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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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Song Worksheet: Earth Song by Michael Jackson

Song Worksheet: Earth Song by Michael Jackson

Listen to the song of Earth and read the lyrics of the song. Learners fill in the blanks by replacing the pictures with the correct words. The worksheet could be useful for teachers to introduce t ...
3 Views 28,453 ElemPre-Int
Speaking Tasks for Intermediate Speaking Tests

Speaking Tasks for Intermediate Speaking Tests

kiscsepo
This ppt consists of diverse tasks for practising speaking (e.g. picture descriptions, role plays and a mock debate). It can be used for making B2 (or upper-intermediate) level learners speak. The ...
34 Views 92,710 IntAdv
Clothing

Clothing

I've designed this PowerPoint for teaching some clothing items including jeans, a crewneck, a V-neck, a cardigan, pumps, loafers, flats, oxfords, boxers, panties, tights, etc. You may find it usef ...
7 Views 8,819 ElemPre-Int
My Family

My Family

Stephany Gonzalez
This worksheet is thought to be used with beginner students who are either in kindergarten or  the 1st grade of primary school. Students have to trace each word on the left and then match the ...
4 Views 16,325 Beg
Travelling - Means of Transport

Travelling - Means of Transport

Rodrigues Aleixo
This worksheet is about means of transport and the prepositions used with them. It has a matching exercise. Students should match the names of the means of transport and the pictures. Then it has ...
12 Views 59,166 All
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Song Worksheet: We All Stand Together

Song Worksheet: We All Stand Together

This worksheet was designed for kids. It deals with vocabulary related to body parts (unscramble the words question) and writing the opposites as a pre-listening activity. When listening to the so ...
4 Views 23,464 BegElem
Reading Comprehension

Reading Comprehension

Dana
The worksheet is for beginners. It has two exercises: the first one is a text with questions, the second is to make sentences with given words. You can add words to the second exercise. The worksh ...
9 Views 17,986 BegElem
Winnie-the-Pooh Characters

Winnie-the-Pooh Characters

Sasha
This worksheet describes characters of Winnie-the-Pooh book. You can use it to teach appearance, body parts and describing people. Students are also asked to insert some words (tall, short, long, ...
3 Views 18,333 Elem
English Alphabet - Lesson 3

English Alphabet - Lesson 3

It is a powerpoint which helps your students learn the English alphabet. There are six letters of the English alphabet from Mm to Rr, and six words beginning with these letters. First you show ss ...
6 Views 17,813 BegElem
Sandwich Taboo

Sandwich Taboo

A funny way of cooking with kids. Just like in the classic Taboo game, someone has to pick a card and describe an ingredient of a sandwich without mentioning two specific words related to it. Usin ...
8 Views 31,924 BegElemPre-Int
Dobble Kids Animal Worksheet

Dobble Kids Animal Worksheet

Celia
This worksheet may be used on its own or in relation with the "Dobble Kids" animal card game. It contains a picture of 31 animals in the game. Since it doesn't require writing it can be used by co ...
7 Views 60,976 All
English Alphabet - Lesson 2

English Alphabet - Lesson 2

It is a powerpoint which helps your students learn the English alphabet. There are six letters of the English alphabet from Gg to Ll, and six words beginning with these letters. First you show ss ...
5 Views 15,591 BegElem
The Norman Invasion

The Norman Invasion

A quick mind map about the Edward the Confessor, the Norman Invasion and the battle of Hastings. The map shows just "headlines" with relevant vocabulary, so students are reminded of the main sub-t ...
3 Views 9,546 Pre-Int
English Alphabet - Lesson 1

English Alphabet - Lesson 1

It is a power point which helps your students learn English alphabet. There are six first letters of the English alphabet, and six words begining with these letters. First you show ss both letters ...
6 Views 32,526 BegElem
Classroom Items

Classroom Items

This one-page worksheet contains seven classroom items including pen, pencil, glue, ruler, notebook, pencil case, and eraser. 
3 Views 10,310 Elem
Memory Game

Memory Game

It's a memory game with vocabulary related to school material. It can also be used to do a labelling activity with beginner students who are still learning to read and write (they cut the pictures ...
5 Views 23,303 BegElem
Video Worksheet: Why We Love Repetition in Music? (TedEd)

Video Worksheet: Why We Love Repetition in Music? (TedEd)

Viviane Moraes
Listening activity using a TedEd video about music and rhythm. The multiple choice questions were copied from the website of TedEd, but a list of vocabulary and some discussion topics were added. ...
8 Views 18,797 IntAdv
Einstein's Riddle

Einstein's Riddle

Viviane Moraes
The famous Einstein's Riddle organised in a worksheet, with the reasoning to follow for the teacher. Great for those days when teens don't want to work. It can be used in all sorts of levels, sinc ...
26 Views 119,001 ElemPre-IntIntAdv
Song Worksheet: Bad Romance by Lady Gaga

Song Worksheet: Bad Romance by Lady Gaga

Fermontantes
With this worksheet students can practice vocabulary about love, romance, and relationships by completing lyrics and ordering verses in a song. Teachers can also include a debate or discussion abo ...
1 Views 16,682 Pre-Int
Movie Worksheet: Peppa Pig, Cold Winter Day

Movie Worksheet: Peppa Pig, Cold Winter Day

This worksheet is dedicated to young learners, especially those who like Peppa Pig. It is based on a 5-minute-long cartoon about Peppa and her family. What the kids have to do is to watch the cart ...
11 Views 33,185 Elem
Adrian Mole's New Year's Resolutions

Adrian Mole's New Year's Resolutions

María J. Sierra
There is a pre-reading activity to practise vocabulary as well as a gap fill activity for students to do while reading the excerpt from the book The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13¾ ...
8 Views 47,837 Pre-Int
Economy

Economy

The worksheet talks about the basic terms of economy and how we are affected by over consumerism and other things concerning the economy through interesting pictures. In fact, this power poin ...
1 Views 11,658 Adv
Movie Worksheet: X-Files

Movie Worksheet: X-Files

This video activity was primarily designed for adults at pre-intermediate and above levels. The central theme is reincarnation, but it is not mentioned in the worksheet, so it won't spoil the acti ...
7 Views 16,439 Pre-IntIntAdv
Tabloid Magazine Activity Lesson

Tabloid Magazine Activity Lesson

This is a reasonably simple lesson to run, which my students seem to enjoy. Students work for a tabloid magazine, which is suffering from poor sales, because it is very boring. They must come up w ...
5 Views 43,563 IntAdv
Song Worksheet: The Fox by Ylvis

Song Worksheet: The Fox by Ylvis

This is an easy worksheet for beginners and elementary students which uses the song called The Fox by Ylvis. Students label the pictures. Then they have to listen to the song and match the animal ...
5 Views 27,228 BegElem

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