Find the Lie
Here is a game that I know your students will love:
1- They have to come up with two statements of unusual things they have done in the past.
2- They also have to come up with one statement of something that they did not do; an outright LIE.
3- They write down these statement on a piece of paper and be careful to ask them NOT to show this to anyone.
Then the fun begins...
4- The S comes up front and writes his/her statements on the board (in...
Going to the Moon
This game can be used as a way of learning your student's English names, and it's quite fun. The object of the game is to "Go to the Moon" to live. You are the captain of the ship and you have to go, but what will you take with you? Easy, you tell your students that you will take something that begins with the first letter of your name. Example, My name is Mike so I will take with me some milk. However, don't explain that to the students. It...
Yes/No game
Divide the class into teams (as many as you feel like. We usually use 2-6 teams). Draw on the board a space for keeping score. Then write on the board "Yes: 2 points" and "No: 1 point"
The students will ask you yes/no questions. And you will answer them. If they get you to say `yes` they get 2 pts, and only 1 pt if you say `no.` For example, I`m often asked `Are you human?` and `Can you speak English?`
After the get the hang of it... change the...
Bingo Twist
I think most people know the game bingo, and I am sure that there is a recipe for word bingo here. Just in case there is not I will quickly run through it. Each student gets a bingo grid 4x4 squares. I write about 20 words on the board and ask them to choose 16 words and put one word in each square. As I call the words out the cross them off in order to make 4 in a row across, down or diagnal. Ok so my Bingo with...
Amnesia
I played a game called Amnesia with my conversation class. The way it works is to have cards with famous names on them, like Madonna, and
each student gets a card, but CANNOT look at it! The task of the students is to break up into group s or pairs and try to tell each other what the identity is! It works great, and gets them thinking and talking. Once someone had "remembered" his/her identity, I handed over a new one, and s/he had to start over!! We played for...
A ship comes loaded
This is a game where you practice words and your memory!
Let the students choose a letter, for example A. Now the class is going to say words, one each, that begins with an A.
Start like this: say to the first student "a ship comes loaded". The student answers "with what" and you say "with apples". Then the student continues to say to the next one in the class "a ship comes loaded"...he/she answer "with what"...the student says "with apples and apes" for example. And then it continues like...
Balloon buster
This is a great game for practicing vocabulary and making sentences. I used it for my misbehaved junior high students and they loved it. You will need some balloons and slips of paper with either complete words on them (for making sentences) or individual letters (for making words). Place the sentences or letters in each balloon. Have one balloon for each group of four students. It is more fun if you allow the Ss to blow up their balloons. When you say "Go", the Ss must pop their balloons using...
Pictionary
Try playing team Pictionary! Divide the class into three or four teams. In turn, a member from each team comes to the board. Give the student a vocabulary word either in writing, or for students that can't read, just whisper it in their ear. Then the student has 1 minute to draw the word you gave them (it doesn't have to be a 'thing', it can be whatever you want). That persons team shouts out guesses. You have to make sure that the kids don't cheat and tell their teammates...
The "Who am I?" guessing game
Type up a list of between 15-20 names of current famous people, e.g.: "Madonna", "Tom Cruise", etc. and cut into slips of paper approx. 1 1/2 " by 3". Pin a slip of paper onto each student's back. Students circulate and ask each other Yes or No questions about the person's name pinned to their backs until they guess who they "are". Elizabeth, Vancouver, BC, Canada...
20 questions
Students have to guess of what thing the person who is it is thinking by asking him or her at most 20 yes/no type questions. If no one guesses the answer after 20 tries, the answer is revealed. A "yes" answer earns the questioner another chance to ask, a "no" passes the asking on to the next player. Maybe your students are advanced enough to ask appropriate questions on their own, in my case to facilitate my weak ones I...
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