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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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Present Continuous or Simple- Verbs and Pictures

Present Continuous or Simple- Verbs and Pictures

This is a set of memo cards. They can be used in present continuous or present simple practice. Topic is mainly: in the park. My students make sentences with them, or play memo game. I use p ...
13 Views 32,250 BegElemPre-IntInt
Motorbike Vocabulary Builder

Motorbike Vocabulary Builder

Niko Martinez
This handout is a vocabulary builder centered around motorbike culture (transportation). This exercise is always a big hit with students from countries where motorbikes are the primary m ...
7 Views 9,571 BegElemPre-IntInt
Movie Worksheet: Friends. The Christmas Episode. The One with the Armadillo

Movie Worksheet: Friends. The Christmas Episode. The One with the Armadillo

I created this worksheet for my teenage students. They have to listen to short episodes and decide whether the sentences given are true or false. There are also two or three questions after each e ...
12 Views 25,198 IntAdv
Reading Comprehension - Charles Dickens

Reading Comprehension - Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens was born on February 7, 1812. Find out some interesting facts about one of the world's most famous writers with one of our reading comprehensions. The text is accompanied with stud ...
10 Views 28,333 Elem
Vegetables Flashcards

Vegetables Flashcards

Here are some vegetables flashcards to help you. 
7 Views 31,492 BegElem
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What's in the House?

What's in the House?

An easy introduction to rooms in a house and everyday objects. Gives the teacher a chance to engage in conversation with the student and assess their progression. With the option of a blank floor ...
6 Views 16,695 All
How to Be in Shape

How to Be in Shape

This PowerPoint presentation presents the activities which are useful for getting in shape. It includes some tips while you're getting exercises, (what to do and what not to do). This presentation ...
4 Views 7,540 Elem
Jobs

Jobs

This power-point presentation is appropriate for young learners and elementary students. It includes some pictures. It is suitable for teaching and reviewing jobs vocabulary items (such as doctor, ...
8 Views 14,765 Elem
Letter P

Letter P

This power-point is useful for teaching letter "P". This file includes some flashcards and contains letter "P" related vocabulary items. This is appropriate for young learners and complete beginne ...
4 Views 8,319 Beg
Friends

Friends

This is a PowerPoint for teaching about friendship. It is appropriate for elementary levels, particularly kids and it is designed my students, Masoume and Maede. You may find it useful at the ...
4 Views 8,900 Elem
Valentine's Day Quiz (PPT for Groups or Individuals) - Answer Sheet.

Valentine's Day Quiz (PPT for Groups or Individuals) - Answer Sheet.

This is the answer sheet for the Valentine's day quiz I have uploaded. It has space for team names and an answer sections for all five rounds: - 9 valentines day questions (general knowledge, gram ...
4 Views 21,689 Pre-IntIntAdvExam
Rossetta Stone Discovery and Importance

Rossetta Stone Discovery and Importance

It is a reading comprehension activity helping ss to learn about the discovery of the Rosetta Stone which helped to decipher Egyptian hieroglyphs. They will get 4 tasks based on the text: combinat ...
8 Views 14,613 Pre-IntInt
Different Types of Hair

Different Types of Hair

This is a PowerPoint for teaching different types of hair and it is designed by one of my students, Negar. It is appropriate for elementary levels, particularly kids. You may find it useful at the ...
7 Views 8,296 Elem
Comparative and Superlative Adjectives

Comparative and Superlative Adjectives

A Frozen themed powerpoint with spelling rules for forming comparative and superlative adjectives in English. It contains examples, the spelling rules and exceptions, and some irregular adjectives ...
7 Views 59,851 Elem
Song Worksheet: Just the Way You Are - Bruno Mars (Body Language)

Song Worksheet: Just the Way You Are - Bruno Mars (Body Language)

This is a gap-fill listening task with most of the missing words having to do with body parts, body language and feelings. There are also rhyming exercises that I use to introduce my students to t ...
11 Views 36,680 Pre-Int
Carnival

Carnival

Students are asked to match some pictures with some words related to Carnival, find some other words in the word search, and break a code. The worksheet can be used for teaching and revising vocab ...
6 Views 20,745 ElemPre-Int
Formal Email Writing

Formal Email Writing

This handout's purpose is to provide writers with formal phrases, in order to be able to write formal emails. This could be both given to teenagers to practice their writing, but also to busi ...
15 Views 135,040 Exam
Music Quiz

Music Quiz

A PPT to check students' knowlwedge about music in general. It's a multiple choice questionnaire which can be used prior to or after a lesson on music. It can be done in pairs, with stud ...
9 Views 37,864 ElemPre-IntInt
Business English - Running a Business (Questions)

Business English - Running a Business (Questions)

48 questions to practice vocabulary and concepts related to running a business. Wide range of questions and activities including: giving opinion, providing data, reading and summarising; web links ...
5 Views 42,246 IntAdv
10 American Foods Brits Will Learn to Love

10 American Foods Brits Will Learn to Love

This is a reading comprehension worksheet describing some of the most popular American foods and providing reasons why brits would love them. Students have to read the text carelly and then mark t ...
8 Views 24,029 IntAdvExam
Simple Present and Time

Simple Present and Time

This worksheet is useful for reviewing simple present (esp for third-person). and asking about time. It contains two questions which are based on pictures, and one writing task. This worksheet is ...
10 Views 25,955 BegElem
Fear and Phobias (Slides and Speaking)

Fear and Phobias (Slides and Speaking)

The topic discusses the definition of fears & phobias, types of phobias, and a speaking activity that can be done in class. I supplemented the class with a reading activity from New Headway fo ...
6 Views 25,444 BegElemPre-IntInt
Causes and Effects of Pollution

Causes and Effects of Pollution

mouna
The lesson is about the causes and effects of the 4 types of pollution air, land, water and noise. The lesson includes a lot of new vocabulary as well as linkers of addition and result . The exer ...
11 Views 72,497 Elem
Countries Search

Countries Search

Romaisa Arshad
This is a word search of countries. You have to find 10 countries and their list is at the bottom of the document. It can be used for fun and for mind refreshing too. They keep you busy so that y ...
3 Views 9,297 All
Yummy Chameleon

Yummy Chameleon

Dear Busy Teachers, the worksheet I share with you combines colouring and the names of food. Firstly, kids have to name the food and then guess the colour of Pascal-the -Chameleon. So, your stu ...
7 Views 13,841 BegElem

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