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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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London Beside the River Thames

London Beside the River Thames

, , Crosswords/Boardgames
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 ...
10 Views 14,936 Int
The Kitchen Game Cards

The Kitchen Game Cards

» Crosswords/Boardgames
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 ...
17 Views 19,779 ElemPre-IntInt
Introductory Board Game for Intermediate Level

Introductory Board Game for Intermediate Level

, , Crosswords/Boardgames
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 ...
9 Views 20,654 Pre-IntInt
Alphabet Game

Alphabet Game

, Crosswords/Boardgames
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 ...
9 Views 16,477 ElemPre-IntIntAdv
Animal Wordsearch

Animal Wordsearch

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This is a simple wordsearch for elementary students including basic animal names. It aims to test students' receptive knowledge of these names by testing spelling at the same time. Problem so ...
13 Views 12,495 Elem
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Step Up Board Game

Step Up Board Game

, , Crosswords/Boardgames
For practicing the present simple tense, you can play this game with your students. Here are some rules for the players. The Game Rules: 1-To start playing you should answer the first Q 2- Go up ...
11 Views 12,105 Elem
Snakes and Ladders Board Game

Snakes and Ladders Board Game

, , Crosswords/Boardgames
Little children learn better if they enjoy their learning. Board game is an effective way to do so. In this activity little children can practice some warm up activities, speak about what they can ...
24 Views 69,527 BegElem
Past Simple Interactive Boardgame

Past Simple Interactive Boardgame

, Crosswords/Boardgames
This is an interactive board game which is aimed for teaching or revising the past simple. Students are asked to spin the wheel, count the number of spaces in the game and make a correct sentence ...
16 Views 23,142 Elem
Phonics Board Game

Phonics Board Game

Crosswords/Boardgames,
It is an amaaaaaaaazing board game for students who just started to read!!! There are three pages (first two pages are cards- you should cut them) and the third page is the board. First page - pi ...
11 Views 23,380 Beg
Negative Prefixes

Negative Prefixes

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Here is a crossword with negative prefixes. Students are to fill in the crossword with words beginning with im-, in-, un- or ir-. There are 17 words, mostly adjectives and a few verbs. It is a one ...
32 Views 43,073 Pre-IntInt
Homophones

Homophones

, , Crosswords/Boardgames,
This worksheet contains four different exercises on two pages. Most of them can be done in pairs. The lesson plan, including the lead-in and follow-up activity, is on page three (it is only my sug ...
49 Views 52,550 Pre-Int
Master Baker: Cooking Lesson Plan

Master Baker: Cooking Lesson Plan

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This lesson plan is designed to teach students the basic cooking verbs that mostly used in baking. It includes video, board game, cake decorating challenge. It is great for practicing listening, ...
13 Views 23,296 ElemPre-IntInt
Food Picture Crossword

Food Picture Crossword

, Crosswords/Boardgames
This is a simple picture crossword for revising food related vocabulary. Recommended for elementary students who are asked to complete the crossword by using the across and down picture clues. The ...
18 Views 28,660 Elem
Environment Vocabulary Crossword Puzzle

Environment Vocabulary Crossword Puzzle

This crossword puzzle is good for practising basic environment vocabulary. In general, I believe that crosswords, word searches etc. are fun and they help students acquire necessary vocabulary in ...
20 Views 68,498 Int
Connected Crosswords & a Wordsearch

Connected Crosswords & a Wordsearch

» Crosswords/Boardgames
This is a set of crosswords all related to each other. The solution of the first will be the 1st line of the 2nd crossword. From the marked letters students can create a new word that helps solvin ...
3 Views 9,313 BegElem
Christmas Interactive Boardgame

Christmas Interactive Boardgame

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This is an interactive board game which is aimed for teaching or revising Christmas related vocabulary at elementary level. Students are asked to spin the wheel, count the number of spaces in the ...
16 Views 27,984 BegElem
Am I Lying? [Board Game]

Am I Lying? [Board Game]

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A set containing two kinds of cards to play the game. Suitable both for pairwork and groups. The first type of cards gives a topics (my last birthday; music I hate; presents...). The second type o ...
21 Views 30,460 Pre-IntIntAdv
Christmas Boardgame

Christmas Boardgame

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This is a colourful boardgame for teaching or revising Christmas related vocabulary. Students advance on the board with dice and counters when they land on a square they are asked mo make a sente ...
16 Views 22,136 BegElem
Nouns - Irregular Plural [Boardgame]

Nouns - Irregular Plural [Boardgame]

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The boardgame practices Noun Plurals, mostly irregular. Students in pairs or groups use dice and take turns making the nouns in the pictures plural and making sentences with them (another option m ...
17 Views 56,307 Pre-IntInt
Road Safety

Road Safety

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Pupils must find letters to create sentences about road safety. Each letter of the alphabet corresponds to a number. Example if the letter A corresponds to number 1, you write down A on each box w ...
4 Views 12,030 Pre-Int
Famous People Crossword Challenge

Famous People Crossword Challenge

This is a great activity to get students using the simple present and simple past tense (depending on who they have to make 5 clues about). Students are given one of the 10 famous people featured ...
9 Views 23,003 ElemPre-IntIntAdv
Snakes and Ladders: Numbers, To Be, Countries and Nationalities

Snakes and Ladders: Numbers, To Be, Countries and Nationalities

, , Crosswords/Boardgames
This board game is based on NEF beginner. The things which are being practised are: 1-10, countries - flags, nationalities - a person and a flag, to be - making full sentences positive, negative a ...
22 Views 97,411 BegElem
Natural Disasters

Natural Disasters

This worksheet consists of two exercises: a crossword puzzle and a gap-fill exercise. It can be used for practising or revising the vocabulary related to natural disasters. It is fun and you can c ...
26 Views 100,296 Pre-Int
Elementary Practice

Elementary Practice

This complete worksheet is for practising BE and HAVE, basic sentence structures, possessive adjectives and possessive pronouns, a/an with the help of a basic vocabulary. The worksheet contains ga ...
11 Views 9,801 BegElem
Sports and Olympics Crossword

Sports and Olympics Crossword

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This is a critical thinking activity (crossword) for Elementary students about the Olympic Games in which students can recognize some sports of the olympic games.
8 Views 17,503 Elem

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