• Battleships (for "Can you swim?")

    Just like the old MB game, this activity is a lot of fun. It takes a while to explain/demonstrate but once the students start, they really get into it.

  • Collecting Letters

    To practice the question and answer for "What do you want?", students exchange letter cards trying to spell out simple words. When a word is complete, points are earned.

  • Do you have a pen? - Hidden stationary game

    Students hide some stationary behind their back and their partners guess what it is.

  • How Many Pens Do You Have?

    This game, just like the "What do you have?" game, is about using your poker face. It's very interesting to find out which students in your classes can look their classmates in the eye and lie with a straight face.

  • Reading Pictures (this, that)

    This activity uses images to help students practice using this (to specify something near) and that (to specify something some distance away). Because students draw the images themselves, they have a greater sense of ownership of the activity. Plus, it's just a bit of (quiet, creative) fun!

  • Talk Around It

    This communication based activity is a very special kind of vocabulary review. Of course, there will be lackadaisical or even downright negative students but everyone else will enjoy the freedom of this quick, fun, and creative speaking challenge.

  • What do you have?

    This game is all about using your poker face. And lying. And having fun of course. What do you have in your pencil case? Two pencils...