Puzzles to Print. PLAY & LEARN. “Life is more fun if you play games.”Roald Dahl Today is the first day of another 365-day journey of ELT-CATION around the sun, so I thought it would be a good idea to list the top 10 most liked games posted on ELT-CATION by now.
They are low-cost, learning rich and work really well in the classroom. The players take turns to make a shot at the opponent, by calling out the coordinates of a square. The opponent responds with the verb in the square. The player should give its second or third form (or both) to learn whether it’s a “hit” if it hits a ship or a “miss” if it misses. Materials needed: grids (or 1 sheet of paper per student)
BATTLESHIP: IRREGULAR VERBS. Much to learn, you still have. – Joda.
Despite the evidence that the number of irregular verbs is declining in the English language, there is no danger they will disappear, and the struggle will continue. There are many attempts to find a shortcut in learning irregular verbs, yet with all the options and “magic tricks” available, learning these verbs requires much memorization, drilling and practice. Today I will show how I use the Battleship game to drill and practise irregular verbs in a fun way. Before the game: Each player will need two 10×10 grids – one with irregular verbs in each square, and one blank grid. Click the Grids to download them. The players then mark where they want to place their ships by circling rows, horizontally or vertically. Each player’s fleet consists of the following ships: 1 aircraft carrier – 5 squares 1 battleship – 4 squares 1 cruiser – 3 squares.
Energy Hog. ESL Crossword Puzzles. Irregular verbs. My son Lucas was complaining he was going to have a permanent crick in his neck from spending hourrrrrs (or words to that effect) trying to learn irregular verbs in English when it occurred to me there might be plenty of sites on the Internet to help students, and my own son in this case, with this seemingly daunting task.
And just as I predicted there are some cool sites that offer a nice alternative to the traditional pen-and-paper method of learning irregular verbs. Hard to believe me? Then, try these games and I bet you’ll be delighted next time you are asked to study them. Dear Lucas, this post is for you!!! Jeopardy Quiz Game Fun activity to teach action verbs in the irregular past simple tense. Irregular Verb Wheel Game An enjoyable game where irregular verbs are chosen at random from a spinning wheel.
Hangman Game From eslgamesplus.com, the always entertaining hangman game; in this case, with irregular verbs. Textadventures.co.uk - Create and play text adventure games. Human Brain Cloud. A massively multiplayer word association game. BACK TO SCHOOL! It’s the most wonderful time of the year, with the kids back to schooling and teachers so dear, it’s the happiest season of all.
Here are my favourite activities (this year 9+1, and a couple of new activities to try shared by other bloggers) to kick off the new academic year and transition back into the school environment and learning. What’s your favourite activity? Please share in the comments below. Looking for more alternative back-to-school activities? Check out these ideas and resources: I, She, You by Jason Anderson 50-50 – a great adaptable PowerPoint quiz from Tekhnologic More ice breakers for the ELT classroom by Rachael Roberts Activities for first lessons by Clare Lavery at teachingenglish.org.uk. TeachingGamesEFL.com – by Mike Astbury. Select a free English topic from the 100+ topics available. Each topic has 10 pictures (Beginner) or 20 pictures (Intermediate) with their accompanying written texts and spoken English recordings.
There are 56 Beginner topics and 58 Intermediate topics to choose from. All the topics are free to use. They are suitable for adults, students and children starting to learn English as a second language. English Activities is a free online resource consisting of English lessons, English games and English tests to help both adults and kids studying ESL & EFL English. See the Help box below for instructions on how to select the first EFL ESL topic you wish to study. Key features of our EFL / ESL topics: 10 or 20 specially drawn pictures that clearly illustrate the concept being depictedEach picture has a standard text and recording that can be played as requiredThe language is beginner ESL EFL English and consists of words, simple phrases and short sentences in the first person present tense.
Guess What! 5 of My Favorite English Games for ESL Students. I saved the best for last.
My students requested this game more often than any other game we ever played. It's based on the old drinking game "Ring of Fire," modified for the classroom. Materials needed:A standard deck of playing cards, a whiteboard, 20-30 small slips of blank paper, and a bowl. The setup:Almost none! Place the bowl in the center of a table and spread the cards out, face down, in a circle around the bowl. The activity:Before you start the game, hand every student two small slips of paper. Ba Ba Dum. Word Invasion. Expand your vocabulary - Knoword.
Mikeastbury.wordpress. Classroom Quizzes & Surveys. More than 800 FREE English games and activities. Skillswise - English Games.