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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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Poetry - Autumn Is the Time of Year

Poetry - Autumn Is the Time of Year

In celebrating World Poetry Day students can enjoy this fun poetry worksheet: Autumn Is the Time of Year. Students are asked to read through the poem and answer the questions. There are 8 accompan ...
9 Views 34,812 Elem
Poetry - The Weather Is Perfect for Running

Poetry - The Weather Is Perfect for Running

In celebrating World Poetry Day, March 21, students can enjoy this fun poetry worksheet. This English resource asks children to read the poem 'The Weather Is Perfect for Running' and underline the ...
8 Views 21,711 Elem
Poetry - My Sheep Is Being Sheepish

Poetry - My Sheep Is Being Sheepish

In celebrating World Poetry Day, March 21, students can enjoy this fun poetry worksheet: My Sheep is Being Sheepish. Students are asked to read through the poem and answer the questions. They are ...
5 Views 11,615 Elem
Poetry - Don't Think about a Zebra

Poetry - Don't Think about a Zebra

In celebrating World Poetry Day, March 21, students can enjoy this fun poetry worksheet. They are asked to read through the poem and underline the correct spelling of the word in brackets. They ar ...
7 Views 13,911 Elem
Know Your Friend

Know Your Friend

BusyTeacher Contributor
It´s a nice and simple way to get students talking and sharing information about themselves and it also gives the opportunity to ask further questions. It provides good practice of questions ...
10 Views 32,250 Pre-IntInt
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Song Worksheet: Tik Tok by Kesha

Song Worksheet: Tik Tok by Kesha

Basak
This is a fun, song worksheet for pre-intermediate/intermediate students who might get bored at class after a long lesson. The song is Tik Tok by Kesha.  Students are to fill in the ...
3 Views 19,078 Pre-IntInt
Cookie Testing

Cookie Testing

William Work
This is a practical worksheet for using comparatives and superlatives. It works great for young learners. Just make sure that there are no food allergies in the group. It involves the teacher gett ...
7 Views 12,793 ElemPre-Int
Exploring Kew Gardens

Exploring Kew Gardens

Mª Carmen Fuentes
Worksheet to practice ICT. Students have to find out information about Kew Gardens (London,UK). They can use Wikipedia or the official site. This worksheet will improve vocabulary and grammar. It ...
1 Views 8,458 Pre-IntInt
Bonfire Night - Reading and Speaking

Bonfire Night - Reading and Speaking

Mrs Pusheen
A reading and speaking information gap activity worksheet for pre-intermediate students. Teaches the basic facts and vocabulary in connection with the holiday. Students can talk about historical e ...
1 Views 12,189 Pre-IntInt
Adverbs to Express Intensity

Adverbs to Express Intensity

This worksheet is to asses the use of adverbs such as extremely, very, really, pretty, fairly, somewhat; and quantifiers like: a lot, quite a bit, not very much, not at all. Students have to reord ...
5 Views 38,670 Int
Parts of the House

Parts of the House

In this worksheet students can practice the house vocabulary. In the first part of the worksheet they have to label house parts. The second and third ones deal with writing words in English and S ...
7 Views 55,857 Pre-Int
What's the Weather Like?

What's the Weather Like?

This is a powerpoint presentation to let students talk about weather in different countries. It helps to reinforce weather vocabulary. Each slide asks the question: "What's the weather like in...? ...
6 Views 25,814 Int
Countries and Nationalities

Countries and Nationalities

Mark Anthony Hernandez
it features people from around the world, names places, cities, nationality as to where they are from, what their culture is, language, flag, perhaps even the national anthem of their country. &n ...
4 Views 23,871 BegElem
Places in Town

Places in Town

These worksheets are useful to practise vocabulary related to places in town. Crosswords, scrambled words and "snake-words" help your students to memorise the new words easily. The next page is ...
4 Views 19,541 ElemPre-Int
Fruit - What's Missing?

Fruit - What's Missing?

This Powerpoint presentation is useful for memorising fruit vocabulary. The students have to keep the pictures and the names of the fruits in mind, because they have to decide which one is missin ...
7 Views 26,208 BegElemPre-Int
Easter Wordsearch - 19 Words

Easter Wordsearch - 19 Words

Gaia
I used the puzzle generator to make this puzzle. It consists of 19 words related to Easter. It is a cut and paste powerpoint with two pieces. Make sure you adjust both pieces if you decide to make ...
6 Views 46,670 Elem
Movie Worksheet: The History of English

Movie Worksheet: The History of English

hoffert corinne
A funny series of videos on the history of English. The worksheet is on two of them . Answer key is provided. This can be useful to make students aware of how important it is to study history ...
6 Views 14,975 Int
What You Know about the English Language Answer Key

What You Know about the English Language Answer Key

corinne hoffert
Vocabulary
Here is the answer key for the worksheet submitted. My students love this exercise because it is a good summary of what history and invasions brought to the English language . Before this lesson w ...
2 Views 4,814 Int
Traditional Dishes

Traditional Dishes

Marijana
This worksheet was prepared for students who are learning about various types of food, ways of cooking and cooking vocabulary. It can be used for students working in food cooking and catering. The ...
10 Views 46,732 All
How Much You Know about the English Language

How Much You Know about the English Language

corinne hoffert
Vocabulary
This worksheet heps to understand the origins of English words , helps to explain what influence history and the different invasions had on the language and can be a conclusion to a history lesson ...
4 Views 5,738 Int
Movie Worksheet: Interstellar

Movie Worksheet: Interstellar

Manuel Vásquez
This is a worksheet that I created for my middle school students, the unit we were working on was about space. It contains questions that students can answer while watching the movie or after they ...
2 Views 43,251 Int
Movie Worksheet: Ender's Game

Movie Worksheet: Ender's Game

Manuel Vásquez
This is a worksheet that I made for my middle school students as an introduction to a unit about space. It contains multiple answer questions that students can answer while watching the movie or a ...
4 Views 16,885 Int
Movie Worksheet: Elysium

Movie Worksheet: Elysium

Manuel Vásquz
This is a worksheet that I made for my middle school students. You could use this worksheet for a lesson about dystopian futures. It contains comprehension questions that they can answer while wat ...
2 Views 11,657 Int
Balancing Equations - Addition and Subtraction

Balancing Equations - Addition and Subtraction

Is algebra a difficult topic? It doesn't have to be! This maths worksheet was created for primary/elementary students. There are fourteen sums for students to work out that will help with addition ...
5 Views 16,877 Elem
Play - Using Words and Expressions with the Word 'Play'

Play - Using Words and Expressions with the Word 'Play'

For elementary students and above. This is a lexis worksheet for various expressions that include the word 'play'. There is a lead-in section to elicit prior knowledge, a gap-fill section and a se ...
5 Views 26,016 ElemPre-IntInt

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