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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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Mother's Day - Correct Sentences (1)

Mother's Day - Correct Sentences (1)

This worksheet was created for primary/elementary school students and can be used as an English resource for Mother's Day. Children are asked to look at each picture and put a circle around the le ...
3 Views 14,299 Elem
Mother's Day - Acrostic Poem

Mother's Day - Acrostic Poem

An acrostic poem uses the letters in a word to begin each line of the poem. All lines of the poem relate to or describe the main topic word. Students are asked to write an acrostic poem about thei ...
5 Views 17,246 Elem
Mother's Day - Alphabetical Order

Mother's Day - Alphabetical Order

This worksheet was created for primary/elementary school students and can be used as an extra resource for Mother's Day. Students are asked to put all of the words in alphabetical order and write ...
6 Views 15,717 Elem
Writing an Email about Healthy Lifestyle

Writing an Email about Healthy Lifestyle

BusyTeacher Contributor
This worksheet has information adapted from http://www.choosemyplate.gov/. It requires students to fill up the parts of the food pyramid and extract information from the pictures to write a 50 wor ...
3 Views 40,433 Int
Animated Characters Description Flashcards

Animated Characters Description Flashcards

Lacrimosa
The file contains a set of 12 flashcards featuring pictures of contemporary disney/pixar animated characters such as Shrek, Elsa, Snow White, Gru etc. They can be used for vocabulary practice (des ...
21 Views 45,712 BegElemPre-Int
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Pronunciation Game - Matching Homophones

Pronunciation Game - Matching Homophones

Miriam
Entertaining game with matching words with different spelling but same sound. Can be used as a game or a pronunciation lesson. Plus you can create a vocabulary lesson with the new words in the lis ...
28 Views 60,704 ElemPre-IntInt
Mother's Day - Word Scramble

Mother's Day - Word Scramble

Mother's Day is a time to honour mothers, grandmothers, and great-grandmothers for all that they do for their family and society. This worksheet can be used for Mother's Day. Students are asked t ...
5 Views 19,805 Elem
Animals Past and Present Grammar Worksheet

Animals Past and Present Grammar Worksheet

This worksheet is about animals. It contains two activities for grammar: present simple andpast simple. The students are asked to make questions and write answers. It is appropriate for elementary ...
6 Views 13,557 Elem
Movie Worksheet: Window in Britain, Holidays (Progress Check, 6th Grade)

Movie Worksheet: Window in Britain, Holidays (Progress Check, 6th Grade)

It is a typical way to test the students in the end of the year. The school year is over, the course book is closed. The students can easy understand the film "Window in Britain 2, Holidays". This ...
10 Views 19,236 Elem
Anatomy of an Advertisement

Anatomy of an Advertisement

Romaenglish
This worksheet teaches students how to use descriptive and persuasive language to make a compelling advertisement. This was originally designed for Chinese University students and so the examples ...
17 Views 45,116 Pre-IntIntAdv
Countries and Nationalities

Countries and Nationalities

Natalia
This is an information-gap activity. Students work in pairs. They are given 2 different worksheets with pictures of famous people. Each student tries to guess these people's nationalities and coun ...
14 Views 35,743 BegElem
First Lesson for a Complete Beginner

First Lesson for a Complete Beginner

Dmitry Baranov
I don't like first lessons in student's books because they seem to me either too difficult for beginners or too easy. That's why I tried (and successfully!) my own version. After several minu ...
13 Views 23,494 Beg
Months and Numbers - Matching Exercise

Months and Numbers - Matching Exercise

You can use this worksheet in two ways. For a speaking-exercise you laminate the page and cut out the pieces. Students have to combine the pieces and say the whole sentence. They can do it in pair ...
10 Views 48,715 ElemPre-Int
Extinct and Endangered Animals

Extinct and Endangered Animals

This PowerPoint contains the information of some endangered and extinct animals; dinosaurs, Pyrenean ibex, giant panda, and Komodo dragon. It is designed for elementary and pre-intermediate levels ...
6 Views 10,811 ElemPre-Int
Describe: Bedroom and Bathroom

Describe: Bedroom and Bathroom

This worksheet deals with some vocabulary items related to bedroom and bathroom. It is designed for both elementary and pre-intermediate levels. You may find it useful at the study part. Hope it w ...
8 Views 13,298 ElemPre-Int
My Clothes, PowerPoint

My Clothes, PowerPoint

This PowerPoint includes some vocabulary items for clothing, such as belt, tie, sunglasses, etc. It contains an activity to check the young learners' understanding. The students are asked to guess ...
9 Views 16,750 Beg
Clothes - What's Missing?

Clothes - What's Missing?

punch
This Powerpoint Presentation is useful for memorising clothes-vocabulary. The students have to keep the pictures and the names of the clothes in mind, because they have to decide which one is miss ...
12 Views 26,220 ElemPre-Int
Song Worksheet: Mobile Phone

Song Worksheet: Mobile Phone

Song "Mobile phone" by İrish singer Richie Kavanagh is an amusing way to speak about mobile phones, practise new vocabulary and have fun. Students will have to listen to the song and fill in ...
2 Views 17,451 Pre-IntIntAdv
Battleship- Places

Battleship- Places

Two-player battleship game to practice a few place names and questions regarding them. A teacher might first want to explain each of the questions and places to the students if they're not familia ...
3 Views 10,079 Pre-IntInt
Clothes - Missing Vowels

Clothes - Missing Vowels

punch
This worksheet is another vocabulary-trainer like the scrambled words or the word search puzzles. The students have to fill in the missing vowels. It's not difficult, because they can already gues ...
4 Views 12,093 ElemPre-Int
Clothes - Scrambled Words

Clothes - Scrambled Words

punch
My senior students like puzzles very much. These worksheets are suitable to practise vocabulary easily in different ways and having fun. The students have to fold the sheets, so that the solution ...
8 Views 17,415 ElemPre-Int
Movie Worksheet: Modern Family Trailer Season 1

Movie Worksheet: Modern Family Trailer Season 1

Eva Caixàs
A simple listening with some comprehension questions. The questions only check for the content of the video and its comprehension. There aren't grammar/vocabulary exercises here. The scene was ta ...
6 Views 15,170 Pre-IntIntAdv
Movie Worksheet: British Animals You Won't Find in America - Anglophenia Ep 27

Movie Worksheet: British Animals You Won't Find in America - Anglophenia Ep 27

There are some adorable British creatures that are never seen in the States outside of zoos and exotic pet owners. (Note: some of these animals can be found in other countries, but not natively in ...
3 Views 11,272 ElemPre-IntIntAdvExam
Reading for Business English: The City of London

Reading for Business English: The City of London

maki
I work in the secondary school of economics so these are great texts for reading and vocabulary, you can use it for reading or introduction activity for further vocabulary work: accounting, econom ...
7 Views 31,909 Pre-IntInt
Weather In London

Weather In London

This Power Point Presentation could be used for introduction of the 4 seasons (autumn, winter, spring, summer), including weather vocabulary and weather peculiarities in London. Vocabulary represe ...
6 Views 11,008 Pre-Int

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