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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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Family Members

Family Members

This worksheet is suitable for learning about thefamily members.. In the first one there are two puzzles. The second one is a matching exercise. You should laminate the worksheet and cut out the p ...
8 Views 20,367 ElemPre-Int
Fruit Puzzles

Fruit Puzzles

My senior students like puzzles very much. This worksheet is suitable to practise vocabulary easily in different ways and have fun.
3 Views 21,160 BegElem
House and Furniture Puzzles

House and Furniture Puzzles

This worksheet is suitable to practise house vocabulary  in different ways and have fun. My senior students like it very much.
4 Views 17,233 BegElemPre-Int
Fruit and Vegetables

Fruit and Vegetables

The presentation consists of 9 new flashcards with fruit and vegetables: avocado, coconut, raspberry, grapefruit, grape, pineapple, peach and plum and instructions to practice the new vocabulary. ...
6 Views 43,208 BegElem
Colours

Colours

This worksheet is for beginners learning to differentiate colours. Learners should read the colour, find the circle with the number of the colour and colour it.They should also practise writing an ...
5 Views 19,074 Beg
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Animals

Animals

This worksheet is intended for beginners learning to write. Learners are supposed to read the word, write it on the line underneath it and match it with its picture.They don't have to draw a line, ...
4 Views 12,483 Beg
Children's Games

Children's Games

Match the names of games with pictures. I printed, coloured and laminated them and I am using them for many things. Young learners can match them, learners can also develop speaking by picking out ...
6 Views 37,989 ElemPre-IntInt
Introduction to Legal English Crossword Puzzle

Introduction to Legal English Crossword Puzzle

William R. Work, MD
This crossword was developed to help review the vocabulary for an introductory legal English course. This covers about half of the course and the remainder will be uploaded shortly. The feedback I ...
3 Views 27,333 Adv
Sydney Is a Beautiful City

Sydney Is a Beautiful City

This powerpoint presentation helps students to understand a text about Sydney. If they have seen the presentation “A Postcard From Dublin” before, it enables them to write their own po ...
8 Views 27,558 Pre-IntInt
A Postcard from Dublin

A Postcard from Dublin

This powerpoint presentation helps students to understand the text of a postcard and gives them an example how to write a postcard by themselves. In addition they get to know some details about Du ...
12 Views 19,017 ElemPre-Int
How much? How Old? What's the Time?

How much? How Old? What's the Time?

The worksheet is about asking and answering how much questions. It is recommended for elementary school beginners as it has letters to trace. The background knowledge is the numbers and it also ha ...
7 Views 17,176 BegElemPre-IntExam
Professions & Past Simple Domino

Professions & Past Simple Domino

Lyubov
This domino printable is meant for elementary, pre-intermediate students to practise jobs and past simple. You need to cut out domino cards along the dashed line. This game of dominoes is usually ...
8 Views 22,499 ElemPre-Int
Thanksgiving Minibook

Thanksgiving Minibook

isabel
A thanksgiving mini book for fun and learning about this festival. After doing the activities students can cut and paste it and they will have a beautiful mini book. They enjoy this activity a lot ...
6 Views 30,562 Elem
Draw a Monster

Draw a Monster

Jake M
This is a fun PowerPoint activity to practice body parts and descriptive adjectives. The vocabulary in this example is for intermediate level, but it could easily be adjusted for any level. Make s ...
15 Views 43,247 All
Phrasal Verbs with Particles - Away and Back

Phrasal Verbs with Particles - Away and Back

Natalya Work
This is a worksheet for intermediate students to practice phrasal verbs with particles away and back. All of the examples were carefully chosen and verified by a native speaker who is a profession ...
3 Views 17,927 IntAdv
Speaking (Shopping and Holiday)

Speaking (Shopping and Holiday)

This file includes speaking cards for shopping and holiday. It is designed for pre-intermediate and upper levels. Hope you find it useful.
15 Views 57,499 Pre-IntIntAdv
Colours

Colours

odda
Learners have to match colour names with the corresponding characters, this way they can associate images which are significant to them with the colours they are learning. Each characters has a ...
3 Views 16,823 BegElem
An English Vendor-Purveyor of English Words

An English Vendor-Purveyor of English Words

Bill Wilkens
Do you sometimes find it difficult to connect well with students in the classroom setting? I do. How about becoming a vendor of English words and sentences on the sidewalk, outside school, etc.? I ...
1 Views 8,248 All
Basic Algebra - Addition and Subtraction

Basic Algebra - Addition and Subtraction

Is algebra a difficult topic? It doesn't have to be! This maths worksheet was created for primary/elementary students and is a really simple way to get them started. If they already know simple ar ...
5 Views 24,158 Elem
Easter

Easter

Dominika
Here's a slightly tricky Easter crossword for the kids. An enjoyable ESL word search puzzle with pictures to study and practise Easter Holiday vocabulary. Find and circle the Easter Holiday vocabu ...
8 Views 66,369 Elem
Quantifiers

Quantifiers

Dilley Rocio Angel Eusse
In this worksheet your students have to recognize, analyze and circle the best option for each sentence, taking into a count the right use of the quantifieres, they can work in pairs and then shar ...
6 Views 26,334 BegElem
Police Lineup - Describing People - Speaking

Police Lineup - Describing People - Speaking

Jake M
A classroom speaking activity to practice describing people. Students ask yes/no questions about appearances to find the criminal via the process of elimination. Target language includes: "Is he.. ...
11 Views 21,017 Pre-IntIntAdv
Movie Worksheet: Making a Sandwich

Movie Worksheet: Making a Sandwich

monica
With this video lesson, kids will enjoy watching the funny story meanwhile teachers can practice present simple, past simple, food, and listening skills. First watch the video and elicit wha ...
8 Views 25,475 BegElem
Choose To, Too or Two (2)

Choose To, Too or Two (2)

Use to as a preposition before a noun or as an infinitive before a verb. Use too as a synonym for also or to indicate excessiveness before a verb. Use two to spell out the number 2. Students choos ...
3 Views 15,127 Elem
Choose To, Too or Two

Choose To, Too or Two

Use to as a preposition before a noun or as an infinitive before a verb. Use too as a synonym for also or to indicate excessiveness before a verb. Use two to spell out  number 2. Students cho ...
4 Views 23,764 Elem

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