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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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I Love My Family

I Love My Family

This is a simple and easy reading comprehension worksheet on the topic family, physical description and the present simple tense. The worksheet is available in both colour and black and white ...
3 Views 29,811 Elem
At a Restaurant - Tandem Cards

At a Restaurant - Tandem Cards

Waltraud Grünsteidl
Tandem cards are a good possibility to practise dialogues. The pupils have to translate the sentences given. Partner A can control or help partner B because he/she has given the solutions for ...
4 Views 25,088 Pre-Int
Movie Worksheet: International House Hunters

Movie Worksheet: International House Hunters

This worksheet was originally created to be used with teenagers, but after some slight modifications it will work with adults as well. Students watch one of the episodes of International House Hun ...
4 Views 23,470 IntAdv
Self Introduction (Young Learners)

Self Introduction (Young Learners)

Bhawna
This worksheet is a genuine attempt to develop fluency in young learners while introducing themselves. They don't  need to write much as we know it would be hard for them. So I have desi ...
4 Views 29,705 BegElem
Nemo Quartet Cards - Practicing Adjectives

Nemo Quartet Cards - Practicing Adjectives

S.I.
This quartet card game is based on the movie Finding Nemo. The aim of the game is for students to collect four of a kind. I designed the game to practice personality adjectives. The adjective abov ...
3 Views 17,731 BegElem
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At the Restaurant

At the Restaurant

S.I.
This worksheet has 2 activities which focus on restaurant vocabulary. The first activity is a gap fill for a restaurant conversation and the second activity asks questions based on a fictitious re ...
8 Views 115,358 BegElem
Match Maker - Personalities

Match Maker - Personalities

S.I.
This is a fun activity which practices adjectives. Students make up a friend and try to match make them with another student's friend. Students complete their own friend's profile first and then m ...
3 Views 22,588 BegElem
Should and Shouldn't Exercises

Should and Shouldn't Exercises

S.I.
This is a simple worksheet which practices the use of 'should' and 'shouldn't'. The first activity is a gap fill and the second activity asks students to write sentences according to the situation ...
4 Views 64,855 BegElem
My Dream Home

My Dream Home

S.I.
I use this house template to practice furniture vocabulary. Students design their dream home by cutting pictures of furniture they'd like in their house out of catalogues e.g. Argos. They then sti ...
2 Views 48,819 BegElem
Useful Cooking Verbs

Useful Cooking Verbs

S.I.
This table is a reference guide for students learning about food/cooking/baking/the kitchen. The table contains common cooking verbs with images for easy understanding. I usually print the table a ...
5 Views 84,059 BegElem
Fractions for Children

Fractions for Children

The document consists of a worksheet that has bugs. The instructions are to color a certain fraction of the bug and it also comes with an editable page where a teacher can ask students to color wh ...
1 Views 10,413 BegElemPre-Int
Movie Worksheet: Red Dwarf Lesson B2-C1

Movie Worksheet: Red Dwarf Lesson B2-C1

Jeremy Wysakowski-Walters
This lesson provides both some comic relief from the tedium of course books as well as comprehension and speaking practice. The worksheet must be used in conjunction with episode one of Red Dwarf, ...
1 Views 17,062 Adv
What Are They Doing? Present Continuous Boardgame

What Are They Doing? Present Continuous Boardgame

Sara Iancu
This boardgame is designed for students to practice using present continuous. All you will need is a dice and some counters. Students take turns rolling the dice and moving along the board accordi ...
5 Views 50,702 BegElem
Spring on the Farm, Game

Spring on the Farm, Game

I have designed this file to review the names of some farm animals (and their babies) and of course some other vocabulary items related to the farm such as barn, tractor and scarecrow. The instruc ...
4 Views 11,706 Elem
Spring on the Farm

Spring on the Farm

I have designed this ppt to teach some vocabulary items related to the "farm". It includes different farm animals and their babies. It also includes such words as a tractor, farmer, barn, flowers, ...
4 Views 9,375 Elem
Astronomy - Fact or Opinion?

Astronomy - Fact or Opinion?

A fact is a thing that is known or proved to be true. An opinion is a belief, judgment, or way of thinking about something. Students read the sentences about astronomy and write fact or opinion on ...
6 Views 22,125 Elem
Coloring for Complete Beginners to Teach Spelling Skills

Coloring for Complete Beginners to Teach Spelling Skills

Marina Talvir
This worksheet enables young children to demonstrate their knowledge of consonants and encourages them to read words with letter "Aa". Looking a the pictures children should guess what consonants ...
4 Views 19,655 Beg
School Rules and Commands

School Rules and Commands

Veronika
This worksheet is for young English learners to get acquainted with some school rules and commands. Children should read the command aloud and match it to the corresponding picture. Another oprion ...
6 Views 43,915 Beg
Places in Town

Places in Town

Three vocabulary exercises focusing on the places and buildings in town (included prepositions, goods or activities). Matching activity - what can you do/see/get..., filling in the chart (goods) a ...
3 Views 23,604 Elem
Improving the Environment - Carrier Bags

Improving the Environment - Carrier Bags

This resource was created for primary/elementary students and focuses on carrier bags and how we can improve the environment. Students are asked to read the information about the use of carrier ba ...
7 Views 37,020 Elem
Movie Worksheet: Describing Pictures, Infographic

Movie Worksheet: Describing Pictures, Infographic

This is an infographic I made for a short video on how to describe pictures in English. It talks about the vocabulary and grammar for a great picture description. I think any level could use it es ...
8 Views 46,429 ElemPre-IntIntAdvExam
Icebreaker - Let's Get to Know Each Other

Icebreaker - Let's Get to Know Each Other

BusyTeacher Contributor
This is a list of questions and examples of answers that you can use as an icebreaker with your new students, it can be also helpful to teach new vocabulary and expressions! Suitable for elementar ...
7 Views 147,266 BegElemPre-Int
Song Worksheet: The Cave by Mumford and Sons

Song Worksheet: The Cave by Mumford and Sons

I made this worksheet for my SAT students. I wanted them to read between the lines and analyse the song. 1- The first part is fill in the blanks. 2- The second part is expanding vocabulary by figu ...
7 Views 23,325 IntAdvExam
Song Worksheet: If I Had a Million Dollars by Barenaked Ladies

Song Worksheet: If I Had a Million Dollars by Barenaked Ladies

Dan Glucksnis
This is a three part worksheet for the Barenaked Ladies' song "If I Had a Million Dollars". The first part was adapted from another worksheet and asks students to work in pairs to match pictures w ...
4 Views 52,150 ElemPre-IntInt
Song Worksheet: Rocket Man by Elton John

Song Worksheet: Rocket Man by Elton John

Dan Glucksnis
I used this worksheet with my elementary school intermediate students. The first part is a lyrics gap-fill, where you can use a lyrics video from Youtube and ensure all students have the correct l ...
3 Views 39,281 ElemPre-IntInt

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