Games:

1. A - Z race
A great vocabulary revision game. Divide the class into two teams each standing in line at the
board.Give them a topic like food and drink, sports, countries etc (they must be very large lexical
sets). The student at the front on each line runs to the board and must write a word in this lexical set
beginning with A on the board. She then hands the chalk or pen to the next person in the row (and
runs to the back of the line), who adds a word beginning with B until they reach Z. If they cannot
think of a word beginning with a particular letter they can leave a space, but the team with most
words at the end is the winner
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12. Conditional Chain

This game is good to revise and practise structures in the first conditional. The teacher begins with a
sentence, for example “If I go out tonight, I’ll go to the cinema.” The next person in the circle must
use the end of the previous sentence to begin their own sentence. Eg “If I go to the cinema, I’ll watch
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.” The next person could say, “If I watch Charlie and the Chocolate
Factory, I’ll eat lots of chocolate.” Then, “If I eat lots of chocolate, I’ll put on weight” etc. etc.

20. Don't say yes or no

One volunteer student stands in front of the class. The rest fire questions at him or her, with the aim
of eliciting the answer 'yes' or 'no'. The volunteer has to try to answer the questions truthfully
without these words. This will mostly be through the use of 'tag' answers such as 'I did' or 'She
doesn't'. If the volunteer says the forbidden words, he or she is 'out' and another is chosen. Give a
time limit of one minute; if within that time the volunteer hasn't said 'yes' or 'no', he or she has won.

20. Don't say yes or no

One volunteer student stands in front of the class. The rest fire questions at him or her, with the aim
of eliciting the answer 'yes' or 'no'. The volunteer has to try to answer the questions truthfully
without these words. This will mostly be through the use of 'tag' answers such as 'I did' or 'She
doesn't'. If the volunteer says the forbidden words, he or she is 'out' and another is chosen. Give a
time limit of one minute; if within that time the volunteer hasn't said 'yes' or 'no', he or she has won.

27. Expanding texts

Write a single simple verb in the center of the board. Invite students to add one, two or three words
to it. For example, if the word was 'go', they might suggest 'I go', or 'Go to bed!' They go on
suggesting additions of a
maximum of three consecutive words each time, making a longer and longer text, until you, or they,
have had enough. The rule is that they can only add at the beginning or end of what is already
written – otherwise you will end up with a rather untidy (and hard to read) series of additions. Add
or change punctuation each time as appropriate. For example :(Go!, Go to bed!, Go to bed! said my
mother, Go to bed! said my mother angrily, You must go to bed! said my mother angrily)

47. Important people

In small groups or pairs, students tell their neighbors which person has been an important influence
in their lives and why