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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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Fruit and Vegetables Worksheet

Fruit and Vegetables Worksheet

Reinforcing vocab and writing about frut and vegetables
12 Views 15,783 Elem
Colours Printable Worksheet

Colours Printable Worksheet

Worksheet intended to reinforce knowledge regarding colours.
12 Views 10,292 Elem
Two, to or too - Homophones

Two, to or too - Homophones

, Vocabulary
A simple handout to help understand the differences in the words two, to and too.
8 Views 11,876 Beg
Feelings

Feelings

Vocabulary
For intermediate students. Choose an adjective that best describes how you feel in certain circumstances. Use a dictionary, a thesaurus, or provide your students with the vocabulary beforehand.
5 Views 5,939 Int
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Idioms: Video Activity

Idioms: Video Activity

Script, teacher's notes, and activities for the idioms video activity that you can find at http://bonelo.com/esl/?page_id=399
15 Views 17,045 Pre-Int
Giving Directions Worksheet

Giving Directions Worksheet

Reading and writing activity
78 Views 94,355 Beg
Christmas Candles Wordsearch (with answers)

Christmas Candles Wordsearch (with answers)

The wordsearch is made up in the shape of Chistmas candles. The file contains vocabulary concerning Christmas: frost, gift, bow, Santa, sack, Christmas, mistletoe, nativity etc. The words can be ...
4 Views 10,299 Pre-Int
Shape Names Printable Worksheet

Shape Names Printable Worksheet

Vocabulary
Write the shape names under the pictures
4 Views 4,589 Beg
Colours and Alphabetical Order Worksheet

Colours and Alphabetical Order Worksheet

A simple handout to match colour/words and to put the words in alphabetical order
18 Views 12,558 Beg
Happy New Year: Reading Passage

Happy New Year: Reading Passage

This is a short reading comprehension passage that uses only simple present and future tenses. It helps ESL students to understand our American culture, while also reinforcing tenses already intr ...
27 Views 42,544 Elem
Bart Simpson's daily routine

Bart Simpson's daily routine

, Vocabulary
This worksheet includes different tasks to practise Present Simple Tense and to use daily routine vocabulary
34 Views 34,039 Beg
Feelings + Prepositions

Feelings + Prepositions

This worksheet has been designed to practice vocabulary of feelings. It includes individual work, pair work dictation, a revision of sentence formation using adjectives (feelings) and prepositions ...
24 Views 22,243 Int
In The Kitchen: Worksheet For Learners Whose L1 Is Spanish

In The Kitchen: Worksheet For Learners Whose L1 Is Spanish

This worksheet was meant to help learners whose L1 is Spanish, to practice and expand their knowledge of vocabulary related to the kitchen (food, cooking, types of meat, etc).
13 Views 14,643 Int
Secret Message: Telling The Time Worksheet

Secret Message: Telling The Time Worksheet

An interesting exercise to practice telling the time and find a hidden sentence
40 Views 26,587 Elem
Indentity Card Activity

Indentity Card Activity

Identity card that students have to fill in for themselves or for a partner + the questions to ask the parter (What's your name, adress, email, phone number, etc.) I've made it for my group of st ...
9 Views 15,109 Beg
Brainteaser: problem-solving activity

Brainteaser: problem-solving activity

A problem solving activity to encourage group learning, speaking ......
24 Views 20,802 Pre-Int
Family, Age, Occupation: Pairwork Activity

Family, Age, Occupation: Pairwork Activity

Students should find out and write in some information about the family members (name, age, occupation) by asking each other. Give out the worksheets. Explain that there are two pictures of one fa ...
22 Views 21,399 Elem
Amazing Collection of Christmas Graphics: 139 Holiday Images!

Amazing Collection of Christmas Graphics: 139 Holiday Images!

You're gonna like it! If you're like us, you're always looking for some nice visual aids for your lessons.  Today we're sharing our lovely collection of Christmas images: Santas, snowmen, sno ...
21 Views 13,788 Elem
Two Slides-and-ladders games

Two Slides-and-ladders games

A well-known board game is a funny and easy way to revise numbers (1 - 10 and 1 - 20) and colours.
10 Views 6,572 Beg
Let's make A Big Dinner!!

Let's make A Big Dinner!!

Students have to plan and cook a Big Dinner: design the “Menu” and write down the recipes for preparing each course into the Cookery Book; represent A Big Dinner project to the class.
21 Views 16,918 Pre-Int
Songs About Love: 3 Sets of Lyrics with Gaps

Songs About Love: 3 Sets of Lyrics with Gaps

Songs to talk about love. It's a good idea for conversation class! Enjoy! The following lyrics are included: I wanna know what LOVE is - (Mariah Carey) When LOVE takes over - (David Guetta) L ...
22 Views 17,022 Pre-Int
Songs To Study English: 30-Page Collection (Worksheets + Teachers Notes)

Songs To Study English: 30-Page Collection (Worksheets + Teachers Notes)

This is a short collection of the songs that I used (at least was going to use). There are two pages for each song. The first one is teacher's notes. The second is a worksheet for students. I'm no ...
224 Views 233,791 Pre-Int
Personal Information Classwork Worksheet: Mingling Activity

Personal Information Classwork Worksheet: Mingling Activity

This worksheet can help elementary students develop communication skills. This is for class work. Students can move around the class and ask as many students as they can about others' personal inf ...
21 Views 30,388 Elem
School Uniform Printable Worksheet

School Uniform Printable Worksheet

The worksheet helps to prepare students for discussions of such problems as fashion and particularly school uniform. Extract: School uniform is an issue that has caused a lot of debate in the l ...
20 Views 28,628 Int

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