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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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Synonym Match

Synonym Match

A synonym is a word or phrase that means exactly or nearly the same as another word or phrase in the same language, for example shut is a synonym of close. This worksheet asks students to match th ...
7 Views 19,025 Elem
Carnival in Rio de Janeiro

Carnival in Rio de Janeiro

Short reading with reading comprehension exercises. Simple reading activity with comprehension questions about the Carnival in Rio de Janeiro. It describes this celebration and its origin. You wil ...
7 Views 28,719 ElemPre-Int
Practising There Is/There Are with Easter Eggs

Practising There Is/There Are with Easter Eggs

This is an Easter worksheet for young learners. They can practise some colours, cardinal numbers and there is/ there are structure. The worksheet involves colouring and drawing Easter eggs, comple ...
15 Views 37,283 BegElem
Bingo, My Classroom

Bingo, My Classroom

Bingo: a fun game to review school supplies, colors, and numbers. The teacher has to read out the words by randomly selecting them from a bag and the students have to cross them out. This game can ...
10 Views 16,011 Elem
School Supplies

School Supplies

This PowerPoint contains the vocabulary items related to school supplies, such as scissors, pencil, table, chair, desk, glue, etc. It is appropriate for both absolute beginners and elementary leve ...
8 Views 13,183 BegElem
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Biography - Dick King Smith

Biography - Dick King Smith

Today is Dick King Smith's birthday! Dick King Smith was an English writer of children's books. He grew up in the West Country, where his family ran several paper mills. Students are asked to fill ...
5 Views 10,101 Elem
Clocks

Clocks

vuthao
Help students to tell the time and practise it in daily conversation. It has wonderful pictures of clocks so that kids might get interested. Kids can practice with each other with the images of cl ...
12 Views 27,961 Elem
Movie Worksheet: Brits vs. Americans: Clothing Words - Anglophenia Ep 26

Movie Worksheet: Brits vs. Americans: Clothing Words - Anglophenia Ep 26

Another episode of Anglophenia. This time Siobhan Thompson educates us on the differences Americans and Brits have regarding clothing. Watch the episode and label the items of clothing, according ...
8 Views 18,618 IntAdvExam
Hidden Money Words

Hidden Money Words

It hides 15 money words, expressions or idioms inside. It can be in every direction, backward, forward and across. To make it more challenging, I haven't given word list. Students have to find the ...
2 Views 18,370 Adv
Homophones and Homonyms

Homophones and Homonyms

It is prepared by one of my students and it is really funny and enjoyable. As she presents her subject through cartoons and pictures, it becomes more understandable and easy to grasp the differenc ...
17 Views 58,109 Adv
Phrasal Nouns Exercises

Phrasal Nouns Exercises

As it is difficult to find exercises related to nouns derived from phrasal verbs, I prepared this worksheet so that students can practise more. It contains 50 exercises in which students are expec ...
5 Views 30,776 Adv
Match Pictures with Country Names

Match Pictures with Country Names

BusyTeacher Contributor
This is a good activity to start a lesson about traveling, places or tourism. Students will have to look at the pictures and match them with the right names of the countries. Teachers can divide t ...
3 Views 12,411 Elem
Animals to Colour by Number

Animals to Colour by Number

araceli
This worksheet is good for young learners that only recognize capital letters as they have to colour the animals following the number and its colour written on a side. It can be used to work with ...
10 Views 27,691 Beg
Likes and Dislikes (Like + Gerund)

Likes and Dislikes (Like + Gerund)

The worksheet begins with a reading where a woman talks about herself and what she likes or does not like doing. Then students complete a chart with her personal information. After that, they say ...
16 Views 53,199 BegElem
Places to Live

Places to Live

This is a vocabulary worksheet for young learners. It contains pictures and names of different places: lake, mountains, river, jungle, sea, desert, field, forest, city, country etc. There are also ...
7 Views 16,599 BegElem
Phrasal Nouns

Phrasal Nouns

It explains the use of nouns derived from phrasal verbs through proper examples. In 3 slides it gives explanation and then the exercises part starts. Students try to find out the correct noun suit ...
4 Views 14,964 Adv
Beginner- First Test

Beginner- First Test

Molnos Ildiko
It's a test paper requested by second graders, testing numbers, colours, seasons, clothes and simple objects. I used shapes and pictures. The test involves drawing and colouring. The teacher reads ...
10 Views 15,960 Beg
Pieces of Furniture and Jobs

Pieces of Furniture and Jobs

Jéssica
A list of exercises including vocabulary for rooms of the house, pieces of furniture, hygiene products and also professions. It's good to use as a review or a class plan, as it has a lot of conver ...
6 Views 8,661 All
Movie Worksheet: School Phrases 1, ELF Video

Movie Worksheet: School Phrases 1, ELF Video

This is a worksheet based on ELF School Phrases # 1. It is designed for elementary level and it includes three sections; before watching, while watching, and after watching. Download the video her ...
3 Views 24,120 Elem
Countries Recognition Speaking Activity

Countries Recognition Speaking Activity

In this Powerpoint presentation you will have some images that represent a country. Students must create sentences (or describe what they see) in order of guessing the country. After a few images ...
14 Views 21,858 Elem
CAE / CPE Trios 1

CAE / CPE Trios 1

Roberta Rohen
In this worksheet, students can practice their knowledge of proper and strong collocations through a series of exercises focused on Use of English Part 4 for CAE and/or CPE candidates. Students mu ...
4 Views 15,582 AdvExam
Home- Speaking

Home- Speaking

This PowerPoint contains different questions about the home. It is designed for both elementary and pre-intermediate levels. Hope it helps!
9 Views 10,427 ElemPre-Int
Colors

Colors

Shaghayegh
Here is a worksheet for a dictation about colors. It is useful for students who've just learnt how to write colors. There are some missing letters to complete the words. This worksheet can be done ...
6 Views 23,197 Elem
Shapes

Shapes

Shaghayegh
This is a power point about "shapes" and their color. It is about four basic shapes. After you teach them the shapes, this powerpoint can be useful for the activation part to check their understa ...
8 Views 11,831 Elem
The Story of the Hummingbird PPT

The Story of the Hummingbird PPT

This is a Powerpoint presentation that illustrates the beautiful tale of the hummingbird and the fire. You can use it with students of all ages to discuss the importance of small gestures and of d ...
13 Views 15,833 All

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