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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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Pop Psychology Quiz

Pop Psychology Quiz

A cute ice-breaker I use in my ESL classes with adults. It is not scientif or anthying, just a fun quiz to make the students think about their priorities in life in a fun way. A nice way to rel ...
10 Views 17,798 All
Philanthropy and Self-sacrifice

Philanthropy and Self-sacrifice

This worksheet is about self-sacrifice to look after disabled people. It is about character and personality. In this worksheet, there are two activities to consolidate the use of phrasal verbs and ...
5 Views 6,204 Pre-Int
Song Worksheet: The Best by Tina Turner

Song Worksheet: The Best by Tina Turner

This worksheet is on Tina Turner's song called 'The best'. Its main purpose is listening, it has comparative & superlative instances and mixed tenses such as present simple, continuous and pre ...
12 Views 19,694 Int
Let's Talk About Paul

Let's Talk About Paul

This exercise can be used for oral or written practice. Following the instructions in the body and outside it students can guide themselves to talk about his name, physical appearance, nationalit ...
7 Views 16,360 Elem
Movie Worksheet: Hide And Seek

Movie Worksheet: Hide And Seek

This is a worksheet to work the movie "Hide and Seek". It has before, during, and post viewing activities for students. It is really important the teachers give the handout in advance to the stu ...
2 Views 10,070 Int
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Environmental Double Puzzle

Environmental Double Puzzle

This double puzzle can be used to revise the vocabulary on the topic 'Environment'. Besides, it can be a warming up activity at the beginning of a lesson based on green issues. The final phrase ca ...
8 Views 13,745
Song Worksheet: We Are The World

Song Worksheet: We Are The World

Watch the video clip of we are the world, and complete with words you hear. Then there are compehension questions that help to better understand the topic. Then the students are asked to label th ...
11 Views 20,274 Pre-IntInt
Nuclear Energy: Argument Organizer

Nuclear Energy: Argument Organizer

It is for debates in classrooms. Students are divided into groups of two and they brainstorm their topic and try to add some supporting ideas to defend their argument. The topic is nuclear energy. ...
4 Views 5,625 Adv
Movie Worksheet: Buffy the Vampire Slayer [Hush]

Movie Worksheet: Buffy the Vampire Slayer [Hush]

Exercises and quizzes on the episode Hush of the TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer (s04e10). It contains: 1) Reading about the show, with a self-assesment quiz. 2) Watching the episode. 3) Exerc ...
12 Views 11,677 Int
Movie Worksheet: The Game Of Their Lives

Movie Worksheet: The Game Of Their Lives

After watching the movie " The game of their lives" students have to answer several questions about the movie. It is a very interesting movie about the history of European Football in America. It ...
3 Views 6,010 Pre-IntIntAdv
Halloween Cloze

Halloween Cloze

For practicing Halloween vocabulary; can be used for a kind of a warm-up activities or you can use a Halloween wordle first then use this cloze activity for introducing your students to a small pa ...
16 Views 32,893 Pre-Int
Occupy Wall Street

Occupy Wall Street

An ESL worksheet for Intermediate students, to learn more about the Occupy Wall Street Movement and simple past/present perfect. This worksheet refers to an article taken from the New York Times. ...
9 Views 10,537 Int
Weather Intermediate Word Search

Weather Intermediate Word Search

This is a word search puzzle with the main vocabulary used when we talk about the weather. The four seasons are also included here. Enjoy! List of words used in this word search: CLOUDY, WARM, FR ...
11 Views 22,756 Pre-IntInt
The Simpsons Family

The Simpsons Family

This worksheet can be used with begginers. It contains two activities where students can practise vocabulary related to family through a corssword and the affirmative and negative form of HAVE GOT ...
16 Views 12,992 Beg
Where Does Halloween Come From?

Where Does Halloween Come From?

This reading comprehension worksheet deals with the origins and traditions of Halloween.The exercises are aimed at elememtary young learners. The text was taken from another worksheet at abcteach. ...
93 Views 147,942 Elem
Telling The Time: Boardgame

Telling The Time: Boardgame

A boardgame suitable for elementary students on telling the time. It is played with dice and counters, when students land on a square they must answer the question "what time is it?" using the pi ...
28 Views 34,066 Elem
My Classroom

My Classroom

This worksheet includes classroom vocabulary. Students complete exercises using the vocabulary most common in an American classroom. It can be used as a homework assignment or in class. It contain ...
15 Views 26,362 Beg
Little Creatures Word Search (Insects)

Little Creatures Word Search (Insects)

The word search concerns insects. It is aimed at intermediate or upper-intermediate students, but it can also be used with an advanced group. List of words used in this word search: BEE, SPIDER, ...
4 Views 7,568 IntAdv
Natural Disasters Worksheet

Natural Disasters Worksheet

Get to know more about natural disasters. Enlarge your vocabulary about this topic. Teachers can even give their students the chance to interview partners in order to fill in the chart that f ...
14 Views 37,208 IntAdv
Hobbies & Free Time Activities 2

Hobbies & Free Time Activities 2

The worksheet consists of 32 pictures of hobbies or free tiem activities and their names. Students have to match the pcitures and the names and write down the correct name under the correct pictur ...
21 Views 31,209 ElemPre-IntInt
Hobbies & Free Time Activities 1

Hobbies & Free Time Activities 1

The worksheet consists of 32 pictures with 32 names of free time activities to revise/ learn vocabulary about hobbies. Students have to match the names of the activities with the pictures and writ ...
23 Views 67,040 ElemPre-IntInt
Television Adverts - Effective Persuasive Techniques

Television Adverts - Effective Persuasive Techniques

A worksheet utilising 7 UK television adverts to make students consider how effective each advert is at persuading people to use or buy products. Does humour work, or do we like adverts that make ...
27 Views 27,574 Pre-IntInt
Eating Habits

Eating Habits

This is an activity to make students talk or write about their eating habits. It can be used to revise food vocabulary, practise present simple and adverbs of frequency. It can also be used to pra ...
16 Views 29,917 ElemPre-Int
Halloween Word Search Puzzle

Halloween Word Search Puzzle

A Halloween word search for elementary ESL students, used to teach all the common vocabulary needed to give students a basic understanding of this western celebration. List of words used in this ...
14 Views 26,026 Elem
Going Shopping

Going Shopping

There are four activities: 1-write the name under the pictures and match them with the right shop from the picture 2-complete the sentences using the shops from the box 3- read the sentences an ...
19 Views 19,972 BegElem

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