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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 126 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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Snakes and Ladders Board Game: Past Simple Snakes and Ladders Board Game: Past SimpleVery popular game created to practice formation of Past Simple sentences. The worksheet contains regular and irregular verbs. Rules: Each player throws the dice and moves than has to create a corr ...
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Pre-Intermediate Intermediate
 
Snakes and Ladders Board Game Snakes and Ladders Board GameSnakes and laddersProcedure: Divide the class into groups of four students. Give each group one game board, one die, and four tokens.Position all the students' tokens on the square marked "St ...
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rated by 1 teachers

Elementary Pre-Intermediate
 
St. Valentine's Day Boardgame St. Valentine's Day BoardgameThis is a lovely and colourful boardgame for revising St. Valentine's day related vocabulary.Students advance on the board with dice and counters when they land on a square they are asked to make ...
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rated by 7 teachers

Complete Beginner Elementary
 
Warm-up With Different Tense Questions Warm-up With Different Tense QuestionsYou can play a board game using dice and asking and answering the questions. Or you can cut this worksheet into squares, hide them in a cap and let your students choose a random question from ther ...
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rated by 3 teachers

Pre-Intermediate
 
Speaking Board Game Speaking Board GameThis speaking board game is very simple. Students have to throw the dice and move from square to square until they reach the "finish" square.They will be able to speak a lot, and their partners ca ...
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rated by 6 teachers

Elementary Pre-Intermediate
 
Action Verbs Picture Crossword Action Verbs Picture CrosswordThis is a picture crossword for teaching or revising the most common action verbs.Students are asked to complete the crossword with the verbs given and then match them with the pictures.The answer ...
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rated by 2 teachers

Complete Beginner Elementary
 
Snakes and Ladders (Blank Template) Snakes and Ladders (Blank Template)A blank snakes and ladders game-board. You can print it out and use it for any grammar game/vocabulary game you want.or laminate it - the kids could write on it with non-permanent markers :)if th ...
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rated by 2 teachers

Complete Beginner Elementary Pre-Intermediate
 
Household Chores Boardgame Household Chores BoardgameThis is a boardgame for teaching or revising household chores related vocabulary.Students advance on the board with dice when they land on a square they must make a sentence using the picture clue ...
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rated by 6 teachers

Elementary
 
Sports Board Game Sports Board GameIn teams, students will play a board game. To win, they need to answer 10 questions correctly. They have some fake money. For every correct answer, they take one piece of money. When they see a pi ...
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rated by 4 teachers

Pre-Intermediate
 
Vegetables: Picture Crossword Vegetables: Picture CrosswordThis is a picture crossword for teaching vegetables related vocabulary.Students are asked to complete the crossword and then match the words with the pictures.The activity is available in both col ...
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rated by 5 teachers

Elementary
 
Fruits Picture Crossword Fruits Picture CrosswordThis is a picture crossword for elementary students on fruit related vocabulary.Students are asked to complete the crossword and then match the words with the pictures.The activity is available in ...
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Elementary
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