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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2 exercises to revise/learn vocabulary on Christmas time. In the 1st one the students have to match 24 words and 24 pictures. In the 2nd one they have to find the Christmas vocabulary in the words ...
Let your students have some fun with this boardgame on body parts! They can prove their knowledge while spending a good time with classmates and, of course, learning at the same time. This is the ...
Let your students have some fun with this boardgame on daily routines. They can prove their knowledge while spending a good time with classmates and, of course, learning at the same time. This is ...
In this worksheet there are 2 activities to practise vocabulary on countries and nationalities.There are 42 countries that the students have to find out in the word search. then the have to make a ...
A boardgame to see how well your students know expressions with do and make (the boardgame + cards for the game + rules). Students throw the dice and move according to the number shown by the dice ...
This worksheet contains vocabulary on clothes. The students have to do different activities:
1) they have to unscramble 26 names of clothes.
2) match the clothes and their names and copy the nam ...
If you teach your Ss insects, why not play this board game? Feel free to change anything. Don't be afraid if your Ss might not know some of the insects in the board game - they can learn them whil ...
It's a simple board game to revise the natural phenomena and weather. Feel free to change anything to adapt the game to your Ss' needs. If you can, print it out on a black sheet of paper (or make ...
Second part in the set of two worksheets on Thanksgiving. I have made to complement my thanksgiving topic.This is a crossword where students use the pictures as clues to solve the activity. Answer ...
This boardgame is designed for elementary students who are studying jobs and occupations related vocabulary. Students work in groups of 3-5 with dice and counters. When they land on a square they ...
This is a game I made to practise clothes vocabulary with children from the ages of 7+. You can either use a normal dice, or have them spin a coin and move one for heads and two for tails if you w ...
Games are so popular with language learners, so here´s an adorable boardgame, designed for students who are studying irregular verbs. It is played in groups or pairs with dice and counters, ...
This is an easy lotto game that I play with my LD pupils. It is a fun and colourful way to learn new words. It is best to laminate the pages for continuous use. You show a card with a picture or a ...
An excellent way to get your pupils to use their imagination while developing the speaking skills. Students take turns rolling the dice and moving the counters around the board, they are asked to ...
Aim: to ask and answer WH questions, practise speaking in a fun way. This game is for elementary, pre-intermediate or intermediate levels, depending on what would you like to focus on. It is for p ...
This is a present continuous board game with easy verbs, I normally use it with my 10 year old children. Students say a sentence according to the picture and also its symbol (tick or cross) which ...
In this worksheet there are 24 pictures with daily routine activities and their names + a wordsearch activity. The students have to match the pictures and the names and then find out the words in ...
This worksheet includes listening,reading comrehension and a crossword about the topic of apology and forgiveness. The students are asked to listen to the song and to complete the lyrics. Then the ...
The board game is the follower of my previous worksheet about consonant blends. for consolidation you can practice it and you will be pleased with the results. Try it! It is also useful for studen ...
A boardgame suitable for elementary students on telling the time. It is played with dice and counters, when students land on a square they must answer the question "what time is it?" using the pi ...
This is a simple game for lower level students. Make sure to have dice, and place markers for students (I used small stickers cut with the backing still on them). It can be adapted for many uses. ...
This word search puzzle includes TV and press vocabulary, hope you find it useful! List of words used in this word search: BAN, COMMUNAL, HEADLINE, TABLOID, COLUMNIST, ADVERTISEMENT, CORRESPONDEN ...
This is a crossword puzzle I used as an introduction for my lesson about movies (I was teaching them how to write a movie review). The answers to the clues: Across 2 a story that is inspired by r ...
A puzzle you can use to encourage students use the vocabulary you learn in the classroom. It is a funny way to make the students learn the vocabulary by playing. It is strongly related to 'Work' V ...
This game is excellent speaking and listening practice for beginning students of all ages. Students should have been introduced to numbers from 1-20 and multiples of 10 up to 90. Students should ...
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