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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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Celebrity Interview

Celebrity Interview

This material is for a writing lesson. At first students have to write the answers to the questions in the boxes. Then they put the boxes in the correct order to make the story. Eventually, studen ...
9 Views 13,970 Pre-IntInt
Cinema and Films

Cinema and Films

Do you need to recycle vocabulary and prepositions related to the cinema? Well, this worksheet includes 3 exercises. One of it has to do with prepositions. The other 2 are related to specific voca ...
23 Views 37,161 IntAdv
Song Worksheet: Last Christmas by Cascada (WITH VIDEO)

Song Worksheet: Last Christmas by Cascada (WITH VIDEO)

This is a worksheet to be used in class after Ss listen to the "Last Christmas" song in class all together without having the worksheet. Past Simple verbs are hidden in the lyrics. So, it's good t ...
19 Views 18,932 Pre-Int
Functions Bank

Functions Bank

This worksheet is a compilation of suitable expressions necessary to interact in English. I use it with my students so that they can enhance their speaking and writing skills. It includes: agr ...
13 Views 15,649 IntAdvExam
The Birth of Jesus: Christmas Nativity Worksheet

The Birth of Jesus: Christmas Nativity Worksheet

In this worksheet you'll find a text which describes "The Nativity story" with different tasks. There's also lyrics to the song "SILENT NIGHT" with translation into Russian. Answers to all the tas ...
15 Views 21,176 Pre-Int
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Song Worksheet: Wind of Change by Scorpions (WITH VIDEO)

Song Worksheet: Wind of Change by Scorpions (WITH VIDEO)

The lyrics celebrate the political changes in Eastern Europe at that time – such as the Polish Round Table Agreement and fall of the Berlin Wall, the increasing freedom in the communist bloc ...
10 Views 20,975 AdvExam
There Is / There Are Activity

There Is / There Are Activity

It's a good classroom activity. It can be used both with teachers and students. Level can be simple but it can be appropriate for a beginner.  It is a gap-filling activity with the repetition ...
17 Views 27,683 ElemPre-Int
Marijuana: Facts Parents Need To Know

Marijuana: Facts Parents Need To Know

This is a 20-page full color brochure that will come in handy when teaching the topic of Drug Abuse to Intermediate, Upper Intermediate and Advanced level learners. An ESL/EFL teacher teacher can ...
7 Views 11,727 IntAdvExam
Marijuana: Facts For Teens Brochure

Marijuana: Facts For Teens Brochure

This is a 20-page full color brochure that will come in handy when teaching the topic of Drug Abuse to Intermediate, Upper Intermediate or Advanced level teenagers. A creative teacher will find to ...
6 Views 16,582 IntAdvExam
Did You Know That: 8 Amazing Facts About The English Language

Did You Know That: 8 Amazing Facts About The English Language

What's the longest one-syllable word in English? What's the dot over the letter 'i' called? Can you name the only 4 English words ending in '-dous'? Here's a collection of 8 not very well-known f ...
16 Views 16,957 IntAdvExam
Boardgame + 45 cards

Boardgame + 45 cards

Here's a gameboard that I've made with mixed questions. (Unscramble the sentence, name a few nouns and make a sentence, likes/dislikes, grammar questions etc). My students love it and I hope yours ...
15 Views 10,408 ElemPre-IntInt
Christmas Wall Poster

Christmas Wall Poster

Here's a Christmas wall poster for the youngsters among us. Every year I give my students a little Chrismas present and this year it'll be this poster. Just blow it up to a4 format, laminate it an ...
17 Views 18,047 BegElem
Song Worksheet

Song Worksheet "Christmas Lights" by Coldplay (WITH VIDEO)

This song worksheet will help to train students' listening comprehension and enrich their vocabulary. It contains the activity: - correct the spelling mistakes; - cross out the wrong words; - un ...
18 Views 17,677 Pre-IntIntAdv
Song Worksheet

Song Worksheet "Merry Christmas Everyone"

This song worksheet will help to train students' listening comprehension and enrich their vocabulary. It contains the following activity: fill in the missing words from the list given below. The ...
13 Views 15,452 Pre-IntIntAdv
Song Worksheet

Song Worksheet "Frosty the Snowman"

This song worksheet will help to train students' listening comprehension and enrich their vocabulary. It contains the following activities: - order the lines; -unscramble the sentences; -cross ...
6 Views 21,093 ElemPre-Int
PracticeThere is/There are with Rooms

PracticeThere is/There are with Rooms

This worksheet was designed to introduce some new vocabulary about the interior of the room and to practise using THERE IS/THERE ARE pattern. The students are supposed to write the transcription ...
18 Views 13,862 ElemPre-Int
Education in Australia

Education in Australia

This is a pair work reading/listening activity about Education in Australia. It will make your students very active for about 20 minutes. After finishing the activity, let them face each other and ...
8 Views 16,073 Int
Christmas Materials Package 2010: Tons of Activities

Christmas Materials Package 2010: Tons of Activities

Here's a huge 41-page Christmas materials package kindly provided by www.learnwell.fi (also publicly available from their website) that is filled with dozens of ready-to-print Christmas materials, ...
154 Views 273,574 BegElemPre-IntInt
Happy Halloween Diploma

Happy Halloween Diploma

We used this diploma during our family Halloween lesson. The children had to make a costume for each parent using craft materials - face paint, toilet paper, coloring materials, threads, papers a ...
6 Views 14,936 BegElemPre-Int
Song Worksheet: Last Christmas by Taylor Swift

Song Worksheet: Last Christmas by Taylor Swift

This is a Christmas listening/ gap fill worksheet activity using the song 'Last Christmas' by Taylor Swift. The students have to complete the lyrics using the correct tense of the 22 verbs at the ...
14 Views 27,302 Pre-IntInt
Song Worksheet: My Only Wish This Year by Britney Spears (WITH VIDEO)

Song Worksheet: My Only Wish This Year by Britney Spears (WITH VIDEO)

Song by Britney Spears which is very handy during Christmas lesson. It contains several exercises: - joining the lines, - putting verb into Past Simple, - filling in the gaps, - putting the lines ...
9 Views 9,738 ElemPre-Int
Mass Media Worksheet

Mass Media Worksheet

The following worksheet gives more opportunities to get to know about different kinds of mass media. It includes such tasks: - benefits and dangers of television; -a text about the future of telev ...
24 Views 49,488 IntAdv
Describe Yourself Worksheet

Describe Yourself Worksheet

For small children six to eight years old to learn to describe themselves eg : colour of hair and eyes, name, family, school, address, hobbies, pets, likes, dislikes. First with examples and follo ...
17 Views 21,466 Beg
Quick Christmas Quiz

Quick Christmas Quiz

It's a Quick Christmas Quiz which consists of 12 questions on Christmas history and traditions. It helps to elicit active vocabulary and students' knowledge of the topic. Answers are added at the ...
25 Views 28,319 Int
The Luncheon by S. Maugham

The Luncheon by S. Maugham

These tasks are based on the story "The Luncheon" by S. Maugham. They include the following: true/false statements, synonyms, antonyms, paraphrasing. Suitable for elementary and pre-intermediate s ...
14 Views 15,965 ElemPre-Int

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