In the Order Of Preference ESL game, students have to guess how their partner would rank five items on the board.
The Parts Of Speech ESL game is a variation on Countdown that uses parts of speech instead of letters.
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In the Order Of Preference ESL game, students have to guess how their partner would rank five items on the board.
The Parts Of Speech ESL game is a variation on Countdown that uses parts of speech instead of letters.
The Password ESL game is a vocabulary guessing game in which students can only give single word clues.
In the Phonics Catch ESL game, students have to say words beginning with a certain phoneme whenever they catch the ball.
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.
In the Picture Duel ESL game students have to say the correct vocabulary word as fast as they can.
The Puppet Master ESL game requires students to act out vocabulary words/phrases by controlling their partner’s body.
The Red Light Green Light ESL game is a version of the well known children’s game (also known as Statues), in which students have to write instead of running.
In the Relay Scramble ESL game, students race to unscramble words/ sentences by grabbing one letter/word at a time.
The Reverse Charades ESL game is a variation on Charades designed to get the whole class moving.
The Roll A Month ESL game is a short, simple exercise to practise the months of the year.
Play the short Roll An Affix ESL game to practice words with different prefixes and suffixes.
In the Run To It ESL game (also known as Stations), students locate the correct answer for a given question and run to it.
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 Simon Says ESL game is the classic kids game you can use to practise body parts vocabulary, imperatives, or question intonation.
The Stop ESL Game is a category-based vocabulary game, very similar to Scattergories and perfect for a quick warmer.
In the Suffix Scattergories ESL game, students play a version of Scattergories in which they can only use words with a suffix.
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.