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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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Bad Habits

Bad Habits

Jeff Genet
  This fun and engaging intermediate video-based lesson on Bad Habits features visual aids for brainstorming vocabulary and phrases and talking about bad habits. It includes activities suc ...
1 Views 17,516 All
The House

The House

  This six-page worksheet is about ‘House & Furniture'. There are nine activities: cleaning the house, kitchen verbs, matching the tables and the pictures, completing the boxes, ...
1 Views 10,142 Pre-IntInt
Jobs – Kids Lesson Plan – ESL Pals

Jobs – Kids Lesson Plan – ESL Pals

Raedmund Gibbons
  This ESL Kids lesson about jobs includes activities such as matching the words and pictures. Students can interactively learn new vocabulary by filling in the answers and checking their ...
1 Views 15,614 BegElem
April Fool's Day Pranks

April Fool's Day Pranks

Jeff Genet
  This comprehensive ESL lesson on April Fool's day begins with some warm-up questions and a vocabulary-matching exercise. Students watch a YouTube video, then answer some listening compre ...
1 Views 11,511 All
Present Simple Questions – Group Work Activity

Present Simple Questions – Group Work Activity

Grammatics.education
  Young learners watch our animated video and then work in small groups to order the story cards as a way to improve their cooperation and communication skills. When the activity is comple ...
1 Views 7,866 BegElem
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Comparing Seasons

Comparing Seasons

Jeff Genet
  This conversation-based lesson is to get students to compare seasons and use comparatives and superlatives and spring-related idioms, especially spring compared to other seasons. Student ...
1 Views 9,154 All
Spring Season

Spring Season

Jeff Genet
This comprehensive lesson on spring is a fun and engaging conversation-based lesson to get students talking about spring. It includes discussion questions, learning spring-related idioms, watc ...
1 Views 8,670 All
Present Simple Positive - Order Story Cards for animation

Present Simple Positive - Order Story Cards for animation

Grammatics.education
  This animated video is for Young learners to watch and order the story cards to help reinforce their understanding of each aspect of the Present Simple tense. When students have complete ...
1 Views 7,032 BegElem
Making Invitations

Making Invitations

Jeff Genet
  A conversation and video-based ESL lesson to talk about making plans. Students use visual aids to practice identifying and talking about countries, nationalities, and food. There are dis ...
1 Views 10,609 BegElemPre-Int
St. Patrick's Day: What's a Leprechaun?

St. Patrick's Day: What's a Leprechaun?

Jeff Genet
  Learn more about St. Patrick's Day with this video and visual-aids-based lesson on St. Patrick's Day and Leprechauns. It builds vocabulary includes listening and discussion questions, id ...
1 Views 15,008 All
Present Simple Negative - Order Story Cards for animation

Present Simple Negative - Order Story Cards for animation

Grammatics.education
  This animated video is for Young learners to watch and order the story cards to help reinforce their understanding of each aspect of the Present Simple tense. When students have complete ...
1 Views 5,554 BegElem
Job Interview: Talking About Skills

Job Interview: Talking About Skills

Jeff Genet
    A beginner English conversation and video-based ESL lesson to practice talking about job skills using adverbs of manner. Students watch the video, answer listening questions, and ...
2 Views 19,897 BegElemPre-Int
At The Gym

At The Gym

Mahboobeh Roshanak
  This YouTube video and the relevant prepared questions help you develop your listening skills. It is a beneficial comprehension exercise. It also provides the vocabulary related to fitne ...
1 Views 10,218 IntAdv
St. Patrick's Day Customs

St. Patrick's Day Customs

Jeff Genet
  A video and visual-aids-based lesson on St.Patrick's Day customs. Vocabulary builder, discussion questions, idioms, listening questions, and fill-in-the-gaps exercise. Students listen to ...
1 Views 9,882 All
Drops

Drops

  This is a new worksheet with a video (PowerPoint converted into a video) called "Drops." The video contains a poem. There are exercises to complete the poem, plus, there are some extra e ...
1 Views 7,874 Pre-IntInt
Questions When Joining A Gym

Questions When Joining A Gym

Mahboobeh Roshanak
  This worksheet provides common questions when it comes to joining a gym. It can be categorized under situational English "At the gym." It can be used for a class discussion so learners c ...
1 Views 4,612 Pre-IntIntAdv
Number Idioms

Number Idioms

  This grammar guide covers the topic of Numbers idioms. It contains eight pages of idioms and expressions connected with ‘numbers’. Including definitions, example sentences, a ...
1 Views 11,739 IntAdv
Giving Advice: Health

Giving Advice: Health

Jeff Genet
  This YouTube video-based lesson contains lots of visuals for talking, telling, and retelling stories. Vocabulary building, warm-up, listening and discussion questions, fill-in-the-blanks ...
1 Views 20,111 ElemPre-IntIntAdv
At the Doctor

At the Doctor

Jeff Genet
    There are lots of visual aids to get your students talking, retelling, and telling stories about Going to See the Doctor. Students watch a fun and engaging YouTube video with voc ...
1 Views 11,881 BegElemPre-Int
My Name is Special

My Name is Special

Lynne McCormick
  Each student has their own unique name. What better way to learn how to spell it than to try with both capital letters and small letters? Line all the letters vertically. Ask the childre ...
1 Views 7,804 BegElem
Famous Places

Famous Places

Andrew John Wright
  This PowerPoint Pictures of Famous Tourist Attractions stimulates discussion about traveling and is a quiz to see if students know what and where the locations are. Students work in g ...
1 Views 6,493 Pre-Int
Research Report – Presidents' Day

Research Report – Presidents' Day

  This research report can be used as an extra teaching resource when teaching students about Presidents' Day. Students can choose any President of the United States and carry out some res ...
1 Views 4,159 ElemPre-Int
Culture: Sneezing

Culture: Sneezing

Jeff Genet
  Culture and cultural awareness are important parts of communication. In this video-based lesson, students watch a video, answer listening questions, practice vocabulary in various ways, ...
1 Views 10,862 All
Presidents' Day – Word Search Activity

Presidents' Day – Word Search Activity

  Use this fun educational activity with your class when teaching about Presidents' Day. In this Presidents' Day word search activity, students circle each word from the list in the puzzle ...
1 Views 5,740 ElemPre-Int
Describing the Appearance with Characters from Hogwarts

Describing the Appearance with Characters from Hogwarts

  This worksheet helps practice the grammar and vocabulary involved in describing people's appearances. Students use template phrases to describe their favorite characters from Hogwarts. I ...
1 Views 8,817 ElemPre-Int

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