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The Compound Pictionary ESL game is a variation on normal Pictionary in which each team draws part of a compound noun.
In the Concentration ESL Game (also known as Match Up or Memory), students have to remember the positions of matching vocabulary words/images.
The Conditional Story Chain ESL activity is a version of the Story Chain activity especially designed for practising the first or second conditional.
In the Conditional Story Circle ESL activity, students create a spoken story by linking conditional sentences together.
In the Connect Four ESL game students have to get ‘four in a row’ by identifying correct word(s), for example irregular verb forms.
Another game based around the Hot Seat setup, in the Consequences ESL game students try and guess results from conditions or vice versa.
In the Conversation Bingo ESL activity, students play bingo while listening to conversations or dialogues created by their classmates.
The Crazy Classroom ESL activity is a live-action version of Memory Scene, in which students have to remember what their classmates were doing.
In the Crazy Requests ESL activity, students practise making and responding to (and reporting) strange requests with their classmates.
In the Create A Comic ESL project students create a comic strip about superheroes, including dialogue and narration.
The Create A Company ESL project requires students to create their own new businesses, describing what they do and the employees they will need.
Students do the Create A Country ESL project in pairs or small groups, then present their country to the class.
In the Create A Festival ESL project, students invent their own celebration and present it to the class.
In the Create A Menu ESL project, students invent (and describe) the dishes on offer at a restaurant.
In the Create A Monster ESL project, kids have to draw and describe the appearance of their own monster.
In the Create A Superhero ESL project students describe their own superheroes and their powers.
In the Crossed Wires ESL activity, students dictate a text down a string that criss-crosses their group.
In the Describing Pictures ESL activity, students practise describing a picture first as a class, then individually.
The Desert Island Discs ESL conversation activity is based on the BBC radio program of the same name, in which participants discuss luxury items they would like to have with them if they were a castaway.
The Dice Of Fortune ESL game is a version of Wheel Of Fortune that uses dice instead of a wheel.
In the Never Have I Ever ESL game, students have to say things that they have never done, but that they think other members of the class have.
