Fill in the blanks in the lyrics. This song in one of the most famous Queen's songs, and my students really enjoy doing this kind of activities. This kind of activities are very useful for student ...
6 Views 15,911 Int
Mixed Food: Multiple Choice

Mixed Food: Multiple Choice

A follow-up activity to complete the series of 5 ws about different types of food. It's a multiple choice exercise with 30 pictures with three possible answer. The students have to decide which th ...
20 Views 51,560 ElemPre-IntInt

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