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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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Song Worksheet: All of Me By John Legend

Song Worksheet: All of Me By John Legend

Luigi Martínez
Listening worksheet based on the song all of me by John Legend. Super romantic song, special for Saint Valentine´s day. Specially for teenagers and young adult learners. It is based on three ...
6 Views 23,931 Pre-IntInt
Family Tree, PowerPoint

Family Tree, PowerPoint

This is a PowerPoint for revising family members and apostrophe s ('s) as possessive and short of is. It contains an activity in which the language learners are asked to write five sentences about ...
11 Views 21,505 Elem
Animals

Animals

The worksheet with pictures and names of different animals. Students have to match the names of the animals with their pictures. These are not very basic animals, so it suitable for students who h ...
10 Views 13,460 ElemPre-IntInt
Movie Worksheet: The Ultimate London Travel Guide

Movie Worksheet: The Ultimate London Travel Guide

Mario Lecluyze
A watching and listening comprehension exercise. Pupils watch a tourist videoc on YouTube (by Crunch TV) about London. They discover ways of transport across London, shopping areas, sights, museum ...
19 Views 35,697 Pre-Int
-It Family

-It Family

This worksheet is meant to practice -it endings in words, therefore, it is aimed at complete beginner students who are in their early stages of literacy. It consists of two questions in which stud ...
3 Views 4,232 Beg
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Phobias

Phobias

I created this worksheet to make a lesson on health more fun. My teenage students liked this PowerPoint presentation. They were surprised to find out how many weird fears exist. This PPP encourage ...
6 Views 23,455 IntAdv
Johnny Depp PPT

Johnny Depp PPT

This powerpoint presentation will help your students learn about a famous American actor Johnny Depp. The PPT gives a lot of facts connected with his biography and career. There are two tasks to c ...
11 Views 17,488 Pre-IntInt
Year of the Goat - Copy and Colour

Year of the Goat - Copy and Colour

This year, Chinese New Year is celebrated on the 19 February. Use this 'copy and colour' worksheet for younger learners when teaching them about Chinese New Year. This activity could help lead int ...
5 Views 5,311 Elem
Movie Worksheet: iCarly One Direction Episode

Movie Worksheet: iCarly One Direction Episode

This worksheet is for Russian-speaking teenagers. It is based on iCarly Episode. The video is not long, so it's suitable for the class. There is a vocabulary list, fill in the gaps activity and se ...
1 Views 8,632 Pre-IntInt
Advertising and Marketing PowerPoint

Advertising and Marketing PowerPoint

This is a PowerPoint presentation that defines key concepts of advertising and marketing. It also allows students to express their opinion on advertising and to analyse a couple of adverts. The la ...
10 Views 38,215 Pre-IntInt
Types of Media

Types of Media

This is a simple worksheet to introduce the different types of media and to define them. Students will also classify different types of media using key expressions and discuss their opinion with a ...
15 Views 54,066 Pre-IntInt
Media Habits Quiz

Media Habits Quiz

This is a quiz that aims to make students more aware of their media habits. Students interview each other (pair work) and then share the results with the whole class. Recommended for teenagers or ...
14 Views 38,463 ElemPre-IntInt
Movie Worksheet: Media's Manipulative Influence

Movie Worksheet: Media's Manipulative Influence

This is a worksheet that uses the video "The Media's manipulative influence over your morals" as a starting point to discuss the effects of the media's influence on women's self-awareness and care ...
8 Views 20,050 IntAdv
Movie Worksheet: Mad City (the Media)

Movie Worksheet: Mad City (the Media)

This is a worksheet based on the film "Mad City" starring John Travolta and Dustin Hoffman. It aims to show students how the media is a powerful tool that can shape people’s opinions and sel ...
10 Views 16,406 IntAdv
Graphic Novel Worksheet: The Influencing Machine - on the Media

Graphic Novel Worksheet: The Influencing Machine - on the Media

This is a worksheet based on some extracts from the graphic novel The influencing machine by Brooke Gladstone. Students will do reading comprehension exercises, summarize a page and practise corre ...
4 Views 12,662 IntAdv
Debate: Should the Media Be Regulated by the Government?

Debate: Should the Media Be Regulated by the Government?

These are prompts for a debate on the topic "Should the media be regulated by the government?". I have included a debate outline that assigns roles to all of your students, in case you have more t ...
8 Views 24,952 IntAdv
High Risk Sports

High Risk Sports

This is a powerpoint presentation of a series of pictures of high risk sports. I use it a discussion starter with high level students but it can be used for vocabulary presentation at all levels.& ...
10 Views 12,320 All
Sports Equipment

Sports Equipment

This worksheet can be used to practise vocabulary related to sports equipment. Students will be asked to match the words to the pictures. The list is quite long, which will increase their vocabula ...
7 Views 14,126 Int
Saint Valentine's Craft

Saint Valentine's Craft

crissopa
It's a typical Saint Valentine's activity. Very funny and very easy. Craft for all kind of students. It's a pop-up card. It's very easy. First step: paint, econd step: cut out, third step: fo ...
7 Views 55,297 BegElemPre-Int
Describe the Rooms of a House

Describe the Rooms of a House

This worksheet deals with some vocabulary items related to describing a house and different rooms. It contains four activities. In activity number 4, the students are asked to compare two bedrooms ...
7 Views 21,437 ElemPre-Int
Song Worksheet: Tell Him by Celine Dion

Song Worksheet: Tell Him by Celine Dion

This song activity is designed specially for the intermediate students and is aimed to teach students some new vocabulary through a romantic song by Celine Dion and Barbra Streisand. The worksheet ...
2 Views 8,074 Int
Saint Valentine's Exercise Using Present Perfect

Saint Valentine's Exercise Using Present Perfect

This exercise is suggested for students of pre-intermediate level to discuss their experiences about love using the present perfect tense, introducing an Idiom "head over heels" and love definitio ...
6 Views 17,720 Pre-IntInt
Song Worksheet: Songs of Freedom

Song Worksheet: Songs of Freedom

Dealing with the theme of attitudes and values, the song by C.Santana is a suitable one to teach students the value of freedom and togetherness . The worksheet tackles lexical items in a gap filli ...
5 Views 8,848 Int
Movie Worksheet: Jamie Oliver Makes Pancakes

Movie Worksheet: Jamie Oliver Makes Pancakes

This is a listening task about a Youtube video featuring Jamie Oliver and his girls making fluffy pancakes. It's a really sweet video of about 3' and I use it in my lower-intermediate classes for ...
17 Views 80,689 Pre-IntInt
Shapes

Shapes

This power-point presentation is helpful for teaching or reviewing different kinds of shapes such as: triangle, rectangle, square, circle, heart, moon, star, pentagon, hexagon, diamond and oval. I ...
7 Views 14,371 BegElem

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