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Quick Fire Vocabulary is a simple no-prep game to revise vocabulary. In this game students must  explain the meaning of as many words as possible in 1 or 2 minutes. This game is a great game to get students practicing vocabulary with a bit of competition to make it more interesting. This game can be used again and again with students and they are sure to always enjoy it.
Method
1. Give the students small pieces of paper. Tell the students to write down vocabulary that you want them to revise or you can get them to write down nouns etc
2. Students write down the words and put them in a container. Put the class into teams.
3. Set a timer for 2 or 3 minutes or however long you wish. The teams take turns. Students take words from the container and explain them to their team. When the team says the correct word, the next student takes their turn and moves onto the next word. The objective of the game is to explain as many words as possible in the time allowed. Whichever team guesses the most correct words is the winner.

Quick Fire Vocabulary

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Quick Fire Vocabulary is a simple no-prep game to revise vocabulary. In this game students must  explain the meaning of as many words as possible in 1 or 2 minutes. This game is a great game to get students practicing vocabulary with a bit of competition to make it more interesting. This game can be used […]

“Just Say No” is a great game for practicing speaking in the ESL classroom with young learners, teens and up. Great for practicing questions formation or just having fun. Especially great for Trinity exam practice etc
Activity Time: 10 mins +
Materials required: A chair
Skills practiced: Speaking, question formation
Level: Young learners, teens and adults.
Method
  1. One student sits in a chair facing the class.
  2. The other students ask the student in the chair questions. The student in the chair must not say “no”.
  3. Get the students to ask “Do you like….” and “Have you ever…” questions.
  4. If the student says “No” then another student takes their place.
If your students find the game easy, make it more interesting by not letting them say “yes” or “no”.

Yes and No Game

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Can’t see the video? Click here “Just Say No” is a great game for practicing speaking in the ESL classroom with young learners, teens and up. Great for practicing questions formation or just having fun. Especially great for Trinity exam practice etc Activity Time: 10 mins + Materials required: A chair Skills practiced: Speaking, question formation Level: Young […]

“Concentration” is a great way to revise and study vocabulary. This can be a great way to help your students remember spelling and words in a competitive memory challenge. 
Activity Time: 5 mins +
Materials required: paper, pencils, list of vocabulary (on whiteboard or flash cards), 
Skills practiced: Vocabulary and spelling, vocabulary revision
Level: Young learners
 
Method
1. Write words on the board that you want your students to revise or place flashcards of the words.
 
2. Show the students the words or flashcards and tell them they have one or two minutes to look at the words and remember as many as they can. 
 
3. When the time is up, students have to write down as many words as they can remember. When they are finished they have to tell you what words they could remember. This is a great game for students to revise vocabulary. 
 
Optional
  • Put students in pairs or groups. 
  • Get the students to put the words in the correct order.

ESL Concentration

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Can´t see the video? Click here. “Concentration” is a great way to revise and study vocabulary. This can be a great way to help your students remember spelling and words in a competitive memory challenge.  Activity Time: 5 mins + Materials required: paper, pencils, list of vocabulary (on whiteboard or flash cards),  Skills practiced: Vocabulary and spelling, vocabulary revision Level: Young learners […]