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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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Zoo Animals

Zoo Animals

This is a PowerPoint for teaching Zoo Animals, lion, tiger, seal, giraffe, etc., to EFL/ ESL language learners, particularly kids between 4-7. It contains beautiful cliparts and you may find it us ...
4 Views 8,465 Beg
First Lesson Game - Get to Know Your Student

First Lesson Game - Get to Know Your Student

This game serves particulary well for individual English lesson or teaching English to a small group of students. It contains the basic questions like "What are your hobbies?". I recommend a teach ...
12 Views 24,371 ElemPre-IntInt
There Are a Lot of Things in My Bag

There Are a Lot of Things in My Bag

This is a simple vocabulary of common objects that children usually have in their school bags. It contains A3 document with a picture of a bag words and separated pictures to match. Kids should ma ...
8 Views 28,532 ElemPre-Int
Chinese New Year - Set of 20 Flashcards

Chinese New Year - Set of 20 Flashcards

This set of 20 flashcards can be used when teaching students about Chinese New Year. This set includes the words and pictures: China, bamboo, lantern, firecrackers, panda, dragon, rat, rabbit, sna ...
7 Views 23,517 Elem
Creative Writing Exercise - Chinese New Year (Year of the Rat)

Creative Writing Exercise - Chinese New Year (Year of the Rat)

The Chinese Year of the Rat is the first in the 12 year cycle. Students are asked to look at the picture and write a creative story to go along with it. This activity could help lead into a Chines ...
3 Views 9,525 Elem
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Creative Writing Exercise - Chinese New Year (Year of the Ox)

Creative Writing Exercise - Chinese New Year (Year of the Ox)

The Chinese Year of the Ox is the second in the 12 year cycle. Students are asked to look at the picture and write a creative story to go along with it. This activity could help lead into a Chines ...
3 Views 7,155 Elem
Creative Writing Exercise - Chinese New Year (Year of the Tiger)

Creative Writing Exercise - Chinese New Year (Year of the Tiger)

The Chinese Year of the Tiger is the third in the 12 year cycle. Students are asked to look at the picture and write a creative story to go along with it. This activity could help lead into a Chin ...
3 Views 9,325 Elem
Creative Writing Exercise - Chinese New Year (Year of the Rabbit)

Creative Writing Exercise - Chinese New Year (Year of the Rabbit)

The Chinese Year of the Rabbit is the fourth in the 12 year cycle. Students are asked to look at the picture and write a creative story to go along with it. This activity could help lead into a Ch ...
3 Views 6,226 Elem
Creative Writing Exercise - Chinese New Year (Year of the Snake)

Creative Writing Exercise - Chinese New Year (Year of the Snake)

The Chinese Year of the Snake is the sixth in the 12 year cycle. Students are asked to look at the picture and write a creative story to go along with it. This activity could help lead into a Chin ...
3 Views 5,164 Elem
Creative Writing Exercise - Chinese New Year (Year of the Horse)

Creative Writing Exercise - Chinese New Year (Year of the Horse)

The Chinese Year of the Horse is the seventh in the 12 year cycle. Students are asked to look at the picture and write a creative story to go along with it. This activity could help lead into a Ch ...
3 Views 6,396 Elem
Creative Writing Exercise - Chinese New Year (Year of the Goat)

Creative Writing Exercise - Chinese New Year (Year of the Goat)

The Chinese Year of the Goat is the eighth in the 12 year cycle. Students are asked to look at the picture and write a creative story to go along with it. This activity could help lead into a Chin ...
3 Views 5,760 Elem
Creative Writing Exercise - Chinese New Year (Year of the Monkey)

Creative Writing Exercise - Chinese New Year (Year of the Monkey)

The Chinese Year of the Monkey is the ninth in the 12 year cycle. Students are asked to look at the picture and write a creative story to go along with it. This activity could help lead into a Chi ...
3 Views 5,466 Elem
Creative Writing Exercise - Chinese New Year (Year of the Rooster)

Creative Writing Exercise - Chinese New Year (Year of the Rooster)

The Chinese Year of the Rooster is the tenth in the 12 year cycle. Students are asked to look at the picture and write a creative story to go along with it. This activity could help lead into a Ch ...
4 Views 7,890 Elem
Creative Writing Exercise - Chinese New Year (Year of the Dog)

Creative Writing Exercise - Chinese New Year (Year of the Dog)

The Chinese Year of the Dog is the eleventh in the 12 year cycle. Students are asked to look at the picture and write a creative story to go along with it. This activity could help lead into a Chi ...
4 Views 7,952 Elem
Creative Writing Exercise - Chinese New Year (Year of the Pig)

Creative Writing Exercise - Chinese New Year (Year of the Pig)

The Chinese Year of the Pig is the twelfth in the 12 year cycle. Students are asked to look at the picture and write a creative story to go along with it. This activity could help lead into a Chin ...
3 Views 7,499 Elem
Research Topic - Chinese Zodiac

Research Topic - Chinese Zodiac

The Chinese animal zodiac is a repeating cycle of 12 years, with each year being represented by an animal. This page has a list of the 12 animals that make up the Chinese zodiac. For each animal, ...
2 Views 8,966 Elem
Daily Actions

Daily Actions

This Power Point presentation is useful for basic daily actions such as: reading, sleeping, cleaning, taking a bath, shaving, eating , watching TV and cooking. This is appropriate for young learne ...
13 Views 10,886 Elem
Movie Worksheet: Privacy on the Web

Movie Worksheet: Privacy on the Web

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The worksheet is based on the video "Do you care about your privacy on the web" that can be found on YouTube. There are different exercises that help comprehension: fill in gaps, tick the right bo ...
12 Views 20,049 Pre-Int
Go on a Trip

Go on a Trip

This Power-Point presentation is helpful as a warmer, for teaching "Travel". It contains some travel related vocabulary items and pictures, you can show them and let them guess what you're going t ...
4 Views 17,097 Elem
Clothes, Class Survey

Clothes, Class Survey

This worksheet is intended for students in early stages of primary education. It will help them to internalise typical vocabulary of clothes, colours or asking and answering about people's clothes ...
5 Views 9,734 ElemPre-Int
Improve Speaking Skills

Improve Speaking Skills

The set of proverbs enables fluency and self-expression of high school students.It can be used as a warming-up or brain-storming at the lesson.What is more, each of it is an excellent impromptu ta ...
12 Views 20,767 IntAdvExam
Movie Worksheet: Jobs - Presenting a Job

Movie Worksheet: Jobs - Presenting a Job

A visual comprehension exercise, done in the middle of a lesson plan, that gets the students talking about what they saw. Body language plays a very important role in this activity and really mak ...
9 Views 26,378 ElemPre-IntIntAdvExam
Some Hilarious Valentine's True Stories

Some Hilarious Valentine's True Stories

A reading comprehension with some very funny stories about Saint Valentine’s Day. There three activities: the first activity is search for synonyms in the text, the second one is to find wha ...
7 Views 39,436 Pre-IntInt
Listening- Blue

Listening- Blue

This audio is taken from BBC World Service, a program The Why Factor. You can easily download it here http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/whyfactor/all. Find topic "Blue". This activity ...
6 Views 7,520 BegElemPre-Int
Introduce Yourself

Introduce Yourself

You can use this information with your students for the first time you meet them in the classroom. It´s really useful for your first class with them. Introducing yourself to someone does no ...
16 Views 101,037 BegElem

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