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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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Zodiac Signs: Discussion Cards

Zodiac Signs: Discussion Cards

Discussion cards on Zodiac Signs vocabulary and personality adjectives. The aim of the activity is to learn adjectives describing personality, and mainly motivate students to get involved in discu ...
83 Views 142,338 ElemPre-Int
House Vocabulary for Cambridge Starters Exam

House Vocabulary for Cambridge Starters Exam

A quick worksheet to test young learner's knowledge of some of the house vocabulary needed for the Cambridge Starters Exam. Students must write the word and match it to the correct picture. It pro ...
13 Views 17,847 Beg
Phrasal Verbs Word Search

Phrasal Verbs Word Search

Phrasal verb word search to give to your students after teaching some phrasal verbs, to make it more interesting I ask the students to make a sentence with each phrasal verb before they search for ...
3 Views 10,427 Int
At The Beach: Summer Worksheet

At The Beach: Summer Worksheet

This is a great way to introduce some "summer" vocabulary to young learners. There's a picture dictionary presenting 16 different new words illustrated with pictures, followed by a word search puz ...
31 Views 80,930 ElemPre-Int
Summer Wordsearch Puzzle

Summer Wordsearch Puzzle

Fill fifteen minutes of your lesson with this Summer word search. Students must find 20 different words: backpacking, bikini, beach, berries, gardening, camping, daisy, fan, diving, flowers, fourt ...
21 Views 55,460 ElemPre-IntInt
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Yes / No Questions: Boardgame

Yes / No Questions: Boardgame

This is a fantastic game to review yes/no questions in Simple Present and Simple Past. Students can play in pairs or groups of three or four. They must ask questions and answer them correctly to ...
11 Views 25,594 Pre-IntInt
Colors And The Verb To Be

Colors And The Verb To Be

Revision on colors and the verb to be Affirmative and Negative. Through a link toa short video, students listen, analyze and complete a chart on colors. Also an analysis on the difference between ...
8 Views 8,947 BegElem
Be Allowed To / Be Forbidden To

Be Allowed To / Be Forbidden To

This worksheet will help students practice two phrases used to express prohibition. These two phrases are: "to be allowed to" and "to be forbidden to ". As they are quite common, it is useful to ...
8 Views 21,340 Pre-Int
The Someday List

The Someday List

I used this worksheet as part of a lesson about a bucket list. I showed the students the trailer for "The Bucket List" and explained the idiom "kick the bucket" and explained what a bucket list is ...
19 Views 18,475 Adv
Materials Worksheet

Materials Worksheet

These pages are about materials. In the first exercise, students will have to say what these thingas are and what they are made from; in the second exercise, they will have to tick the properties ...
6 Views 11,289 Elem
Crime and Punishment Wordsearch 2

Crime and Punishment Wordsearch 2

This wordsearch contains some words you may want you students to learn before you start discussing crimes, criminals and justice. List of words used in this word search: PRISON, GUN, ARREST, JUST ...
5 Views 34,550 Pre-Int
Furniture Worksheet: Living Room

Furniture Worksheet: Living Room

Decoding activity on Living room furniture. The words have been written in code, students have to use the hints in the decoder at the top of the page to help break the code, and then they write th ...
18 Views 32,792 ElemPre-Int
Rooms in the House Worksheet

Rooms in the House Worksheet

A worksheet on rooms in the house, prepositions and there to be full of exercises: matching, answering questions, drawing a plan of a house, pair work and describing places.
24 Views 34,178 ElemPre-Int
40 Sports Worksheet

40 Sports Worksheet

Worksheet to learn or reinforce Sports vocabulary. Including a picture dictionary which can also be used as a classroom poster with 40 different sports illustrated with pictures and a word search ...
33 Views 24,183 ElemPre-Int
June 2011 Calendar

June 2011 Calendar

This June 2011 Calendar was kindly presented by Hallmark. The calendar, featuring all-time favorite characters, Hoops and Yoyo, can also be downloaded for free from Hallmark website. Organize fun ...
4 Views 11,052 BegElemPre-Int
Is There Anything To Eat Around Here? Food Vocabulary Worksheet

Is There Anything To Eat Around Here? Food Vocabulary Worksheet

This is a simple activity I came up with and used with my Elementary class. The purpose is to have the students practice writing sentences with 'there is/are' as well as remind them of the differe ...
12 Views 13,943 Elem
Memorial Day

Memorial Day

This is a simple double puzzle with Memorial Day vocabulary. Simple words for Beginning ESL Students. Hope it comes handy for your Memorial Day lesson! Original words: armed services, cemetery, f ...
1 Views 5,711
Jobs Worksheet

Jobs Worksheet

This is a worksheet one of my 1st year students made as a result of a project. They were to make up a list of words on a given topic and create some exercises using the words. So this is a workshe ...
14 Views 10,360 ElemPre-Int
Slimy Sandwiches

Slimy Sandwiches

A worksheet on uncountable and countable nouns and using measurements. Students use the example to create a revolting recipe using measures e.g. "a bottle of," "a teaspoon of," "250g of". Students ...
14 Views 14,853 Int
Imaginary Monster

Imaginary Monster

A paired speaking and listening exercise using countable and uncountable nouns. Students must ask the question "how much?" or "how many?" to find out what features their imaginary monster has. The ...
12 Views 13,497 ElemPre-Int
Body Parts Crossword for Spanish Speakers

Body Parts Crossword for Spanish Speakers

A simple but very complete crossword about the parts of the body. The clues are in Spanish. Students have to write the words in English of course! If you have time you can replace the the clue w ...
3 Views 14,359 Elem
Get Four Board Game

Get Four Board Game

This is a great game for pair work. You’ll need one sheet per student pair. Instructions: • Students choose a mark of their own. (star, smiley face, heart, diamond) • Decide who go ...
16 Views 10,163 Elem
Speaking Power Point: Do You Look Like Your Dog?

Speaking Power Point: Do You Look Like Your Dog?

This Power Point presentation can be used for teaching both Appearance and Character. It consists of 8 slides, two of which I would suggest printing and putting on the board so that students could ...
14 Views 16,284 Elem
My Family: Comparatives and Superlatives Reading Text

My Family: Comparatives and Superlatives Reading Text

This is an elementary reading passage including comparatives and superlatives forms. The title is My Family. Eric tells about his family. He describes his sisters, parents and grandparents, and al ...
60 Views 189,755 Elem
Song Worksheet: Sex and the City: Carrie's Closet [WITH VIDEO]

Song Worksheet: Sex and the City: Carrie's Closet [WITH VIDEO]

This bright handout should be used for making notes while watching a segment from the famous film series “Sex and the City” which beyond all doubt boasts fabulous fashion and style. It ...
25 Views 17,094 IntAdvExam

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