In the Countdown ESL game, students try to make the longest word they can from nine random letters.
The Dice Of Fortune ESL game is a version of Wheel Of Fortune that uses dice instead of a wheel.
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In the Countdown ESL game, students try to make the longest word they can from nine random letters.
The Dice Of Fortune ESL game is a version of Wheel Of Fortune that uses dice instead of a wheel.
The Family Feud ESL game is a version of the popular TV show of the same name (Family Fortunes in the UK), adapted for your English class.
The Fishbowl ESL game is a guessing game in which students use descriptions, then actions, and finally single words as clues.
In the Five In Five ESL game, students try to guess a five-letter word using other five-letter words.
As seen on the Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, in the Five-Second Summaries ESL game students only have five seconds to describe movies, famous people or other vocabulary items to their teammates.
The Hangman ESL game is always an easy option for a warmer, but it’s also a great way to familiarise students with new vocabulary or idioms.
Named after the popular app, in the Heads Up ESL game students have to guess words/phrases from the descriptions of their team (Reverse Articulate).
In the Hot Potato ESL game, the student holding the ball when the music stops has to complete a challenge.
Rather than one specific activity, the Hot Seat ESL game (or Backs To The Board) is a very versatile set-up used for many different guessing games.
In the How Often ESL game, students guess adverbs of frequency by thinking about how often they do certain things.
The How Well Do You Know Your Friend ESL game is a ‘Mr and Mrs’ style game in which students have to answer questions about their partner.
The I Went To The Shop ESL game is a simple memory exercise which you can tailor to practise food, home or classroom objects vocabulary, or the past simple.
In the Jenga ESL Game, an English language challenge is assigned to each block.
A version of the TV game show, the Jeopardy ESL game can be used to review any type of target language.
The Kings Cup ESL Game (also known as Ring Of Fire) is an adapted party game in which students complete different challenges depending on the card they pick.
The Last Letter First Letter ESL game is a really simple warmer or vocabulary practice technique which is often incorporated into other games.
In the Magazine Treasure Hunt ESL Game, students race to find pictures of vocabulary words in a magazine.
In the Memory Tray ESL game, students have to try and remember a set of items previously shown to them.
Adapted from the classic party game, try the Musical Chairs ESL game for a fun warmer or review game.