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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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Label Bart Simpson

Label Bart Simpson

Students need to label Bart Simpson's body parts and then they will have to follow the directions and colour him in. They need to read the instructions very carefully, since most will automaticall ...
16 Views 17,532 BegElem
Rooms Of A House

Rooms Of A House

This is a very simple worksheet where your students will have to write the name of each room in the picture. I have found the idea on another website and changed this worksheet slightly to make it ...
22 Views 13,633 BegElem
Landscapes

Landscapes

The worksheet contains landscape words that are all illustrated with pictures. In fact it contains rural landscape words and urban, too. I got the idea of creating this because I was not able to f ...
10 Views 16,998 Elem
24 HI-RES Halloween Flashcards & How To Use Them

24 HI-RES Halloween Flashcards & How To Use Them

Remember how some weeks ago we launched a HUGE flashcard collection with 670 ESL flashcards? Today we have decided to share 24 high resolution print-friendly Halloween flashcards for FREE so that ...
30 Views 41,796 All
Was/Were Practice

Was/Were Practice

A simple worksheet in which students need to compare how some famous people were in the past and how they are now. Practice present and past forms of verb To Be. May be used to present the structu ...
28 Views 40,526 ElemPre-Int
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Passive Voice Practice: Obesity and Overweight

Passive Voice Practice: Obesity and Overweight

A simple activity to practice Passive Voice. Students are asked to read a text about Obesity in which some sentences are highlighted. After reading and clarifying vocabulary problems, students hav ...
16 Views 15,965 IntAdv
Gestures

Gestures

A great activity for Upper-Intermediate or Advanced students. It starts with a text about "How Gestures Can Vary In Different Cultures" and also "Differences in Similar Cultures", followed by a ma ...
16 Views 14,262 Adv
Flashcards: Months Train

Flashcards: Months Train

This is a classroom display of months,that can be colored and posted on the bulletin board.It can also be used when practising birthdays and posting the students' birthdays. For more worksheets vi ...
13 Views 15,461 Elem
Feelings Vocab + Writing Practice

Feelings Vocab + Writing Practice

A simple activity in which students have to fill in the blanks in the text using feelings/emotions and then finish the story with their own ideas. PS: The vocabulary about feelings/emotions must h ...
8 Views 17,553 Pre-IntInt
Weather Test

Weather Test

This is a worksheet with exercises used to revise vocabulary on the topic "Weather" as well as Present Simple, Present Continuous and Future Simple tenses. this worksheet is suitable for elementar ...
7 Views 10,068 Elem
Farm Animals: Matching Activity

Farm Animals: Matching Activity

This is a simple matching activity for teaching farm animals vocabulary. It includes a study sheet which can also be used as a picture dictionary, followed by an activity in which students are as ...
13 Views 15,881 BegElem
Family Worksheet

Family Worksheet

This is a 2-page worksheet for elementary students on family related vocabulary. Students are asked to look at the family tree and answer the questions and then find the words in the wordsearch p ...
13 Views 12,640 BegElem
Haunted House

Haunted House

The students have to follow the directions in order to create the haunted house. They will need knowledge of propositions to complete the work. Note that the haunted house should be copied into a ...
19 Views 22,460 Pre-Int
How Annoying Are They?

How Annoying Are They?

The topic is about things that make people get annoyed. There are cards enough for a 30 minute class. For pair work, one to one or debates in a conversation class. Teacher can elicit some ideas an ...
32 Views 22,466 IntAdv
A Surgeon Again: Reading Worksheet

A Surgeon Again: Reading Worksheet

This reading worksheet titled 'a surgeon again' is based on a true story about a doctor who lost his fingers after an earthquake in Mexico city. The worksheet is organized in a way that tries to t ...
15 Views 17,910 Int
Movie Worksheet: It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown

Movie Worksheet: It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown

It's a Halloween worksheet based on the cartoon "It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown". I have used another video worksheet (on Thanksgiving) as example. My students loved the activity!. You can ...
9 Views 29,808 BegElemPre-Int
Scream 4: Movie Review

Scream 4: Movie Review

That's a great way of having an interactive class with young students. With this handout, the teacher can play some films in classroom and then ask students to answer the questions from this works ...
6 Views 13,770 ElemPre-Int
Chat and Facebook Language

Chat and Facebook Language

Collection of characteristic language items used on chat and online communication such as C U L8R etc. The page is doubled with the purpose of economic printing :) Students have to identify them, ...
43 Views 37,522 Elem
Words That End In -GRY

Words That End In -GRY

It's about very rare word ending that appears in only a couple of words in the English language. We have stopped counting how many times we have received this question by email… "There are ...
6 Views 11,879 Pre-IntInt
Media Matters Word Search

Media Matters Word Search

This word search puzzle includes TV and press vocabulary, hope you find it useful! List of words used in this word search: BAN, COMMUNAL, HEADLINE, TABLOID, COLUMNIST, ADVERTISEMENT, CORRESPONDEN ...
4 Views 15,089 AdvExam
Let's Talk About Seasons And Weather

Let's Talk About Seasons And Weather

If you are about to teach the topic Seasons and Weather this worksheet is just for you! There are three pages, and you can practice everything connected with these topics. "TO BE, CARDINALS, ORDI ...
45 Views 82,738 ElemPre-Int
The Animal World

The Animal World

This worksheet is very useful for elementary students who are having this topic, because there are lots of exercises to practice and to learn about our friends and little brothers - animals. I inc ...
27 Views 20,441 Elem
Our Family In The Country: Picture Description

Our Family In The Country: Picture Description

This is another picture description about this family. There are 2 exercises. This time there are also true or false questions, and the second exercise is about inserting some basic prepositions. ...
20 Views 18,728 Elem
Healthy Teeth, Healthy Smiles

Healthy Teeth, Healthy Smiles

This worksheet was created as supplemental material for a field trip to the dentist. It was used with first grade students at an international school and was met with great success---even with our ...
7 Views 15,875 ElemPre-Int
Adjective or Noun Food Baskets

Adjective or Noun Food Baskets

This worksheet focuses on deciphering adjectives and nouns related to food. The list of foods and food descriptors are mixed up in the word bank. Place them in the correct baskets depending on whe ...
7 Views 22,753 Elem

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