Free grammar and vocabulary worksheet generators

Vocabulary Worksheets Generator

Type or paste your words and definitions (or use a sample list) and print matching, fill-in and quiz sheets.

A vocabulary worksheet generator makes printable word exercises from your own word list or from sample lists, so you can prepare a vocab worksheet in minutes. It runs in your web browser, is free, and needs no sign-up. Your words are not uploaded or sent to a server.

Each sheet can hold up to six exercises, including vocabulary matching worksheet activities, word-definition matches, fill-in-the-sentence items, multiple choice, alphabetical ordering, and free writing. The words come from your list, so the sheet fits any grade or subject, from grade 3 science words to adult ESL topics.

The sheet shows a live preview, so you can see the vocab sheet before you print it. You can print the worksheet, print only the answer key, save it as a PDF, or practice the same items on screen with automatic marking.

How to make a vocabulary worksheet

  1. Type or paste your words into the word list, one per line, as word - definition. To get fill-in-the-sentence items, add an example after a bar, for example habitat - the place where an animal lives | A forest is a habitat for deer. You can also start from a sample list such as Weather or ESL food.
  2. Choose a level: Easy, Medium, or Hard. With your own list the level only changes the number of choices in multiple-choice items.
  3. Click ‘Add another exercise’ to build your sheet, up to six exercises. For each one, pick an exercise type from the menu and set the number of questions, from 3 to 30.
  4. Enter a worksheet title and choose US Letter or A4 paper.
  5. Turn on Name and date line, Number the questions, or Word bank if you want them. The word bank only appears for exercises that have one.
  6. Turn on Add the answer key when printing if you want the key on its own page after the sheet.
  7. Check the preview on the right. It updates as you change any setting. Click ‘New worksheet’ to get new questions with the same settings.
  8. Click Print worksheet, or Print answer key to print only the key.

You can also set Different versions from 1 to 10. Each version has its own questions and its own answer key. Copy link saves an address that reopens the same worksheet with your word list, to reprint later or share.

What vocabulary activities can I make?

You can make seven kinds of vocabulary activity, and each one tests a different skill. Match words and definitions groups the words into sets of four pairs. Write the word for the definition gives a definition and a word bank, so learners type or write the matching word.

Choose the word is a multiple-choice exercise, and the wrong answers come from your own list, so every choice is a word the learner has just studied. Choose the definition works the other way, asking learners to pick the correct meaning of a word. Alphabetical order asks learners to number the words in each group, which builds dictionary skills.

Complete the sentences uses your example sentences with the target word blanked out. If the sentence uses a form such as -s, -ed, or -ing, the base word is shown as a hint, so the learner must change the word correctly. Use it in a sentence is free writing, and its answer key says “Answers will vary,” because there is no single correct answer.

How do I make a vocabulary worksheet from my own word list?

Type or paste the words into the box, one per line, with a dash between the word and its definition: habitat - the place where an animal or plant naturally lives. A colon or a tab works too. Up to 60 words are used, and repeated words are skipped. If you add an example sentence after a vertical bar, the Complete the sentences exercise can blank the word out of it: Bean seeds germinate in warm, damp soil. becomes Bean seeds ___ in warm, damp soil., with the answer germinate.

Short, clear definitions make the best matching and multiple-choice items. The sample lists (Grade 3 science, Weather, Feelings, Academic words for grade 6, and the ESL lists for food, jobs and places in town) show the format and can be edited before you print. Your words and sentences are used exactly as you typed them, so check spelling before you print. The level setting only changes the number of choices in the multiple-choice exercises: three on Easy, four on Medium and Hard.

Frequently asked questions

Is there a vocabulary matching worksheet?

Yes. Choose the exercise type Match words and definitions. Each group has four words and four definitions, and you choose how many groups the exercise contains.

Can I get the worksheet as a PDF?

Yes. Click Print worksheet, then choose ‘Save as PDF’ in the print window. Set the scale to 100 % and turn off headers and footers before saving.

Do the worksheets come with answers?

Yes, when you turn on Add the answer key when printing, the key is printed on its own page. You can also click Print answer key to print only the key. If you use Different versions, each version has its own key.

Can I use it for ESL vocabulary?

Yes. Type the topic words your class is learning, with simple definitions, or start from the ESL sample lists for food, jobs and places in town and edit them.

Can I make a different version for each student?

Yes. Set Different versions from 1 to 10. Each version contains different questions and its own answer key, which makes copying in class harder.

Can students practice without printing?

Yes. Practice online turns the sheet into an on-screen exercise. Learners tap a choice, type an answer, or tap words, then click ‘Check answers’ to see which items are right or wrong, the correct answers, and a score. Click ‘Try again’ to reset it. Free-writing items are not scored.