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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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Phrasal Verbs with In: Flashcards

Phrasal Verbs with In: Flashcards

This is a set of cards / flashcards to teach or revise the most common phrasal verbs with in: break in, cash in, drop in, fill in, get in, chip in, give in, hand in, etc. Recommended for intermed ...
17 Views 24,454 Pre-IntInt
Phrasal Verbs with In: Worksheet

Phrasal Verbs with In: Worksheet

This is a worksheet designed to help intermediate students build their knowledge of phrasal verbs. The first page is basically just a vocabulary sheet listing the most common phrasal verbs with i ...
22 Views 49,250 Pre-IntInt
Personal Identification: Writing Activity

Personal Identification: Writing Activity

Here is a simple and enjoyable writing activity for the younger students on personal identification. The activity is pretty easy, students are asked to write a small composition using the informa ...
9 Views 15,203 Elem
Classroom Verbs Wordsearch Puzzle

Classroom Verbs Wordsearch Puzzle

This is a printer-friendly worksheet to teach or revise some of the most common verbs used in classroom: teach, learn, read, think, know, write, experiment, explain, paint, draw, listen, etc. It ...
19 Views 18,406 ElemPre-Int
Countries and Nationalities Flashcards

Countries and Nationalities Flashcards

Here is a set of high quality flashcards to teach countries and nationalities. You can also play wonderful games with these cards such as memory games, slap game, go fish, etc. Recommended for el ...
32 Views 56,085 BegElem
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Countries and Nationalities Worksheet

Countries and Nationalities Worksheet

This is a simple but effective worksheet to teach or revise countries and nationalities related vocabulary. The first page is a vocabulary sheet and the second page has 2 exercises in which stude ...
18 Views 27,081 ElemPre-Int
Easy Family Members Crossword

Easy Family Members Crossword

Here's an easy crossword worksheet on vocabulary about family members. It contains nice (and funny!) images and simple vocabulary suitable for beginner and low elementary learners. Hope you l ...
25 Views 64,749 ElemPre-Int
Adjective Order Worksheet

Adjective Order Worksheet

Writing: descriptions (places, people, clothes, animals...). Adjective order; opinion, size, age, shape, colour, origin, material, purpose, noun. Exercise: put the words in order. Parts of descrip ...
19 Views 27,954 All
Movie Worksheet: Friends - The One With the Rumour

Movie Worksheet: Friends - The One With the Rumour

I used this worksheet with my Elementary adult students and they really enjoyed it. This episode is the one with Brad Pitt, and Thanksgiving dinner. There are so many things to exploit, phrases, e ...
24 Views 24,816 ElemPre-Int
Safety Fun Book

Safety Fun Book

This 16-page book was kindly provided by Suffolk Transportation Service, Inc, and is also available on their website for free download. It deals with the topics of transportation and safety (can b ...
3 Views 9,147 Pre-IntInt
Clothing Games And Activities

Clothing Games And Activities

It is a good icebreaker that can be also used for reviewing the clothing topic. It is not only about vocabulary but students can do real household chores in the classroom. However, teacher should ...
10 Views 11,881 All
Clothes and Clothes Descriptions

Clothes and Clothes Descriptions

An easy worksheet about clothes and clothes descriptions: colours, position of colour adjectives before the noun. Hope you find it useful your your English lessons!
12 Views 27,721 BegElemPre-IntInt
School Rooms / There Is/Are Worksheet

School Rooms / There Is/Are Worksheet

This is a worksheet for elementary students, which is aimed to practice the verb there is/are, school rooms and school subjects vocabulary. It has 3 different exercises in which students are asked ...
18 Views 40,059 ElemPre-Int
About Myself: Introduction Worksheet

About Myself: Introduction Worksheet

The worksheet is created to help students introduce themselves. The template contains such items as name, age, address, family, job, hobby and interests. A student is supposed to fill in personal ...
54 Views 158,202 Pre-IntInt
Last Summer Holidays Worksheet

Last Summer Holidays Worksheet

The worksheet can be used to review the use of the Past Simple Tense. Students, working in pairs or in groups, are supposed to complete the story in the Past Simple Tense using the pictures. One m ...
48 Views 54,015 Int
Who Wants To Be A Millionaire: Game Template

Who Wants To Be A Millionaire: Game Template

The game "Who wants to be a millionaire" can be used to revise various topics, e.g. holidays, sport, education, etc. One or two students in turns are supposed to answer 15 questions on a particula ...
21 Views 36,009 Pre-IntIntAdv
Leisure Activities and Hobbies: Boardgame

Leisure Activities and Hobbies: Boardgame

Leisure activities and Hobbies board game to go with the worksheet on the topic which can be found here. Students advance on the board with dice. They are asked to make a sentence using the pictu ...
21 Views 50,923 ElemPre-Int
Hobbies and Leisure Activities

Hobbies and Leisure Activities

This is a worksheet to consolidate the vocabulary learnt on the topic of leisure activities and hobbies. The front page is basically just a vocabulary sheet and the second page has 2 different ex ...
26 Views 88,973 ElemPre-Int
Back to School: School Subjects and School Rooms

Back to School: School Subjects and School Rooms

2 pages filled with activities about school rooms and school subjects. Students are asked to match the school subjects in the box with the pictures, label the school rooms and find eight more in ...
24 Views 39,696 ElemPre-Int
Gatsby Quiz

Gatsby Quiz

A 20 mark contextual quiz which will ascertain whether or not student have read the text. This can be used at the start of teaching the novel or at the end as a tool for summarising basic facts ab ...
8 Views 7,083 Int
Song Worksheet: Times Like These by Jack Johnson [WITH VIDEO]

Song Worksheet: Times Like These by Jack Johnson [WITH VIDEO]

A good warm up activity / set induction for War or Social Issues themed lessons. Words omitted from the lyric are vocabulary that can be related to the theme. Link to the video is below. Can use o ...
5 Views 11,948 Pre-IntIntAdv
Past Simple Irregular Verbs: Picture Crossword

Past Simple Irregular Verbs: Picture Crossword

This picture crossword focuses on past simple tense, irregular verbs, and it´s pretty easy to do. Students are asked to look at the pictures and complete the crossword with the simple past ...
30 Views 47,562 ElemPre-Int
Language Functions: Speaking Cards

Language Functions: Speaking Cards

This is a set of speaking cards to practise language functions: greeting, making requests, making suggestions, asking for personal information, etc. Students are asked to look at the cards and gu ...
28 Views 18,386 ElemPre-Int
Asking For Personal Information

Asking For Personal Information

This information gap worksheet can be used to practice in pairs (or mingle) asking and giving personal information, as well as revising the alphabet and the numbers. It would be useful to go throu ...
30 Views 62,027 BegElem
Susan in Her Bedroom

Susan in Her Bedroom

“ Susan in her Bedroom” is a simple worksheet for teaching prepositions and bedroom related furniture. Students are asked to describe the room in the picture using prepositions.
13 Views 14,355 ElemPre-Int

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