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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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47 Character Qualities

47 Character Qualities

A list of 47 character qualities which can come in handy while discussing a (business) personality. You can shuffle them in any way you like and teach 1) new vocabulary 2) wordbuilding 3) opposite ...
15 Views 20,124 IntAdv
Poem Worksheet: Robot Boy by Tim Burton

Poem Worksheet: Robot Boy by Tim Burton

Includes reading expression and comprehension, a bit of grammar (finding different verb tenses in the poem), creative translating (translating a stanza into the students' own language, whatever th ...
17 Views 18,608 IntAdv
Physical Description

Physical Description

This is a worksheet about physical description. Including a short explanation and exercises in which students read the dialogue and then underline the sentences, draw a picture using the physical ...
10 Views 31,852 ElemPre-Int
Song Worksheet: Umbrella by Rihanna [WITH VIDEO]

Song Worksheet: Umbrella by Rihanna [WITH VIDEO]

This worksheet is based on the famous song by Rihanna. I tried it with a 12-year-olds class, and they liked it a lot. I introduced it without saying which song I wanted to play- that is why the he ...
11 Views 15,414 Elem
Teen Styles

Teen Styles

This is a simple reading that teenagers will love! It's about skaters, goths, nerds, babes and other youth styles that they know. It includes a list of headings, and they should deduce which parag ...
49 Views 31,771 Elem
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Stating Opinions Elementary Word Search

Stating Opinions Elementary Word Search

It`s an elementary word search to reinforce the use of adjectives that state opinios. List of words used in this word search: EXCITING, BARGAINPRICE, TIME-SAVING, CRAZY, PRACTICAL, BRILLIANT, ...
2 Views 4,059 Elem
How are You Feeling Today? Wordsearch Puzzle

How are You Feeling Today? Wordsearch Puzzle

Elementary level wordsearch on feelings and emotions. Students need to find sixteen words hidden in the grid. Vocabulary included: 1. exhausted 2. furious 3. hysterical 4. shocked 5. sad 6. happ ...
11 Views 22,946 Elem
There are Some Toys in the Bedroom

There are Some Toys in the Bedroom

This is a worksheet about bedroom furniture, there (to be), some / any and prepositions. Includes several tasks in which students ask and answer questions about the picture, complete the sentences ...
19 Views 23,126 ElemPre-Int
Song Worksheet: Shape of My Heart by Backstreet Boys

Song Worksheet: Shape of My Heart by Backstreet Boys

A fill-in-the-gaps song worksheet, with a matching activity to check some vocabulary from the song and a question to check comprehension. Here's a link to the official youtube video:
7 Views 13,837 Pre-Int
Countries Beginner Word Search

Countries Beginner Word Search

New English File Beginner 1B vocabulary revision: countries of the world. List of words used in this word search: ENGLAND, TURKEY, JAPAN, SPAIN, CHINA, ITALY, POLAND, RUSSIA, HUNGARY, THEUNITEDST ...
5 Views 11,243 Beg
Pretty Woman - Shopping Movie Scene [WITH VIDEO]

Pretty Woman - Shopping Movie Scene [WITH VIDEO]

It's a shopping scene of the movie 'Pretty Woman'. The teacher has to cut the dialogue lines and students have to watch the scene and put the dialogue in order. Very basic questions and easy to un ...
38 Views 49,900 Elem
Song Worksheet: Drops of Jupiter by Train [WITH VIDEO]

Song Worksheet: Drops of Jupiter by Train [WITH VIDEO]

On the first part of this listening exercise learners will find a Cloze activity with the song "Drops of Jupiter" by the band Train; the vocabulary in this part has no special category or selectio ...
2 Views 8,382 IntAdv
Colours, Animals, Food, Numbers Word Search

Colours, Animals, Food, Numbers Word Search

A word search containing vocabulary dealt with in the beginner /elementary levels of primary school. This one is meant for 1st grade EFL primary students (absolute beginners) who have had around 6 ...
13 Views 26,108 Elem
Prepositions of Place Boardgame

Prepositions of Place Boardgame

A board game used for practicing prepositions of place (in, on, under, behind, in front of, between, next to, etc). Students advance on the board, when they land on a square they must answer the q ...
62 Views 439,850 BegElem
School Worksheet

School Worksheet

This is a worksheet with some activities (explaining words, answering questions ....). It's about school and its supplies. Students should describe a picture. The simple activities can be done by ...
6 Views 6,372 ElemPre-Int
Song Worksheet: 3 R's by Jack Johnson [WITH VIDEO]

Song Worksheet: 3 R's by Jack Johnson [WITH VIDEO]

Ss watch the video on YouTube and then solve the listening exercise in the worksheet. After these, students answer questions about the lyrics and the video. It's nice to introduce the theme "Envi ...
14 Views 23,359 Pre-Int
Describing People Worksheet

Describing People Worksheet

This is an enjoyable and useful activity for elementary students to practice describing people including 4 different tasks and a pair work activity. This worksheet is suitable for lower level stud ...
18 Views 24,106 ElemPre-Int
Song Worksheet: Uprising by Muse [WITH MUSIC]

Song Worksheet: Uprising by Muse [WITH MUSIC]

A worksheet for a song called 'Uprising' by a British band Muse. It's quite a difficult one, hope someone will enjoy it. It's supposed for thinking students with a vivid imagination who are intere ...
13 Views 11,070 IntAdv
Directions Worksheet

Directions Worksheet

This is a worksheet that I use for teaching directions, city vocabulary, and prepositions. I have used it in private lessons, groups and as roleplays. It has been received well by all my students ...
22 Views 24,423 Pre-IntInt
First-Day Stress

First-Day Stress

This is a conversation about the first day at school. The audio is embedded into the document and also attached to it. There is a listening exercise with a few multiple choice questions. It is fol ...
22 Views 15,099 ElemPre-Int
Clothes Worksheet

Clothes Worksheet

An enjoyable and effective way to learn vocabulary related to clothes. Including a picture dictionary and a matching activity, this worksheet is recommended for elementary students. Vocabulary i ...
29 Views 65,947 Elem
Olympics!

Olympics!

This is a word search about Olympics-related vocabulary. There's a combination of verbs and nouns that can be useful to teach to Ss when talking about sports in general and Olympics in particular. ...
6 Views 7,740 Pre-Int
Choosing a Career

Choosing a Career

It'a a text about the current world of work and career changing. The exercises are varied and range from reading to writing oriented. There are matching exercises (to practise sentence cohesion an ...
21 Views 26,299 Pre-IntInt
Means of Transport: Picture Crossword

Means of Transport: Picture Crossword

This picture crossword gives your students the opportunity to learn about different ways you can get around. Students have to complete the crossword puzzle with the 20 different means of transport ...
28 Views 47,754 Elem
Do & Make & Give & Get Collocations

Do & Make & Give & Get Collocations

Additional exercises to study do and make collocations for intermediate (or upper-intermediate) students. This worksheet can be used both to work in class and as a home assignment. It provides a v ...
21 Views 32,875 Pre-IntIntAdv

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