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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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Creative Writing - Thanksgiving Story (2)

Creative Writing - Thanksgiving Story (2)

Thanksgiving Day is a national holiday celebrated primarily in the United States and Canada. It is a day of giving thanks for the blessing of the harvest and of the preceding year. This picture sh ...
2 Views 12,741 Elem
Creative Writing - Thanksgiving Story (1)

Creative Writing - Thanksgiving Story (1)

Thanksgiving Day is a national holiday celebrated primarily in the United States and Canada. It is a day of giving thanks for the blessing of the harvest and of the preceding year. This picture sh ...
2 Views 16,650 Elem
Spelling - Thanksgiving

Spelling - Thanksgiving

Spelling is important because it aids in both reading and writing. This spelling worksheet includes 12 spelling words that are all associated with Thanksgiving. Students learn the spelling and fir ...
2 Views 16,188 Elem
Project: Holiday

Project: Holiday

This powerpoint is a guideline for the teacher and the pupils, so they know what to do each lesson. It starts with an introduction of the project, shows some examples, and has an overview of what ...
10 Views 63,379 Elem
ESL Unit: Shopping

ESL Unit: Shopping

A free-to-use ESL unit suitable for intermediate level learners on the topic of shopping. This unit includes speaking, reading, listening, vocabulary and grammar practice. Links are provided for t ...
15 Views 31,268 Pre-IntInt
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Fake Identity Cards

Fake Identity Cards

I have created these fake identity cards for my class. I think it's a good practice on forming and answering basic questions. Instructions: cut out the cards - you'll have two sets of cards - ...
15 Views 48,710 BegElemPre-Int
Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving

isa80
This is a colourful worksheet for helping young learners say what they are thankful for in the spirit of Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving is a great celebration. Students have to tick what they are than ...
5 Views 19,499 ElemPre-IntInt
Movie Worksheet: Britain vs. America: Vegetable Names - Anglophenia Ep 39

Movie Worksheet: Britain vs. America: Vegetable Names - Anglophenia Ep 39

Anglophenia - the famous youtube series which you all love. This time we talk about what various vegetables are called in the UK and the USA. You know the drill, watch the video carefully and the ...
4 Views 21,429 IntAdvExam
Meal Time

Meal Time

Use this worksheet to review food related vocabulary, meal times, adverbs of frequency and verbs have and eat. Students fill in the table with words and then write a small text below describing wh ...
3 Views 14,680 ElemPre-Int
Family Members Mind Map

Family Members Mind Map

Eva Oros
This mind map can help teachers revise or develop students' vocabulary in connection with family members. It can be used as a warm-up exercise or as a main activity. It is a great tool for i ...
6 Views 32,876 All
Clothes Board Game for Kids

Clothes Board Game for Kids

Hope
This is a board game which can help children to practise their clothes vocabulary. How to play: children throw a dice, say what the clothes are in order. But if they get it wrong they go back ...
2 Views 20,927 BegElem
Movie Worksheet: Mog's Christmas Calamity

Movie Worksheet: Mog's Christmas Calamity

This worksheet is based on the Christmas advertisement by Sainsbury about the cat, Mog. You can extend working on it by making questions or true / false statements after you've watched the video a ...
8 Views 24,616 Pre-IntInt
Jobs Swapping Game (Activity Lesson)

Jobs Swapping Game (Activity Lesson)

A simple mingling activity, where students swap cards for which jobs they want. The jobs come with a description of a situation, including "your first year was bad". In other words, you are not ju ...
5 Views 33,794 Pre-IntIntAdv
Comprehension - John F. Kennedy

Comprehension - John F. Kennedy

This resource is a short reading comprehension about John F. Kennedy. John F. Kennedy served as the 35th President of the United States from January 1961 until November 1963. Students read the tex ...
4 Views 13,803 Elem
Puzzle Vocabulary Worksheet

Puzzle Vocabulary Worksheet

Rania Foka
This worksheet has been designed for young learners of English and it's filled with illustrations to have fun while circling vocabulary related to school objects. It is known that young kids like ...
4 Views 15,045 Beg
Story Writing

Story Writing

Rania Foka
The worksheet is for youmg learners attending a third year of ESL. It aims at facilitating their writing a story by putting in the verbs into the tense and also by using the known vocabulary and i ...
12 Views 34,697 Pre-Int
Meeting New People

Meeting New People

'Meeting New People' has 5 practices that ESL students can enjoy and learn with ease. This has all reading, listening, writing and speaking aspects that can benefit the overall English language ca ...
17 Views 82,613 BegElemPre-Int
Song Worksheet: A Thousand Miles

Song Worksheet: A Thousand Miles

Lilibeydy Manrique
Step-by-step listening comprehension activity for beginner and elementary students. Listen for details and sequence as you hear. Teachers can use it as an introduction to city vocabulary, transpor ...
8 Views 33,706 Elem
Why Do I Have to Go to School

Why Do I Have to Go to School

neide
The text is to discuss the importance of study. Exercises for comprehension provide a new vocabulary,  opportunity to share the opinions about this issue with  exercises. The first is ...
3 Views 11,154 Elem
Types of Crime

Types of Crime

Ufku Erel
A vocabulary and speaking activity for intermediate students. In part one, students read a situation and decipher jumbled letters to find the crime that is described in the situation. The first le ...
7 Views 35,775 Int
Environmental Issues Flashcards

Environmental Issues Flashcards

Mirlo
Flashcards about environmental issues, like water pollution, air pollution, endangered species, landfills, domestic waste and more. These pages are ready to print. It is a Word document . You ca ...
7 Views 27,638 All
FCE Speaking Test Parts 3 and 4

FCE Speaking Test Parts 3 and 4

Rania Foka
The worksheet has been designed to aid students who are preparing for the Cambridge First Certificate test. It focuses on the speaking activities of the third and forth part of the test. The test ...
8 Views 26,823 Adv
Thanksgiving Verbs

Thanksgiving Verbs

corinne hoffert
It is always necessary to review the tenses in English , so why not use this time to recap about the tenses and give some cultural background on Thanksgiving. The key is provided as usual. I have ...
3 Views 18,369 Int
Question and Answer - Getting to Know You

Question and Answer - Getting to Know You

Jeremy
Question words are listed in a box at the top of the page but encourage students to look there only when necessary. Great getting to know you task as it allows the student to complete the que ...
6 Views 50,343 ElemPre-Int
Process Writing: Biography

Process Writing: Biography

Maria Alejandra Gimenez
In this worksheet you will find a process writing lesson plan to guide your students in writing a biography. It contains different stages in process writing, texts to be analysed, a grammar practi ...
4 Views 25,120 ElemPre-Int

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