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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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Wild Animals Descriptions

Wild Animals Descriptions

The first 2 pages are 'fill in the gaps' exercises. Kids have to read very short sentences and put the words from the box to complete the description. The second part is quite challenging:) T ...
10 Views 19,632 BegElem
Talking with the Passive Voice

Talking with the Passive Voice

It's an exercise to practise the use of the passive voice. The students must first identify the pictures and once that's done, they can make sentences orally using the verbs and the name of the pl ...
17 Views 15,002 Pre-Int
World War 1 Context Research Grid

World War 1 Context Research Grid

KS4 IGCSE English Assigment 2 Research facts about World War 1 in order to write a journal description of life in the trenches. This is a research tapestry. One or more students sign up for one ...
1 Views 6,798 IntAdv
Film Types Worksheet

Film Types Worksheet

This worksheet gives students the opportunity of refreshing and learning 22 different types of films by matching them with their definitions. It can be used as a warmer or lead-in activity to intr ...
19 Views 24,504 IntAdv
Emotions Vocabulary Presentation [POWERPOINT]

Emotions Vocabulary Presentation [POWERPOINT]

For Vocabulary revision: A powerpoint file with people showing the following emotions and feelings: happy, thrilled, hungry, sick, tired, ecxited, worried, relaxed, sad, etc. You can go through th ...
30 Views 44,426 ElemPre-Int
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Song Worksheet: Firework by Katy Perry (WITH VIDEO)

Song Worksheet: Firework by Katy Perry (WITH VIDEO)

This was a fun song worksheet and lesson-filler, as opposed to a grammar-focused worksheet, in order to give my students a reward for some hard work the previous week. Therefore, the main focus of ...
13 Views 27,273 Pre-IntIntAdv
Small Jokes

Small Jokes

Just a number of short jokes wor reading and having a nice time with your pupils :) Helps to develop reading skills in a humorous and easy way. Have a nice time.
26 Views 19,518 Elem
4 Valentines Coloring Pictures

4 Valentines Coloring Pictures

Today we're happy to share this lovely collection of four coloring pictures for your St. Valentine's lesson. The images have been kindly provided by Crayola and are also available for free downloa ...
14 Views 19,860 BegElem
Phrasal Verbs Worksheet

Phrasal Verbs Worksheet

A little explanation of what phrasal verbs are and some useful hints each one should know so as no to confuse them with ordinary verbs after which we may need a preposition. it's a simple and easy ...
13 Views 7,840 ElemPre-IntInt
Meet My Friend: Mingling Activity Role Cards

Meet My Friend: Mingling Activity Role Cards

The material consists of 13 cards, each card has 2 parts: the left part contains some personal information about an imaginary person (name, age, occupation, family) and the right one should be fil ...
29 Views 45,188 BegElem
Reading about Halloween

Reading about Halloween

Reading about Halloween is a worksheet to let your students reading in class or at home. It is suitable to know how people celebrate halloween nowadays and the origins of this festival, too. They ...
20 Views 36,793 Elem
Valentine's Day Crafts: Valentine's Candy Box

Valentine's Day Crafts: Valentine's Candy Box

Here's another great project for you to try with your learners before, on or right after St. Valentine's Day. It's a colourful candy box with instructions on how to make it. We are sure your kids ...
11 Views 17,297 BegElemPre-Int
Film Stars

Film Stars

This is a short article about Spiderman 4 which will be on in 2012. In the article Kirsten Dunst tells what she thinks about Spiderman series and about a new one - Spiderman 4, she says who will s ...
6 Views 12,013 Pre-Int
Montgomery Bus Boycott - How It All Began

Montgomery Bus Boycott - How It All Began

It contains a text with the title The story behind the bus which can be used within the subject of racism and discrimination, human and civil rights. It also contains questions to check ...
3 Views 15,070 Pre-IntInt
Marriage Ceremonies Around the World

Marriage Ceremonies Around the World

Marriage is a crucial step in life. The ceremony itself is an unforgettable impression, too. This lesson will also leave an unforgettable impression - due to the things pupils will listen to and t ...
13 Views 22,289 Pre-IntIntAdv
Killing Fields: The True Cost of Europe's Cheap Meat

Killing Fields: The True Cost of Europe's Cheap Meat

A text for intermediate and upper-intermediate students, which helps them develop their reading skills. The artcle is not very difficult and quite interesting. Hope it will be useful for your stud ...
7 Views 9,567 AdvExam
Body Parts Flashcards: Part 4

Body Parts Flashcards: Part 4

Each of these full-color flashcard contains 9 bright illustrations and the corresponding words for each of them. Sometimes arrows are used to illustrate which part of the picture the word is refer ...
43 Views 44,576 BegElem
Body Parts Flashcards: Part 3

Body Parts Flashcards: Part 3

Each flashcard contains 9 full color illustrations and the corresponding words. The sets of pictures are great for games. I use them to build vocabulary on parts of body and engage my students' sp ...
29 Views 49,619 BegElem
Body Parts Flashcards: Part 2

Body Parts Flashcards: Part 2

Each flashcard contains nine full color illustrations and the corresponding words to explain them. The sets of pictures are wonderful for games. I use them all the time to build vocabulary on part ...
45 Views 118,651 BegElem
Body Parts Flashcards: Part 1

Body Parts Flashcards: Part 1

Each flashcard contains 9 full color illustrations and the corresponding words. The sets of pictures are great for games. I use them to build vocabulary on parts of body and engage my students' sp ...
46 Views 100,194 BegElem
Valentine's Day Crafts: Valentine's Streamer

Valentine's Day Crafts: Valentine's Streamer

Here's a great craft activity for you to try with your class on St. Valentine's - it's called a Valentine's Streamer and it's basically a hanging string with the separate letters that make up the ...
16 Views 16,314 BegElemPre-Int
Tiger Woods

Tiger Woods

This worksheet provides good practice of present and past tenses along with adjectives while talking about a celebrity or one's champion. It is intended for pre-intermediate to intermediate learne ...
10 Views 11,518 Pre-IntInt
Growing Up in Los Angeles

Growing Up in Los Angeles

This worksheet may be suitablie for pre-intermediate to intermediate learners. It is a reading comprehension test with grammar focus on the simple present and relative pronouns who and which to be ...
4 Views 10,553 Pre-IntInt
Food Word Search

Food Word Search

The worksheet checks students' knowledge related to food. Appropriate for beginners or elementary learners. The aim of the task is to find the names of the given food products in the wordsearch, f ...
7 Views 8,648 Elem
Prince William and Kate Middleton

Prince William and Kate Middleton

This is an important year for the Royals, and all the teachers of English around the world are looking for information about the most famous couple of the moment. So, I've prepared two short biog ...
22 Views 32,558 Int

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