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20 Questions

This is a great game to play with students and excellent for practicing question making. 1. Choose an object and students ask questions about it.  Give them question prompts to help, written on the...

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BLIP

Each student is given a VERB. (See that it is suitable for the level of the class). In pairs or as a whole class, discover the VERB through QUESTIONS. The nonsense word “BLIP” should be substituted...

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Guessing about the Classroom competition

Seat TWO students at the front of the class facing the white/black board with the other students looking on. The two students are both given a chance to answer each question and they are awarded...

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Celebrities

Students love to talk about celebrities. 1.  Put the names of some celebrities on the board. Describe one and the students will guess who it is. Erase that name and continue until all are erased. 2....

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Not like the other things

Find more videos like this on EFL CLASSROOM 2.0 I am a BIG fan of not only teaching English but teaching thinking skills. We have to do both (and always spice with happiness!). This game really gets...

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Faces – Who is it?

This is a nice game to play to practice describing people (an important language skill). Simply put up this photo. or this one. Print it out if you want students to work in pairs / groups. Students...

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At The Movies

Everyone loves movies! This is a great idea and a great way to have a very light but powerful lesson. 1.   Write some names of movies on the board.    Then give students 4 hints about one movie.  See...

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The Feather Game

The Feather Game Make a prop (for this one I used a paper feather) and have Ss pass it around while the T closes their eyes and counts down from 20.  Then the T must find the feather with CCQs: Who,...

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Leave The Room

This is a standard game and can be played to practice a variety of language forms (or just for fun!).  I use it to practice the difficult “have/has been …” present perfect tense.  Put the forms on the...

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Guess Where I Am?

This is an easy but fun lesson to practice geography, question making and language skills. 1. Choose one student who comes to the front of the class. 2. The student writes in big letters on a piece of...

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The Black Hole

Follow This video makes a great prediction or writing exercise. Just stop and pause and then students guess what happens next. Loads of possibilities to teach with this. Teachers can download the...

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Top 10 Guessing

This is a recipe for any kind of theme.   1. Ask the students, what are the top 10 X (example. Cities in the world – see as youtube video below and here as a gif book) 2. Give students 5 minutes to...

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Who Is It?

Write everyone’s names on slips of paper and put them in a hat or box. Choose two pairs of learners to be players, and ask each of them to pick a name and keep it a secret. Ask the rest of your...

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This Or That Game

This is a super easy game to play. Students vs teacher or in pairs student vs student. Provide a This or That handout. Choices for students to make about the teacher or their partner. Here is a free...

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Guess The Sound

A fun game you can play online or off. 1. Students go and find an object that makes sound. 2. Keep it hidden or turn off the camera. 3. Then they do the sound and others guess. 4. Who guessed what was...

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