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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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In the Kitchen: Word Search Puzzle

In the Kitchen: Word Search Puzzle

This is word search puzzle to practise vocabulary connected with furniture, appliances and utensils that can be found in the kitchen. Students are asked to find the words in the grid and then ma ...
9 Views 22,340 ElemPre-Int
Shapes' Bingo for Kids

Shapes' Bingo for Kids

Very simple shapes' bingo aimed to preschool and elementary sts. Ask you sts to paint the shapes and then use the colors and shapes to play.. You may create your own cards or cut down one of the b ...
12 Views 17,896 Beg
Imperative Boardgame

Imperative Boardgame

This is a quick time-filler to review the Imperative. Students advance on the board, when they land on a square they must answer the question" What did she say?" using the imperative. Recommended ...
13 Views 30,956 ElemPre-Int
Negative Prefixes Word Search

Negative Prefixes Word Search

This is a Pre-Intermediate/Intermediate word search puzzle for teaching and revision of the prefixes used to form a negative form of an adjective. List of words used in this word search: IMPOLITE ...
3 Views 22,409 Pre-IntInt
Reading Ads Worksheet

Reading Ads Worksheet

The idea for this worksheet has been taken from Top Gear Magazine. The worksheet presents a real-life full-colour advertisement of the new car from the magazine and 4 questions with multiple answe ...
33 Views 35,318 AdvExam
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Song Worksheet: She's The One by Robbie Williams [WITH VIDEO]

Song Worksheet: She's The One by Robbie Williams [WITH VIDEO]

There are 3 different types of exercises the first grammar one aiming at the present and past form of to be,another that checks the listening skill by using homonyms columns working on word order ...
4 Views 7,677 Pre-IntInt
Months of the Year: Flashcards

Months of the Year: Flashcards

A set of Flashcards which can also be used as classroom posters, for presenting the months of the year. A fun way to teach this important topic to lower-level students.
30 Views 25,279 BegElem
Planet Earth in Danger

Planet Earth in Danger

This is a worksheet to learn some vocabulary related to the environmental problems the Planet Earth is facing. There is a picture dictionary followed by a word search puzzle. Recommended for Int ...
21 Views 19,852 Pre-IntInt
Birthday Chart

Birthday Chart

A colourful birthday chart to use in class to remind the students’ birthdays, which can also be used to teach the months of the year, numbers and dates. Activity suggestion: 1. Give a copy ...
12 Views 19,269 BegElem
Shopping Day

Shopping Day

Read a text about Lala. She is a penguin. She likes her family, fish and shopping. This reading and exercise will help to improve Ss' pronunciation, spelling, reading and writing. Also they can co ...
14 Views 13,878 BegElem
Telling the Time

Telling the Time

With this worksheet students learn the difference between a.m. and p.m, then they learn to tell the time, and practice it through 2 different tasks. It can also be used as a classroom poster. Re ...
51 Views 20,106 Elem
office Conversation

office Conversation

This worksheet is an insight into formal office setting conversations with examples and many useful sentences. It is for all the users and very useful for the non-English speaking students. It con ...
5 Views 34,320 Elem
What do you do?

What do you do?

This Power point lesson contains pictures of jobs and words of personal pronouns. Students, when looking at the pictures, will say the name of the jobs. Then, they make sentences with the suggesti ...
11 Views 11,755 Elem
Story Prompts [495 Story Elements: Settings, Characters, Situations, Objects, Times]

Story Prompts [495 Story Elements: Settings, Characters, Situations, Objects, Times]

A categorised index of 495 story elements including: settings, characters, situations, objects, and times. Ideal for prompting writing exercises and class discussions. Can easily be used section ...
77 Views 45,491 Pre-IntInt
Mass-Media Vocabulary Word Search

Mass-Media Vocabulary Word Search

Intermediate worksheet on the topic of mass media. I created it for 13 to 15 year olds. Hope you will like it. List of words used in this word search: TALK, BROADCAST, MOBILE, RADIO, NEWSPAPERS, ...
9 Views 26,859 Pre-IntInt
Vegetables #4

Vegetables #4

Here's another nice worksheet with pictures. It will help you to monitor your students' knowledge on the topic VEGETABLES. The task is easy - your learners will need to read the descriptions and c ...
19 Views 13,360 Beg
Fruit Worksheet #3

Fruit Worksheet #3

It's a nice worksheet with pictures.It will help you to monitor your students' knowledge on the topic FRUIT. The task is easy - to read the descriptions and to colour the pictures. Children will r ...
11 Views 16,412 Beg
Clothes # 2

Clothes # 2

It's a nice worksheet with pictures. It will help you to monitor your students' knowledge on the topics CLOTHES and COLOURS. The task is easy - to read the descriptions and to colour the pictures. ...
15 Views 16,603 Beg
Body Parts of an Animated Manga Character

Body Parts of an Animated Manga Character

Howdy people In this simple worksheet you will find a good way to review body parts taking into account a fictional manga character who is well known by kids nowadays.. That's why I think it is an ...
9 Views 9,439 Elem
Musical Instruments and Present Simple

Musical Instruments and Present Simple

Students can learn about different kinds of musical instruments, can work in pairs miming playing a musical instrument, asking each other using present simple. they will need to look at the chart ...
14 Views 20,006 Elem
Sophie's Town

Sophie's Town

The aims of the powerpoint: to practise the vocabulary, the prepositions of place, to describe a town and there is there are stucture. Students will need to match the pictures to the words, tick t ...
33 Views 17,946 Elem
Animals #1

Animals #1

It's a nice worksheet with pictures.It will help you to monitor your students' knowledge on the topic ANIMALS. The task is easy - to read the descriptions and to colour the pictures.Children will ...
20 Views 15,665 Beg
Clothes: Pair Work Matching Game

Clothes: Pair Work Matching Game

This is a pair work matching game dealing with clothes, footwear and accessories. There are 32 picture cards and 32 word cards; the aim of the game is to match the words and pictures. Teachers&rs ...
24 Views 25,855 ElemPre-Int
Third Conditional Board Game

Third Conditional Board Game

Board game with sentences on each square that the students have to re-say in the third conditional form. Good for revision or to reinforce the form after introduction to the grammar. Better with s ...
28 Views 72,451 Pre-IntIntAdv
The Environment Word Search Puzzle

The Environment Word Search Puzzle

This wordsearch is a useful game to revise some vocabulary about the environment and natural dissasters. List of words used in this word search: RECYCLE, POLLUTION, WASTE, RAINFORESTS, THUNDERSTO ...
6 Views 23,682 Pre-IntInt

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