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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This speaking worksheet is created as a game for our speaking club, and I think it's a great way to recycle your material and get your students talking at the same time. This game is also a nice t ...
This game is useful for reviewing food categories related vocabulary items. Just print and cut each card, stick them face down on the board, write numbers at the back of them and divide ...
Matching is a fun game. Divide the class into two teams. Have them use their memory to pair together all the cards. It contains different food items including a milkshake, sandwich, sushi, tea, pi ...
It's a warming up board game to revise lexical theme "House and furniture". Attention: the picture is of A3 size! Rules: 1) Roll the dice and move forward that number of spaces. 2) Answe ...
Cut the cards and write numbers 1-18 on the other side of the cards. Place them on the board so the ss can see the numbers. Divide the class into 2 teams and write the name of each team on the boa ...
I have designed this game for my elementary class. Print out the cards and the call sheet. Cut out the call sheet and put the squares in a hat or an empty bag. Hand out the cards to the students. ...
Students need to guess the top word without using any of the 'taboo' words underneath it. I find this activity very useful in vocabulary and self-confidence building. Divide your class into two te ...
This crossword puzzle gives young ESL learners a chance to use their knowledge of English and Disney princesses. Students read the description of each character, use the crossword to help work out ...
This crossword puzzle gives young ESL learners a chance to use their knowledge of English and the Avengers (superheroes). Students read the description of each character, use the crossword to help ...
This card game (for 3 or 4 players) can be used for revising food related vocabulary and quantities. The object of the game is to collect complete families.( Here quantities: a slice of, a bottle ...
This card game (for 3 or 4 players) can be used for revising furniture related vocabulary. The object of the game is to collect complete families ( bedroom, bathroom, living room, kitchen, dining ...
This board game can be used for revising places in town related vocabulary. The students have to roll dice and name the place shown on the square where they land or follow the instructions. If ...
This board game can be used for revising furniture related vocabulary. The students have to roll dice and name the item on the square where they land. Or they make sentences like: “The a ...
Divide the class into three teams and have them choose a name for their team. Team A reads the first statement of a card and waits for team B to make a guess. If their guess is correct, they'll ge ...
This worksheet helps you to review the clothing items for beginner students. How to play: print the cards and cut them, divide the class into two groups, then stick the cards face-down on the boar ...
Favourite game for younger English learners- spring Bingo. It may be used as a warm-up activity, for practising vocabulary or as a lesson filler. I made this at the request of one of my small Engl ...
These worksheets are useful to practise vocabulary related to places in town. Crosswords, scrambled words and "snake-words" help your students to memorise the new words easily. The next page is ...
This crossword was developed to help review the vocabulary for an introductory legal English course. This covers about half of the course and the remainder will be uploaded shortly. The feedback I ...
Here's a slightly tricky Easter crossword for the kids. An enjoyable ESL word search puzzle with pictures to study and practise Easter Holiday vocabulary. Find and circle the Easter Holiday vocabu ...
Have your learners sit in groups of three or four. The discussion activity begins with one person finding the question by rolling the dice twice. The 1st roll determines the number on the left. ...
This is a word search activity handout. Below are 18 present tense verbs. Find their present perfect equivalents. Time limit: 12 minutes. Example: 'be' - 'been'. The answer key is provided ...
This worksheet may be used on its own or in relation with the "Dobble Kids" animal card game. It contains a picture of 31 animals in the game. Since it doesn't require writing it can be used by co ...
This is a board game which can help children to practise their clothes vocabulary. How to play: children throw a dice, say what the clothes are in order. But if they get it wrong they go back ...
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