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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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What Is There in Your Schoolbag?

What Is There in Your Schoolbag?

Leontine
This worksheet is about school stuff. You can read the words and ask your students to repeat before telling them to follow the instructions. Ask them to look at the words and to focus on the diffe ...
6 Views 24,035 ElemPre-Int
Classroom English

Classroom English

Leontine
This worksheet is about classroom English. Let your student imagine sentences they might have to say in class and justify. E.g., they might come up with  "sorry , I don't have my book because ...
2 Views 20,078 Pre-IntInt
Movie Worksheet:TED- Why Social Media Likes Say More Than You Might Think

Movie Worksheet:TED- Why Social Media Likes Say More Than You Might Think

Chantal Kroese
ESL teachers can use this lesson to practise listening, reading and speaking. Intermediate level. The lesson plan is based on a ten minute TED talk: tthe curly fry conundrum: why social media 'lik ...
6 Views 34,207 Int
Tenses Revision Board Game

Tenses Revision Board Game

Students use prompts + the subject in the field they land on to make questions/positive/negative sentences. Applicable to all tenses. E.g., revision of past tense. A student rolls a 5 and makes a ...
17 Views 38,914 ElemPre-IntInt
Going to Board Game

Going to Board Game

Calambuzo
This boardgame is aimed at elementary or pre-intermediate learners and is designed to provide an opportunity to practise expressing future intentions. Its use is self explanatory. It is a PDF fil ...
5 Views 24,275 ElemPre-Int
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Instructions

Instructions

Leontine
This worksheet is about written instructions in tests or worksheets. It will enable you to revise the vocabulary and also the pronunciation of some words. There is a page with words to write ...
3 Views 21,375 ElemPre-IntInt
Feelings- Gap Fill Exercise

Feelings- Gap Fill Exercise

Douglas Alves
Gap fill exercise for elementary students to test context understanding and appropriate application of the vocabulary of feelings in sentences. Students must deducethe appropriate feeling word to ...
4 Views 27,350 Elem
Animal Responses

Animal Responses

Angah
This worksheet is about animal responses. It will help your kids apply concepts learned from animal simulus and responses. Just make a list of words or sentences about each animal on the board and ...
2 Views 9,745 Elem
Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow

Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow

This worksheet is suitable for improving your students' writing skills. They are going to write three paragraphs about three types of life style in the past, present and future. They sho ...
9 Views 40,914 BegElemPre-IntInt
Simple Present Worksheet

Simple Present Worksheet

This worksheet is appropriate for reviewing simple present, occupations, and daily routine activities. It's appropriate for young learners and elementary students, it will take 20 minutes.&nb ...
7 Views 46,045 BegElem
Animals

Animals

This worksheet is appropriate for teaching animals related vocabulary items and animals abilities. This worksheet contains two parts. It's suitable for young learners and elementary students. ...
2 Views 22,471 BegElem
Bingo Game, Top Notch 3A

Bingo Game, Top Notch 3A

I have designed this file for Top Notch 3A, units 3, 4 and 5. It is a fun game to review some phrases and vocabulary items related to units 3, 4 and 5. The teacher has to read out the words by ran ...
2 Views 12,221 Pre-IntInt
Find Someone Who...(2)

Find Someone Who...(2)

This resource can be used when starting the new school term. It is a nice way for students to start talking to their new classmates and finding out a bit about them. They can write the names of th ...
6 Views 71,912 Elem
Cryptofun

Cryptofun

Luc Wyn
This is a page of cryptograms I made, using http://puzzlemaker.discoveryeducation.com/cryptogramSetupForm.asp. The idea is to solve the puzzle by converting numbers into letters. It is a great way ...
4 Views 26,550 ElemPre-IntIntAdvExam
Professions Word Search

Professions Word Search

Luc Wyn
This is vocabulary game about professions. It contains a number of professions and can be used to give your students a little fun break while still acquiring more vocabulary. Starting from this yo ...
5 Views 33,992 ElemPre-Int
Crossword- Food

Crossword- Food

Rania Foka
This worksheet has been designed for the purpose of revising vocabulary based on the book "Fizz", Unit 10, the A Junior class. Nevertheless, it can be used for young learners studying any other co ...
1 Views 15,500 Beg
Board Game, Top Notch 3A

Board Game, Top Notch 3A

Cut the cards and write numbers 1-18 on the other side of the cards. Place them on the board so the ss can see the numbers. Divide the class into 2 teams and write the name of each team on the boa ...
2 Views 18,931 Pre-IntInt
Movie Worksheet: Inside Out

Movie Worksheet: Inside Out

This worksheet is created for young learners. Here they must describe what the characters are wearing and color the pictures. After coloring they can describe their appearance and personalities to ...
3 Views 33,083 BegElem
Movie Worksheet: Pele, Birth of a Legend

Movie Worksheet: Pele, Birth of a Legend

I have designed this worksheet based on the movie, Pele: Birth of a Legend. It includes three sections, before watching, while watching, and after watching. It is designed for pre-intermediate lev ...
4 Views 25,147 ElemPre-Int
Useful Phrases for Elementary Students

Useful Phrases for Elementary Students

Maria
This is a list of phrases for elementary students. This list includes expressions for greeting, apologizing, saying thank you and asking for clarification. There are also phrases to introduce ones ...
6 Views 28,930 BegElem
Dictation (Celebration)

Dictation (Celebration)

This worksheet is helpful for practicing spelling celebrations and food related vocabulary items, and it helps to improve students writing skills. This is appropriate for young learners and beginn ...
3 Views 39,515 BegElem
Dictation (Toys)

Dictation (Toys)

This worksheet is helpful for practicing spelling toys related vocabulary items, and it helps to improve students writing skills. This is appropriate for young learners and beginners. Hope you fin ...
2 Views 27,436 BegElem
How's the Weather?

How's the Weather?

This worksheet is appropriate for young learners and elementary students. It's suitable for practicing and reviewing weather related vocabulary items. And it also contains some questions abou ...
8 Views 38,711 BegElem
Alphabet A-I

Alphabet A-I

I have designed this PDF for starter levels to practice Aa-Ii. Have your students write missing letters. Hope it helps.
3 Views 15,058 Beg
At the Playground

At the Playground

This file includes some vocabulary items related to the activities children do at the playground, such as swinging, sliding, skating, etc. The grammar focuses on present continuous. Hope it helps.
4 Views 30,088 Elem

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