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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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Crossword Puzzle About Movie Genres

Crossword Puzzle About Movie Genres

This is a crossword puzzle I used as an introduction for my lesson about movies (I was teaching them how to write a movie review). The answers to the clues: Across 2 a story that is inspired by r ...
16 Views 47,570 Pre-IntIntAdv
Halloween Matching Activity

Halloween Matching Activity

Here's a 2-page worksheet on Halloween related vocabulary. The first page is basically just a study sheet which can also be used as a classroom poster, and the second page has a matching activity ...
23 Views 19,554 ElemPre-Int
Sports: Written Test

Sports: Written Test

This is a test suitable for elementary students, on sports related vocabulary. Students are asked to read the test, answer the comprehension questions, unscramble the words and write the names of ...
10 Views 12,710 ElemPre-Int
Business Vocabulary Elementary

Business Vocabulary Elementary

Exercises for Elementary and Pre-Intermediate Levels of Business English courses. Perfect for practicing word formation, business collocations and correct prepositions, frequently used in everyday ...
17 Views 38,368 ElemPre-Int
My Favourite Month

My Favourite Month

A simple cloze exercise focused on describing your favourite month. This one is about January. I use it as a pre-writing activity, later on my students write their own text on their favourite mont ...
11 Views 17,721 Elem
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Natural Disasters with Present Perfect

Natural Disasters with Present Perfect

This activity will help your students practice the present perfect and vocabulary related to natural disasters. This worsheet contains exercises where your students will choose the best answer, d ...
12 Views 29,286 Pre-Int
THE HUMAN BODY

THE HUMAN BODY

A workshet to test students' vocabulary about human body. It contains only one exercise, a label exercise with a funny picture that might catch their attention. This worksheet is perfect to use w ...
11 Views 11,637 BegElem
Halloween Wordsearch Puzzle

Halloween Wordsearch Puzzle

This is a simple wordsearch puzzle on Halloween vocabulary. Suitable for elementary students who are asked to find the words in the grid and then match them with the pictures.
21 Views 25,339 ElemPre-Int
Adjective Formation Worksheet

Adjective Formation Worksheet

A 2-page worksheet, suitable for intermediate students, on adjective formation. It includes explanations and example sentences at the top of the page followed by 3 exercises in which students are ...
15 Views 26,444 Pre-IntInt
Cryptogram

Cryptogram

A puzzle you can use to encourage students use the vocabulary you learn in the classroom. It is a funny way to make the students learn the vocabulary by playing. It is strongly related to 'Work' V ...
5 Views 8,240 Elem
School Things Rhyme

School Things Rhyme

You can use the rhyme to practise school things vocabulary doing the blank-filling activity. It can also be used as a chant practising rhythm. The highlighted words in the key indicate sentence st ...
9 Views 15,695 Elem
Occupations: Professions and Jobs

Occupations: Professions and Jobs

This is a power point activity that I used with my beginner students when they were learning the vocabulary about occupations. Before anything we talked about professions and the characteristics n ...
39 Views 60,538 BegElem
Halloween Boardgame

Halloween Boardgame

This boardgame is designed for teaching or revising Halloween related vocabulary. It's played with dice and counters, when students land on a square they are asked to make a sentence using the pi ...
32 Views 52,596 ElemPre-Int
Musical Instruments Worksheet

Musical Instruments Worksheet

This is an easy and colourful matching activity for elementary students on musical instruments. The task is very simple: students are asked to match the words with the pictures. Black and white v ...
16 Views 64,311 BegElem
Halloween Worksheet

Halloween Worksheet

A 2-page worksheet on Halloween related vocabulary. The first page is basically just a study sheet and the second page has a wordsearch puzzle to reinforce the new vocabulary. The worksheet is av ...
25 Views 25,479 ElemPre-Int
Beginner Word Formation Worksheet

Beginner Word Formation Worksheet

This is a game for your little learners of English. They see the name of the girl (Elizabeth). Lower there are boxes with words. Children should colour those boxes, which contain words that could ...
13 Views 15,973 Beg
Nessie's Diary

Nessie's Diary

This is a reading comprehension about Nessie's daily life. After the text you'll find some questions. The text is in Past Simple and is suitable for pre-intermediate and intermediate learners of ...
20 Views 16,260 Pre-IntInt
Lionel Messi: Soccer's Superstar

Lionel Messi: Soccer's Superstar

This worksheet is formed around today's football super star, Lionel Messi and is suitable for the intermediate-upper intermediate level of students. The material is divided into four parts. The fi ...
13 Views 25,034 Int
Countries and Nationalities + Famous People

Countries and Nationalities + Famous People

It was created to basic levels, and the main goal is work on structures such as " Laura Pausini is from Italy. She is Italian." by conecting the columns. It was originally created for Brazilian s ...
7 Views 25,977 BegElem
Song Worksheet: Beautiful Mess by Jason Mraz

Song Worksheet: Beautiful Mess by Jason Mraz

This is a song for higher intermediate or upper- intermediate students . It can be used to practise phrasal verbs, and it is also good to teach or revise adjectives of personality. After listenin ...
11 Views 9,042 IntAdvExam
Comparing People

Comparing People

This is a worksheet to make young learners compare characters from cartoons using short adjectives. This is a speaking activity. It will help your students learn how to compare people. Character ...
15 Views 22,686 Elem
Body and Face Worksheet

Body and Face Worksheet

This worksheet can be an extra activity for young learners (5-6 year old pupils, "Get Ready 2" ). This also can be given for the home task - like the summarizing exercise. It contains 2 activities ...
21 Views 16,722 Beg
Sports Elementary Wordsearch Puzzle

Sports Elementary Wordsearch Puzzle

This wordsearch puzzle is aimed for teaching sports related vocabulary. Students are asked to find the words hidden in the grid and then match them with the pictures. Answer key and black and whi ...
12 Views 16,696 Elem
Halloween Classroom Poster

Halloween Classroom Poster

Here's a classroom poster which can also be used as a study sheet or a picture dictionary for teaching Halloween related vocabulary. The worksheet is available in both colour and black and versio ...
19 Views 20,512 ElemPre-Int
Animals Missing Letters Worksheet

Animals Missing Letters Worksheet

This is a very simple and colourful missing letters activity for beginners. Students are asked to complete the names of 16 different animals. The worksheet is available in both colour and black a ...
12 Views 12,345 BegElem

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