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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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Thanksgiving - What Are You Thankful For?

Thanksgiving - What Are You Thankful For?

Thanksgiving Day is a national holiday and is a time for giving thanks for the blessing of the harvest and of the preceding year. Students are asked to make a list of some things that they are tha ...
2 Views 15,432 Elem
Poetry - Don't Think about a Zebra

Poetry - Don't Think about a Zebra

This worksheet was created for primary/elementary students. Students are asked to read through the poem and underline the correct spelling of the word in brackets. They are then asked to answer qu ...
7 Views 14,657 Elem
Movie Worksheet: Over the Garden Wall (1-4 Episodes)

Movie Worksheet: Over the Garden Wall (1-4 Episodes)

Tania
It's a nice and rather wise cartoon, simple at first sight, but deep and educational at the end. There is a Halloween topic, teenager problems, siblings relationships, friendship and lots more to ...
6 Views 29,877 IntAdvExam
Phrasal Verbs & Idioms - Get

Phrasal Verbs & Idioms - Get

Sarah
This worksheet introduces seventeen phrasal verbs with "get" and five idioms with "get." Instead of providing the definition for the phrasal verb and idiom, there is a sample sentence. Using the s ...
4 Views 20,021 IntAdv
Business Proverbs

Business Proverbs

Natalia Serdyukova
This PPP can be used for the course of Business English or in a lesson dealing with entrepreneurship. The presentation contains some proverbs which are split up. At first the students can see the ...
4 Views 37,668 Int
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Word Search - Pets Corner

Word Search - Pets Corner

Pets Corner - This word search was created for primary/elementary students and can be used as a fun activity with your class. There are fifteen different pets to find hidden in the grid. Students ...
9 Views 14,233 Elem
There Is and There Are

There Is and There Are

jannita_3
This is a worksheet to practice there is/there are with house vocabulary.
13 Views 38,353 Elem
Writing the Four Seasons

Writing the Four Seasons

What is the weather like in summer? What do trees look like in winter? What happens to the leaves on the trees in autumn? Students are asked to identify the four seasons by writing the correct sea ...
6 Views 30,913 Elem
Your Body

Your Body

How well do your students know the parts of the human body? This worksheet was created for young learners to help them label the parts of the human body. It will also help students with their spel ...
10 Views 26,464 Elem
Polar Regions

Polar Regions

This power-point presentation is prepared for teaching and reviewing about Polar regions: iceberg, arctic fox, puffin, polar bear, etc.. It also contains some questions to ask. It's appropria ...
2 Views 7,115 Elem
Tropical Rain Forests

Tropical Rain Forests

This power-point presentation is prepared for teaching and reviewing about tropical rain forests : bamboo, canoe, parrot, toucan, etc.. It also contains some questions to ask. It's appropriat ...
5 Views 8,186 Elem
African Plains

African Plains

This power-point presentation is prepared for teaching and reviewing African plains such as: buffalo, water hole, acacia tree, lion, etc.. It also contains some questions to ask. It's appropr ...
5 Views 7,052 Elem
Debate about Bullying

Debate about Bullying

The 5th of November being "Anti-Bullying Day" in France this worksheet will help start discussion with your pupils. The sentences are myths and facts about bullying like : "Bullying is a normal pa ...
9 Views 39,106 IntAdv
Listenings about Bullying

Listenings about Bullying

Apart from being Guy Fawkes' Day in England the 5th of Novembre is now "Anti-bullying Day" in France. This listening is a good summary of what bullying is, who the bullies are, what victims can do ...
6 Views 20,253 IntAdv
Super Heroes, Super Powers

Super Heroes, Super Powers

This worksheet is designed for group work. Pictures and descriptions are cut-outs to be made as a wall poster. Suitable for primary school students. Each super hero characters has his name an ...
4 Views 10,988 Pre-Int
ESL Unit: A Food Contest

ESL Unit: A Food Contest

A free-to-use ESL unit suitable for intermediate level learners. This unit includes speaking, reading, listening, vocabulary and grammar practice. Links are provided for the audio clips for the li ...
8 Views 32,887 Pre-IntInt
Creative Writing

Creative Writing

dotty
The goals of this worksheet is to encourage learners to be more descriptive in their writings, using new vocabulary in terms of adjectives. They are asked to complete several exercises including f ...
8 Views 19,722 Pre-IntIntAdvExam
Adjectives

Adjectives

dotty
The aim of this worksheet is to encourage learners to use their knowledge of adjectives and to learn new adjectives. They are asked to choose from a selection of adjectives to describe the picture ...
3 Views 30,225 IntAdvExam
Song Worksheet: Perfect by Pink (Personality and Character Adjectives)

Song Worksheet: Perfect by Pink (Personality and Character Adjectives)

I like using this one for warming up while working out the vocabulary of personality and character. Four different tasks are given here not to get bored. Plus you can add a wordle worksheet with p ...
7 Views 41,870 Pre-IntIntAdv
Wordle Idioms for Personality and Characters

Wordle Idioms for Personality and Characters

Preteach the idioms using the video. Explain that pronouns, prepositions and articles are missing. Ss need to match the parts and add some more words if neccessary. Don't forget about the feedback ...
6 Views 15,089 Pre-IntIntAdv
Movie Worksheet: Desperate Housewives, Season1, Episode1 (Personality and Characters Idioms)

Movie Worksheet: Desperate Housewives, Season1, Episode1 (Personality and Characters Idioms)

Pre-teach the idioms using the video “Learn English - English Idioms for Personality & Character” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdSBqoteJpI. Desperate housewives season 1 e ...
3 Views 13,731 Pre-IntIntAdv
Eco-quiz

Eco-quiz

Alina Stangret
The quiz will help to clatify the main points in being an ecologically minded person. By answering simple questions a student is aimed to think about his or her regular actions as ones which are " ...
10 Views 17,749 Pre-IntInt
Movie Worksheet: How to Recycle in New York City

Movie Worksheet: How to Recycle in New York City

This is a worksheet based on an interesting and a very informative video "How to Recycle in New York City" instructing New Yorkers on the process of recycling. The worksheet contains two exercises ...
8 Views 27,865 IntAdvExam
Song Worksheet: Waiting for Love by Avicii

Song Worksheet: Waiting for Love by Avicii

savamar
"Waiting for Love" is a song by Swedish DJ and music producer Avicii which was released in 2015. It is an easy song worksheet for beginners to practice listening skills and the days of the week. I ...
11 Views 30,170 ElemPre-Int
Let's Talk about Currencies

Let's Talk about Currencies

This is a creative way to introduce currencies that are used globally to your ESL classroom. This powerpoint presentation is divided into three parts. The first focuses on identifying the currenci ...
3 Views 17,907 ElemPre-Int

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