Students toss a bean bag onto a card and identify the flashcard it lands on. Lay out flashcards face down up the floor. Each successful shot scores a point for their team.īean Bag Toss. When they feel that they can throw and hit the basket, they make their attempt. To shoot the basket from far away is hard so the players need to say the card and make their way closer and closer each turn. You need 2 players and a basket far away. The BANANA who arrives there first, WINS! (Submitted by Salvador Domingo).īasketball Card Line-Up. Each right answer equals a step towards the Goal Line. They will approach the Goal line as they answer each question. The teacher draws on the board a race track and each team or student will be a BANANA waiting at the Starting Line. You can work with or split the class into small groups/teams if you have a large class. Children just love this! It is basically a QUIZ game in which you ask children questions (Target Vocabulary) like: 'What's this? What fruit is red and round? How many chairs are there in the classroom?' or the teacher simply draws items on the board, makes animal noises so that they guess. (submitted by Salvador Domingo)īanana Race. Lots of fun! (NOTE: For very active be careful since they might hit the others' faces when playing). Decide who serves and for every winning shot the team to call out the flashcard or picture card shown by the teacher to get a point. Remember: the younger the students, the bigger the balloon must be (slower). Inflate a balloon (this will be the ball). Give each student a flyswatter ('Racket'). Make two small teams (the other students can be the crowd and or challengers). Set a 'court' in the classroom by placing a skip-rope tied up to two chairs. Good for reviewing target vocabulary (words or communicative expressions). The first student out of the two standing in front of the board to guess the word wins a point for his/her team.īadminton. you can buy it in McDonalds, it's got cheese and ketchup in it). 'hamburger') and the students have to explain that word to their team member (e.g. Write a word or draw a picture on the board (e.g. Make two teams and stand one student from each team in front of the board, facing away from it. The student with the highest score at the end is the winner.īacks to the Board Game. For each student give a score for his/her picture, and then move on to the next picture. 'draw a man running, eating cake, sleeping') or adjectives ('draw a big elephant, an angry lion, an expensive diamond ring'). 'dog, bookcase, train', verb structures e.g. Teacher calls out a word and the students draw it (could be simple nouns e.g. Have the students write their names above their squares. Draw enough squares on the board for each student to be able to draw in.

This is a great activity for reviewing vocab. My students love it! (Submitted by Kim.S.).Īrt Gallery. It can be played with different categories, such as Food, Animals, Etc.

And the game keeps going until you have one winner. If the student you threw it to drops it, he/she is out. The student then throws to another student and says a different English word. But you must say one English word as you pass. Use a fake apple and toss it to one student.

Vocab games