Adapted from the classic party game, try the Musical Chairs ESL game for a fun warmer or review game.
The Musical Markers ESL game is an alternative to Musical Chairs in which students have to grab a marker instead of sitting down.
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Adapted from the classic party game, try the Musical Chairs ESL game for a fun warmer or review game.
The Musical Markers ESL game is an alternative to Musical Chairs in which students have to grab a marker instead of sitting down.
In the category-based Name Ten ESL game, students have to try and think of words that won’t be repeated by other teams.
In the Pictionary ESL game, students guess words, phrases, or sentences from their teammate’s drawings.
Pictionary + Telephone = The Pictionary Telephone ESL Game! An extra fun way to test vocabulary knowledge involving speaking and drawing.
The Reverse Charades ESL game is a variation on Charades designed to get the whole class moving.
The Say Act Draw ESL game is a combination of Articulate, Charades, and Pictionary.
The Scattergories ESL game is a version of the category-based party game designed to test your students’ vocabulary knowledge.
The Stop ESL Game is a category-based vocabulary game, very similar to Scattergories and perfect for a quick warmer.
The Taboo ESL game is a version of the popular guessing word game in which students have to describe words/phrases to their teammate(s), without using certain other words.
In the Target Practice ESL game, students complete different English language challenges depending on which area of the target they hit.
The Tic-Tac-Toe ESL game is a version of the classic game in which players can only draw their symbol if they complete a mini language task successfully.
The Time Bomb Hot Potato ESL game is a variation on Hot Potato, using a countdown timer instead of music.
The Timeline ESL game is based on the card game of the same name, in which players try and put famous historical events in chronological order.
The Twenty Questions ESL game is the classic parlour game in which students have to find out what their classmate is thinking of, using only yes/no questions.
The Twenty-One ESL game is a version of a popular party game in which counting gets harder and harder as numbers are replaced by other words/sounds/gestures.
In the Vocabulary Tennis ESL game (also known as word tennis or vocabulary volleyball), students trade vocabulary words from a pre-defined category.
The Wheel of Fortune ESL game is a version of the famous TV game show based on Hangman.
The Whisper Challenge ESL game is a guessing game in which students silently mouth words or phrases to their partner.