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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 241 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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Collective Nouns Crossword
Collective Nouns Crossword
This is a crossword for teaching collective nouns.Recommended for intermediate students who are asked to complete the crossword by using the across and down clues given.The answer key is included.
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Pre-Intermediate Intermediate
Flowers Crossword
Flowers Crossword
Ss revise the vocabulary about flowers. It's a crossword. There are pictures to identify and then write the name in the squares cross and down. I hope with this crossword your students will learn ...
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Pre-Intermediate
Types of Houses Picture Crossword
Types of Houses Picture Crossword
This is a picture crossword for teaching types of houses related vocabulary at elementary level. Students are asked to complete the crossword by using the picture clue provided. The worksheet is ...
rated by 4 teachers

Elementary Pre-Intermediate
Clothes Crossword
Clothes Crossword
The crossword is intended to teach students clothes which are plural. Students are to solve the crossword on the basis of pictures given. It is suitable for elementary students- level A1. It can b ...
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Elementary
Places Word Search
Places Word Search
If you have a slide projector, you can use this projecting this doc on the whiteboard or on a big white paper panel where your students can use the marker to highlight the words projected. You hav ...
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Elementary Pre-Intermediate Intermediate
Lingo - A Word Form of Bingo
Lingo - A Word Form of Bingo
I have been searching for some bingo cards that I could change the numbers into words but I couldn’t find any so I have made some.Each card is very similar and can be used as numeric bingo c ...
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Elementary Pre-Intermediate Intermediate Upper Intermediate and Advanced
Easter Picture Crossword
Easter Picture Crossword
This is a pretty simple picture crossword for teaching Easter related vocabulary. Recommended for elementary students who are asked to complete the crossword puzzle by using the picture clue prov ...
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Elementary
Toys and Means of Transport
Toys and Means of Transport
This worksheet will be useful to revise some vocabulary: Toys and Means of Transport. It can be used as a picture dictionary too. In the first task, learners will do a crossword. Then, they will b ...
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Banking Terminology, Crossword and Wordsearch
Banking Terminology, Crossword and Wordsearch
This worksheet provides some banking vocabulary, two crosswords, and a wordsearch. It is done or good for business and marketing students. The first page includes the banking vocabulary, and the o ...
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Elementary
London Beside the River Thames
London Beside the River Thames
London sights beside the River Thames. This worksheet is a crossword puzzle including the sights of London (London Eye, Madame Tussauds, Tower of London). The students have to fill in the solution ...
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Intermediate
The Kitchen Game Cards
The Kitchen Game Cards
The Kitchen game cards were designed like Taboo game cards. There are 49 cards about food, drinks and kitchen stuff. These game cards are another part of The Kitchen project. The Kitchen is a the ...
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Elementary Pre-Intermediate Intermediate
Introductory Board Game for Intermediate Level
Introductory Board Game for Intermediate Level
This is an first-day board game to help students get to know each other and get them talking in English. Lower to mid intermediate level. Played in groups of 3-4. Students flip a coin and move two ...
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Pre-Intermediate Intermediate
Alphabet Game
Alphabet Game
Using the worksheet and an alphabet dice (or just by randomly choosing a letter out of a hat) you can practice vocabulary. You can change the headings to anything you are studying. This game is ...
rated by 4 teachers

Elementary Pre-Intermediate Intermediate Upper Intermediate and Advanced
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