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Hand out a list of sentences containing one (or two) incorrections to groups.
Students group and you allot 100 points to each group. They have to bet a number of points (maximum: 10) that they ca ...
Act it out. Hand out plots.
Pupils write the script and act it out:
The Fire. Detective or journalist interviews witnesses (one of whom may be a suspect) about what they saw/heard/did. (The Fir ...
Draw up scheme on board to form 9 partitions, team one is O, team 2 is X
Nine categories: ANIMALS/NEGATIVE/SPORT/FOOD/DESCRIPTION/COUNTRIES/JOBS/WH-QUESTIONS/CLOTHES/IRREGULAR PAST TENSE,
Play ...
Small groups – choose Runner, Secretary, Correctors – 4 copies of a Dictation Text – around classroom.
When you clap secretary and runners must change.
Points for finishing fir ...
Words from everyday things on board.
Class guesses the object they're written on.
CRUSH-PROOF PACK (cigarette packet)
TWIST (ON/OFF) (jam jar)
BACK SPACE (computer)
THANK YOU (receipt)
PRESS ...
Start explaining some verb to your students by giving examples of its use in sentences, only replacing the actual word with 'coffeepot'.
Variation: have your students ask you questions using 'cof ...
Hangman is one of the most requested games. Place on the board the number of blanks for one word (example "police officer"). Then, provide clues about the word such as appearance, duties, associat ...
This is fun way of recycling vocabulary and much more! Make a list of words, phrasal verbs, expressions, etc, that you have taught your students recently. Next to each word that you can glue to a ...
This was a famous game show somewhere and it works with ESL students too: give 2 words, ie: "bread" and "baby".
They have to link the two words through a progression of word associations, ...
The teacher cuts up paper, preferably waste paper, into little squares, writes an English word on the paper, folds it in half, and hands it to a student. The student must NOT say the word on the p ...
Divide the class into 3 or 4 teams.
Choose at random a page from a monolingual dictionary and tell the students the letter with which all the words begin. Start reading out the definition (or def ...
This game is a great way to get your students involved in practicing their grammar both out loud and on paper.
You need three boxes (box tops, hats, or bins will work). The first should be labell ...
A dice and a dictionary (or list) of phrasal verbs with examples for each six students..
Write six verbs (e.g. GO,COME,GET,TAKE,PUT,GIVE) and six advebial particles (e.g.OFF,AWAY,OUT,UP,BACK, OVE ...
This is a vocabulary revision activity. The teacher chooses words to be revised. The class is divided into groups of 4. Each group chooses a secretary. The teacher starts by giving definitions to ...
Input: buying, selling and bargaining vocabulary.
Scene: you are in the desert and have these items – 1 slip for each person - 10 PERSIAN CARPETS, 5 LITRES OF WATER, 2 CAMELS, 8 TEAPOTS WIT ...
This can be helpful for reading, speaking and pronunciation as well as making your students feel less nervous about making mistakes.
Divide the class in two. They all have the same piece ...
Using a full sentence.
Put the empty spaces of all words in the sentence on the blackboard. Divide the class into two or more teams, and explain that they have to first guess and later on deduce ...
You will need:
tape,
paper,
scissors.
Begin by introducing all the body parts: Forehead to ankles, big toes to eyelashes, chin, cheeks, freckles, belly button, waist… Ne ...
Give one sentence to each student but not in the correct order.
Each student then reads out their sentence in turn.
By listening and understanding, the students have to put the sentences ...
Around the school building.
Write a sentence of about seven words with each word on a separate piece of paper. Leave the pieces of paper pinned to the walls in different parts of the scho ...
Imagine you're describing your home to a blind person.
You have to describe in (meticulous) detail everything about your house to your partner, s/he DRAWS IT. (Then it is the next person's turn) ...
This activity works well for intermediate to advanced students. This activity encourages students to elaborate beyond simple yes / no answers.
It also encourages them to get someone so engrossed ...
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