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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 412 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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Present Continuous Crossword

Present Continuous Crossword

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This 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 ...
19 Views 44,847 Beg
Colours Board Game

Colours Board Game

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Here 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 t ...
7 Views 14,056 BegElem
Weather Board Game

Weather Board Game

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Simple 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, ...
15 Views 32,249 BegElem
Wh-Questions - Present Progressive Game

Wh-Questions - Present Progressive Game

My Beginners were having problems understanding the use of: what / who / when and where + Present Continuous After some exercises and explanation, I decided to create this game to reassure they un ...
14 Views 24,223 BegElem
Prepositions Of Place Elementary Boardgame

Prepositions Of Place Elementary Boardgame

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This 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 usin ...
15 Views 52,084 BegElem
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Farm Animals: Fun Roll-the-dice Game

Farm Animals: Fun Roll-the-dice Game

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Students 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 ...
25 Views 30,815 BegElem
Animals Boardgame II

Animals Boardgame II

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Through 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 pic ...
12 Views 12,562 BegElem
Cardinal Numbers Elementary Boardgame

Cardinal Numbers Elementary Boardgame

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Through 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 ...
10 Views 18,304 BegElem
Easter Crossword

Easter Crossword

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Let 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 ...
17 Views 26,652 ElemPre-Int
Words for Taboo [#3]

Words for Taboo [#3]

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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 ...
14 Views 31,991 IntAdvExam
Words for Taboo [#2]

Words for Taboo [#2]

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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 ...
22 Views 83,850 IntAdvExam
Business English Conditionals Board Game

Business English Conditionals Board Game

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This is a board game for communicative practice of the first, second and third conditionals, as well as phrases expressing wishes or regret (if only, I wish). Target group: intermediate+ students. ...
28 Views 60,930 IntAdv
Easter Crossword

Easter Crossword

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This is a crossword puzzle for revising Easter related vocabulary. Recommended for pre-intermediate students who are asked to complete the crossword by using the clues provided. The activity is a ...
23 Views 28,747 ElemPre-Int
Easter Bingo

Easter Bingo

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Playing Bingo is a good way to check if students know vocabulary. There are 8 different bingo cards for revising Easter related vocabulary and calling cards on the last page. Just print, laminate ...
27 Views 50,653 BegElemPre-Int
Easter Boardgame

Easter Boardgame

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This is a boardgame for teaching or revising Easter related vocabulary. Students are asked to make a sentence using the picture or answer the questions provided on each square. The game is recom ...
19 Views 25,846 Elem
Farm Animals Board Game

Farm Animals Board Game

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This is a board game for revising farm animals related vocabulary. Recommended for elementary students who are asked to make a sentences using the picture clue provided.
11 Views 20,941 BegElem
Verb TO BE: Short Answer Board Game

Verb TO BE: Short Answer Board Game

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This activity contains a board game for beginner students to learn and practice, in a funny way, the short form of the verb to be. It can also be used to practice personal pronouns. It can take ar ...
9 Views 24,882 Elem
Verb TO BE Board Game (Present Simple)

Verb TO BE Board Game (Present Simple)

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It is a board game where your students can practice how to use verb to be in present simple. It is fun and useful. Students can play in groups or pairs. Roll the dice, start from the start point a ...
23 Views 55,780 All
Sensible Sentences Board Game

Sensible Sentences Board Game

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This game involves completing simple sentences. The beginning of the sentence is there for the child and they must finish the sentence so that it makes sense. Great game for consolidating work o ...
10 Views 20,654 Elem
Scrabble Game Board

Scrabble Game Board

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SCRABBLE is a really good game, I hope your students enjoy it! What you need to know about this game is: 1: using the letters students make a word. 2: they have to count the total of points they g ...
8 Views 29,516 Pre-IntIntAdv
Clothing Memory Game

Clothing Memory Game

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This is a memory board game I made for beginners. It's a fun way to review some basic vocabulary about clothes. Print it out and make small black squares to cover each square. Try to encourage stu ...
10 Views 39,196 BegElem
Animal Crossword

Animal Crossword

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It´s an animal crossword.Students must find out the names of wild animal in the crossword. this worksheet can be useful for elementary students when they are working the class of natural sci ...
11 Views 13,093 Elem
Bingo - Duck, Rabbit, Bird

Bingo - Duck, Rabbit, Bird

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Bingo sheets. These bingo sheets are for young learners, who just started with English and are using Cheeky Monkey pupil´s book. It can be also used as a game Pairs - if you cut it and colo ...
3 Views 7,686 Beg
Monopoly Game

Monopoly Game

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This is a printable version of the old favorite Monopoly game, for those of us who might have no access to a Monopoly game otherwise. 2-6 players. Monopoly is a fun game for practicing communicati ...
36 Views 63,173 Pre-IntIntAdvExam
Expressing Future Board Game

Expressing Future Board Game

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The aim of the worksheet is to practise expressing future and suggestions. You can practise going to, present continuous, shall and expression like let's or what about...... This worksheet was pre ...
18 Views 24,354 ElemPre-Int

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