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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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Body Picture crossword

Body Picture crossword

This is a simple picture crossword to consolidate the topic BODY PARTS for pre-intermediate students who have to complete the crossword puzzle according to the pictures. Words included: head, elb ...
12 Views 21,123 Pre-Int
Describing People: Speaking Cards

Describing People: Speaking Cards

This is a set of speaking cards on DESCRIBING PEOPLE each card contains a Picture and related information: name, age , country, physical description, clothes and interests. Students pick up a card ...
62 Views 82,648 ElemPre-Int
Animals Coloring Worksheet

Animals Coloring Worksheet

This coloring sheet is ideal to teach elementary students (third or fourth grade) vocabulary about animals and what they eat. The students can trace and paint while learning new vocabulary. This c ...
5 Views 9,425 BegElem
At The Restaurant Crossword

At The Restaurant Crossword

It's simple. They have to complete the crossword with vocabualry about the restaurant. First thing you do is give a list of vocabulary related to a "restaurant context" and then you tell your stu ...
10 Views 22,026 Pre-Int
Days of the Week Flashcards

Days of the Week Flashcards

Flashcards about days of the week presented by beautiful and colorful clowns to help children memorize the new vocabulary. When printed on A4-sized sheets, they can also be used as classroom poste ...
17 Views 27,686 BegElem
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Types of Houses Worksheet

Types of Houses Worksheet

Worksheet on types of houses, including a picture dictionary and a matching activity. Words included: igloo, cave, flat, skyscraper, hut, building, house, tent, palace, etc
20 Views 49,389 ElemPre-Int
Types of Houses [PowerPoint Presentation]

Types of Houses [PowerPoint Presentation]

This PowerPoint presentation was designed to reinforce vocabulary on types of houses. Includes the most common types of houses illustrated with images and sound for easy memorization and yet a mul ...
27 Views 62,930 ElemPre-Int
Leisure Activities Flashcards

Leisure Activities Flashcards

A set of 24 flashcards to help memorize leisure activities vocabulary including indoor and outdoor activities. Each flashcard contains a colourful illustration and the corresponding word or senten ...
17 Views 43,012 ElemPre-Int
The Weather: Cut and Paste Activity

The Weather: Cut and Paste Activity

This is a cut and paste activity about weather vocabulary for very young students who have to cut and paste the words under the correct picture, you can also ask them to color the pictures. Let th ...
12 Views 40,276 BegElem
Going Green Double Puzzle

Going Green Double Puzzle

Use this double puzzle to revise vocabulary related to environment. It will come in handy for the Earth Day or Earth Hour lesson. Enjoy! Original words: renewable, pollution, recycle, resources, ...
5 Views 11,549 Pre-IntInt
Then and Now Celebrities Worksheet

Then and Now Celebrities Worksheet

This handout can be used for practicing either “Degrees of Comparison of Adjectives” or “Used to”. There are several pictures of celebrities students have to describe and ...
37 Views 24,442 All
UK Visas Worksheet

UK Visas Worksheet

The worksheet presents visa forms and is great for practicing dialogues on giving personal information for elementary levels. It presupposes pair work on asking and answering questions about the n ...
13 Views 11,528 BegElem
Unusual Houses All Over the World [POWERPOINT]

Unusual Houses All Over the World [POWERPOINT]

This presentation will help you to warm your students up. If you areteaching the topic about houses and housing it would be very helpful. You can use it ase a communication activity and discuss th ...
20 Views 27,587 Pre-IntInt
Classroom Language Poster

Classroom Language Poster

This is a classroom language poster for your young students with sentences and images so they can understand them. It can be used to teach basic vocabulary related to commands and class rules.
33 Views 39,501 BegElem
Present Continuous Boardgame

Present Continuous Boardgame

A board game to practise Present Continuous in which students have to make affirmative, negative or interrogative sentences according to the pictures and the verbs given. Recommended for elementar ...
42 Views 57,919 ElemPre-Int
Talking about Barack's Life

Talking about Barack's Life

It's a worksheet about Obama's life, where your students will discuss the President's actions using 'since' and 'for' - according to the reading comprehension. They are going to compare the presen ...
19 Views 14,886 Pre-Int
Listening Activity: Obama's Speech on Bin Laden's Death [WITH VIDEO]

Listening Activity: Obama's Speech on Bin Laden's Death [WITH VIDEO]

Three listening activities on Obama's speech on Bin Laden's death: in the first exercise students have to rearrange sentences, in the second one they will have to look for some words which contain ...
3 Views 9,594 Pre-IntIntAdv
How Do You Feel When..?

How Do You Feel When..?

This worksheet has vocabulary and discussion questions. It's great for both presentation of new vocabulary on “Feelings and Emotions” and improving your students' fluency skills. There ...
14 Views 38,544 Pre-IntInt
Song Worksheet: E.T. (Futuristic Lover) by Katy Perry

Song Worksheet: E.T. (Futuristic Lover) by Katy Perry

Activities are based on the song by Katy Perry E.T. Futuristic Lover. The worksheet is to be used while teaching Mysteries/Aliens/UFO/Extraterrestrial etc. Also the subject area can be extended to ...
14 Views 14,294 Pre-IntIntAdv
Family Activities

Family Activities

This handout is aimed at practicing vocabulary on the topic "Family" and presents 5 different activities. At first, by means of pictures and prompts students are presented new vocabulary. Then the ...
20 Views 12,458 BegElem
Culture: The House of Lords

Culture: The House of Lords

This is a short fact file about the House of Lords. It can be used in culture lessons about British politics. Either hand it out to all pupils, or let them compose their own questions to it in sma ...
9 Views 9,373 ElemPre-Int
Fast Food Worksheet

Fast Food Worksheet

This is a multiple choice exercise on FAST FOOD vocabulary. Words Included: biscuit, bread, butter, chips, salad, hot dog, pizza, hamburger, noodles, French fries, etc Suitable for elementary stu ...
21 Views 32,571 ElemPre-Int
Days of the Week Double Puzzle

Days of the Week Double Puzzle

In this elementary level double puzzle your students will need to find and unscrambled names of the days of the week. After they have unscrambled them all, they will find the secret word. Origina ...
8 Views 20,999 Elem
Alternative Sources of Energy Double Puzzle

Alternative Sources of Energy Double Puzzle

This double puzzle can be used to check how much your students know about renewable sources of energy. If you expect them to be familiar with these words, it can be a good warmer. You can also use ...
7 Views 19,193 IntAdv
Units Word Search

Units Word Search

This word search contains some basic units of the International System. Hope you find it useful. List of words used in this word search: KILOGRAM, VOLUME, SECOND, LITER, AREA, MASS, DENSITY, TIME ...
3 Views 6,690 Elem

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