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Games and Puzzles to Print or Make
Games and Puzzles to Print or Make
MES English offers many pre-made games and activities for practicing vocabulary, grammar and conversation. Teachers can print and use in the classroom. Good for all sublevels.
Do your students like word searches, crossword puzzles, board games or bingo? You can create and print these games with Tools for Educators. Good for all sublevels.
Picture Dictation
Picture Dictation
Practice listening comprehension, nouns, adjectives and prepositions of place.
The teacher has a simple picture in mind related to the topic of study. For example, an animal, a room, a person.
Step by step, the teacher tells the students what to draw. Repeating slowly.
For example, "Draw a girl with long hair. Draw a small flower next to the girl. Draw a large dog behind the flower."Â
The teacher shows the picture to the students, and students compare their pictures to each other, noting similarities and differences.
Good for elemental, media, and superior.
Games for Practicing Vocabulary and Listening
Games for Practicing Vocabulary and Listening
Simon Says
Simon Says
Are you learning animal vocabulary and listening comprehension? Play Simon Says! Students do action only if the teacher says "Simon Says." For example, the students are tortoises.
Simon says, "Stick out your neck."
Simon says, "Crawl slowly."
Simon says, "Chew quickly."
But if the teacher says, "Crawl quickly," and the students do it, they are out of the game.
You can do this with any topic.
Teacher, May I?
Teacher, May I?
Students practice asking questions with "Teacher, may I?"
Students stand in a line, across from the teacher.
The teacher calls the names of some students and says, "Students, you may take 2 steps forward." (The teacher decides how many steps.)
The students must say, "Teacher, may I?" and the teacher responds, "Yes, you may."
If the students have asked, "Teacher, may I?" they may take the steps. If not, they cannot come forward.
The students who reach the teacher first are the winners.
Variation: Use other action verbs (jump, hop, skip, slide, twirl).
Act Like an Animal Brain Breaks
Act Like an Animal Brain Breaks
As a warm up or between parts of a lesson, take a brain break with creative movement.
The teacher names an animal and makes a motion. For example, the teacher and students move their heads like a blue-footed booby and make the booby's call.
Students can suggest other animals and a motion.
Play Speed Words
Play Speed Words
Speaking Activities & Games for Teens from the British Council
Speaking Activities & Games for Teens from the British Council
How to Make Games
How to Make Games
English language teacher Tasnim Salah demonstrates 5 vocabulary games. Best for superior and bachillerato.
English language teacher Tasnim Salah demonstrates 4 speaking games. Best for superior and bachillerato.
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