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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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Which Homonym?

Which Homonym?

Homonyms are words that sound like one another but have different meanings. This English resource was created for primary/elementary students. Students are asked to read the sentences and choose t ...
11 Views 44,319 Elem
Frequency and Routine Vocabulary

Frequency and Routine Vocabulary

Shirley Rodrigues
A word search activity with frequency adverbs and days of the week. I made it and used to recycle days of the week and introduce frequency vocabulary. Worked very well after introducing ...
3 Views 20,676 BegElem
Song Worksheet: Lost Stars (from the Movie Begin Again)

Song Worksheet: Lost Stars (from the Movie Begin Again)

BusyTeacher Contributor
This song belongs to the soundtrack of the movie "Begin Again" starred by Mark Ruffalo, Keira Knightly and Adam Levine. The song is sang by Adam and it's got a nice message. I did it for my FCE st ...
5 Views 22,509 Exam
Celebrations

Celebrations

This power-point presentation is related to wedding celebration and different kinds of celebrations and how people celebrate them. It's appropriate for young learners.
6 Views 13,657 Elem
Alphabet, A-U

Alphabet, A-U

Here is a worksheet for practicing picture dictation for letters a-u. Hope it helps.
4 Views 15,330 Beg
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Song Worksheet: Young At Heart by Frank Sinatra

Song Worksheet: Young At Heart by Frank Sinatra

Rebecca N.
I teach different categories of idioms every month in our center's English Corner. This month I chose the topic 'Age'. I thought this would be a fun song to discuss and listen to. I started the ho ...
2 Views 20,503 IntAdv
Ordinal Numbers Cars

Ordinal Numbers Cars

Primary 1 / kindergarten level use of ordinal numbers to describe vehicles in a row. Students use the picture of a variety of cars to describe the ordinal position or practice vocabulary to descri ...
5 Views 40,487 Elem
Cut and Paste Activity Worksheets

Cut and Paste Activity Worksheets

Deepika Chugh
Hi! I am introducing worksheets for kindergarten. These activity worksheets are fun. With the help of them kids will cut the different shapes and paste them in  a proper way. Format of b ...
2 Views 18,553 Pre-Int
Guess the Fruits! Juices Game

Guess the Fruits! Juices Game

This is a game thought for elementary/beginner students who already know some fruit & vegetable vocabulary. They are warned that the loser of this game (or the winner, depends on their interes ...
9 Views 31,618 BegElem
Christmas Lesson Booklet

Christmas Lesson Booklet

BusyTeacher Contributor
This is a booklet with varying activities - such as singing a Christmas carol, listening to a Christmas story, doing fun exercises about Christmas. It is meant for all levels, the Christmas story ...
5 Views 20,001 ElemPre-IntInt
One World Quiz

One World Quiz

William Work
This PDF is the one world quiz which both tests the general knowledge of your students, provoking conversations leading to the right answer. It has  been adapted to test your students' knowle ...
5 Views 31,583 Pre-IntInt
Movie Worksheet: Jungle Book 1967 - Question Sheet

Movie Worksheet: Jungle Book 1967 - Question Sheet

A Question sheet for level A1.5 - A2 (intermediate). I made this to practice listening skills for the impending exams: it features questions in easy English about the movie. They focus mostly ...
3 Views 15,430 Pre-IntIntAdv
Restaurant Menu and Order Pad

Restaurant Menu and Order Pad

paul
The worksheet I used for a restaurant role-play. It includes an empty menu and order pads. The main target is vocabulary but you can use it in any way you wish. My suggestion would be to get the s ...
4 Views 40,858 All
Family Speaking Cards

Family Speaking Cards

I have designed this PDF for the elementary level. It includes some questions about the family. Put the students into pairs or small groups and have them talk. Hope it helps.
6 Views 28,594 Elem
Captain America: Civil War - 3rd Conditional, Reported Speech, Degrees of Comparison

Captain America: Civil War - 3rd Conditional, Reported Speech, Degrees of Comparison

sasha_alexandra
I created this worksheet to have a little grammar revision with my students. It is dedicated to a new Marvel film "Captain America: Civil War". I like it a lot and learners enjoy discussing superh ...
8 Views 33,208 IntAdvExam
Movie Worksheet: The One - Everybody Loves Raymond, Season 7, Episode 9

Movie Worksheet: The One - Everybody Loves Raymond, Season 7, Episode 9

Denise Williams
This discussion sheet for ESL students is from Season 7, Episode 9 of Everybody Loves Raymond - She's the One! It includes vocabulary, idiom phrases, and discussion questions. A segment of the sho ...
3 Views 10,107 Pre-IntInt
Time Game

Time Game

Cut the cards and write numbers 1-18 on the other side of each card. Place them on the board and put your students into two teams. They take turns to choose a number and say the time. If they say ...
9 Views 23,415 Elem
Classroom - English Vocabulary

Classroom - English Vocabulary

This English printable worksheet can be used to widen your students' vocabulary about objects in the classroom! They are asked to write the letters on the lines to match the columns correctly. The ...
3 Views 15,003 ElemPre-Int
Family Members - English Vocabulary

Family Members - English Vocabulary

This English printable worksheet can be used to widen your students' vocabulary about their family! They are asked to write the letters on the lines to match the columns correctly. There are twelv ...
5 Views 26,743 ElemPre-Int
Had Better Practice

Had Better Practice

Larissa Neri
This worksheet was created to help students practice the use of had better. There are six situations which should be solved by the students. You can edit the worksheet so you can use it with other ...
2 Views 20,962 ElemPre-IntInt
Song Worksheet: Common People by Pulp

Song Worksheet: Common People by Pulp

India
This is a very simple gap fill for the song Common People by Pulp, I used it to introduce a lesson on Britpop and found that the song produced some good new vocabulary and an enjoyable listening t ...
3 Views 16,665 IntAdv
Movie Worksheet: Britpop Documentary

Movie Worksheet: Britpop Documentary

India
This task involves students watching a short BBC documentary and answering some true or false questions. My students loved this task as they enjoy learning about British culture and watching inter ...
10 Views 16,909 IntAdv
Stative Verbs for Teenagers (with Memes)

Stative Verbs for Teenagers (with Memes)

sasha_alexandra
This worksheet is about stative verbs. There are rules, a table of verbs, exceptions and examples. I created some memes to make it look more teenage-friendly and help the kids to remember it bette ...
10 Views 29,355 Pre-IntIntAdvExam
Egypt - The Land of Mystery

Egypt - The Land of Mystery

William Work
A PowerPoint presentation for younger learners that make statements about Egypt. The students must then come up with the right answer (true or no way!) and then it is checked. Each slide can provi ...
4 Views 16,152 ElemPre-Int
Names

Names

I have designed this PDF for reviewing full name and initials. I assign it as homework and have my students to google the names of these people and complete each information card. It is designed f ...
6 Views 11,204 Elem

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