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Combine English language learning with fun games and activities to make your classes more enjoyable for students. Consider using one of the 159 crosswords or board games from this section in your classes to help students learn and practice a variety of topics. For a pre-intermediate activity on the past simple, look at this crossword page. It is a fun boardgame that can help students practice saying past simple verb forms and asking past simple questions. You can alter the rules to make it longer or shorter and even change the words to encourage students to practice particular vocabulary. The most popular worksheets are Christmas themed so feel free to check those out too. These activities have been created by other busy teachers just like you and are all free and easy to print out for use in your classes.
Making English language learning fun for students will help keep them engaged in their lessons. Younger students especially enjoy learning games while older students are more likely to want a more serious learning environment, discount the usefulness of these types of activities, and see them as a waste of time. The number of crosswords and boardgames you include in your course will largely depend on how your students react to them but they have become very common and are an effective ESL teaching tool.
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What Are Crosswords?
A crossword is a word puzzle that normally takes the form of a square or rectangular grid of white and shaded squares. The goal is to fill the white squares with letters, forming words or phrases, by solving clues which lead to the answers. In languages that are written left-to-right, the answer words and phrases are placed in the grid from left to right and from top to bottom. The shaded squares are used to separate the words or phrases. Squares in which answers begin are usually numbered. The clues are then referred to by these numbers and a direction, for example, "4-Across" or "20-Down". At the end of the clue the total number of letters is sometimes given, depending on the style of puzzle and country of publication. Some crosswords will also indicate the number of words in a given answer, should there be more than one. The horizontal and vertical lines of white cells into which answers are written are commonly called entries or answers.
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Animals Crossword Animals CrosswordThis worksheet has a crossword about animals. Students have to complete the crossword by reading the sentences underneath the crossword. Each sentence gives information about each animal of the cr ...
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Elementary
 
Our Body: Boardgame Our Body: BoardgameThis is a simple boardgame for revising the parts of the body.Recommended for pre-intermediate students who are asked to make a correct sentence by using the picture clue provided on the each square.
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rated by 6 teachers

Pre-Intermediate Intermediate
 
Present Continuous Crossword Present Continuous CrosswordThis worksheet is about Present Continuous tense practice for kids who are learning with Let's Go 2 by Oxford University Press. It 's very useful for people at beginning level of English. This han ...
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rated by 4 teachers

Complete Beginner
 
Colours Board Game Colours Board GameHere is a boardgame for teaching or revising colours related vocabulary.Recommended for elementary students who are asked to make a sentence using the picture clue provided on the square where the ...
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rated by 2 teachers

Complete Beginner Elementary
 
Weather Board Game Weather Board GameSimple boardgame for revising weather vocabulary. Students name the type of weather that they land on, and go up the rainbows and down the lightning bolts. Fully adaptable.Vocabulary: hot, cold, s ...
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rated by 4 teachers

Complete Beginner Elementary
 
Wh-Questions - Present Progressive Game Wh-Questions - Present Progressive GameMy Beginners were having problems understanding the use of: what / who / when and where + Present ContinuousAfter some exercises and explanation, I decided to create this game to reassure they und ...
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rated by 5 teachers

Complete Beginner Elementary
 
Prepositions Of Place Elementary Boardgame Prepositions Of Place Elementary BoardgameThis is colourful boardgame for teaching or revising prepositions of place.Students advance on the board with dice and counters when they land on a square they are asked to make a sentences using ...
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rated by 8 teachers

Complete Beginner Elementary
 
Farm Animals: Fun Roll-the-dice Game Farm Animals: Fun Roll-the-dice GameStudents roll the animal dice and add animals to their farms according to the pictures. If they get a "fox", the fox steals an animal from their farm and they have to put one back. Used this in a ...
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rated by 8 teachers

Complete Beginner Elementary
 
Animals Boardgame II Animals Boardgame IIThrough this lovely game students will learn the animals related vocabulary.It is played with dice and counters when the students land on a square they are asked to make a sentence using the pictu ...
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rated by 7 teachers

Complete Beginner Elementary
 
Cardinal Numbers Elementary Boardgame Cardinal Numbers Elementary BoardgameThrough this colourful game young students will learn the cardinal numbers.It is played with dice and counters, when students land on a square they are asked to make a sentence using the picture clue.
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rated by 3 teachers

Complete Beginner Elementary
 
Easter Crossword Easter CrosswordLet your students have fun before going on Easter holiday. Here is an easy crossword puzzle for them. Some clues are written in speech bubbles, others are given as pictures. When they complete the ...
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rated by 9 teachers

Elementary Pre-Intermediate
 
Words for Taboo [#3] Words for Taboo [#3]Words for taboo. The students have to explain the first word in each box and at the same time avoid using the other related words in the same box. The vocabulary has been chosen pretty much at ran ...
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rated by 5 teachers

Intermediate Upper Intermediate and Advanced Exam Level
 
Words for Taboo [#2] Words for Taboo [#2]Words for taboo. The students have to explain the first word in each box and at the same time avoid using the other related words in the same box. The vocabulary has been chosen pretty much at ran ...
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rated by 4 teachers

Intermediate Upper Intermediate and Advanced Exam Level
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