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Games for English Language Learning & TeachingWord Prompts(Team A Team B) Students from Team (B) have to guess the words on your LIST. Before each guess, say aword which will help Team (B) to guess correctly. Students from Team (A) have to guess the words on your LIST. Before eacguess, say a word which will help Team (A) to guess correctly.!"# LIST (Team B must guess) !"# LIST (Team A must guess)

A$ horseB$ carA% windowB% Big BenA& elephant

B& cupA' nglandB' floorA teacherB *angaroo

A+ LondonB+ lemonA riverB #ussiaA- oo*

B- ice creamA/ Bill 0lintonB/ 1ic*y 1ouseA$2 *arateB$2 ath

02 Kim's game (longer & longer lists)In my 3poc*et4 3shopping ag4 3house4 3garden4 3country4 3dream4,there is 5 are 5 was 5wereThe teacher imposes the necessary restrictions according to the vocaulary area)I pac*ed my ag and in it I put6an 7 (longer 8 longer list)an 7 and some s.an 7, some s, a 9, an ::: and some :::::s(As you go round the class each student has to recite the e;isting list and add an item in the same category).

03 Guessing nouns via "Is it + adjetive" !uestions

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The person who *nows the connection (T or S) gives feedac* (es, you can or o, you canFt.The students must guess the connection. ither call it out or write it down after a reasonale numer of e;amples have eengiven.

0 omparisons%Dow is 777 li*e C Hinding 0onnections (ord Hields and AdEective 0omparisons

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07 $e Preposition GameThe teacher thin*s of a room of a house and a hidingKplace in which to hide an oEect.($) IFve hidden !"# BI#TD?A #ST and today is !"# BI#TD?ANSs6 Dave you put it ::::::::::::::::::::::::::C(%) I hid my motherFs 0hristmas present LAST 0D#IST1ASNSs6 ?id you put it ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::C(&) IFm going to hide my rotherFs 0hristmas present 7T 0D#IST1ASNSs6 Are you going to put it ::::::::::::::::::::::::C(') =# 0D#IST1AS, my uncle hides my presentNSs6 ?oes he put it ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::Cractise different tenses. A student can choose a hidingKplace and the rest of the class can as* the uestions. Alternatively,students can wor* in pairs.

08 .1serving t$e lassroomSeat T! students at the front of the class facing the white5lac* oard with the other students loo*ing on. The two studentsare oth given a chance to answer each uestion and they are awarded points for correct answers.Sample >uestions$. Dow many windows 5 tales 5 chairs 5 students are thereC%. hat are their namesC&. ho is sitting ne;t to 9 5 etween 7 and 5 opposite 7 5 on the left 5 on the rightC'. hat is (s)he wearingC 5 hat colour is 9Fs shirt.Alternatively, seat students in pairs ac* to ac* and issue them with a chec*list of vocaulary for descriing physicalappearance and clothing6Deight tall5short Build wellKuilt Age middleKaged Dair style curlyDair length long yes largeKeyed Shape of head oval 0omple;ion freshArticle of clothing 1aterial attern 0olourshirt 5 s*irt etc dar* green plain 5chec*ed light lueAs* them to descrie each other using suitale words from each category.I spy with my little eye K something eginning with O letter AB0The oEects sighted must e in view of all the students in the classroom.

90 #imon sa:s (tion ver1s + Parts o; t$e 1od:)Students should only oey the commands if you preface each one with Simon says. If you omit the preface Simon says anystudent who oeys the command can no longer participate in the game. The last student to remain in the game is the winner.imon says6 Ghands upG, Ghands downG, Gthums upG, Gthuns downG, Gfingers upG, Gfingers downG.Simon says6 Gtouch your eyes 5 ears 5 nose 5 mouth with the forefinger 5 middle finger 5 ring finger 5 little finger 5 of your (right)(left) hand.Simon says6 Gput your right hand 5 left hand 5 oth hands on your right 5 left *nee.GSimon says6 Gshut 5 open your eyesG, Gstand up 5 sit downG, Gstand on your right 5 left legG.

Simon says6 Gend your *nees 5 odyG, Gstraighten your *nees 5 odyG.Simon says6 Gfold your armsG, Gput your arms y your sideG.Simon says6 Gwave your right handG, GST!G, GEump up and downG, GST!G.Simon says6 Gpoint at the ceiling 5 floor with the forefinger5 middle finger 5 ring finger 5 little finger 5 of your right 5 left hand.

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$. The farmer was carrying a yellow guitar.%. lvis resley was waiting on Brighton Station&.The ottles were full of green mil*.'. She *issed him on the nose and went to ed.. The Hrench student wrote twenty love letters.+. The policeman was dressed in pin* shoes and a owKtie. The plane landed on the roof of Buc*ingham alace.-. The eauty ueen made me a cup of tea.

/. The fly too* off again and landed on my pillow.$2 The dog slipped on the anana s*in and ro*e its leg.$$. The water was so deep that the child had to call for help.$%. The *ing was glad that noody wanted his autograph.$&. De filled the ath with coca cola and started to undress.$'. De dran* two ottles of vod*a and sang Gthe red flagG.$. The elephant attac*ed the gunman and *noc*ed him flat.$+. She pushed the drivingKinstructor out of the car and laughed.

To win the game, you have to continue spea*ing for a while after getting your sentence into the conversation without eing correctly

challenged. ou can also win y correctly challenging your partner as soon as you thin* they are reciting their sentence. If your challengewrong, you lose the game. It is therefore good strategy to set traps for your partner y including strange sentences in the conversationwhich differ from your given sentence.

97 onse!uenes (Paper & Penil game)ach student is given an A' sheet of paper with some fields to fill in. They only fill in ! field in order (from the top to theottom) and fold the sheet over to the ne;t continuous line :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::to hide what they have written. They then pass the paper on to the ne;t student who fills in the ne;t field and fold the paperover to the ne;t line efore handing the sheet to the third student. This continues until all the fields are hidden. The paper isthen passed on once again. ach paper will contain an amusing story (seuence of events). This is read aloud y the studentIf the studentFs reading is poor, then the teacher should read the story out again using correct intonation and stress to ring outhe humour.ame of a man famous or one in your class : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::metame of a woman famous or one in your class : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::at 5 in 5 oname of a lace : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::De said to herG: : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : G::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::She said to him

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98 C64#% 1oo, = pla: = song = ;ilm = musial!ne or two students agree on the title of a song, a oo*, a play, a musical, a T= programme or a film (ote that films are oftengiven different titles in different countries). They then tell the class how many words there are in the title. If any definite or

indefinite articles occur in the title, the students must tell the class where they occur in the title. They must also say whether thtitle is from a song, a oo*, a play, a musical, a T= programme or a film. They must not say the name of the title.7A1LS (If the students are at a lower level, you can give them the titles)Hatal Attraction (% words) (The title is from a film)0ats ($ word) (The title is from a musical)

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1y Bonnie lies over the ocean (+ words6 the th word is the definite article K a song)Imagine ($ word) (ItFs from a song)Les 1iserales (% words including the Hrench definite article) (ItFs from a musical)!ctopussy ($ word) (ItFs from a film)Hrom #ussia with Love (' words. ItFs from a film)!liver Twist (% words) (ItFs from a oo*)aperac* writer (% words K a song)astnders ($ word with a capital letter in the middle) (ItFs from a T= program)Tom and @erry (& words K a T= programme)opeye the Sailorman (& words6 %nd word is the definite article K a T= programme)eighours ($ word) (ItFs from a T= program)#omeo and @uliet (& words) (ItFs from a play)A 1idsummer ightFs ?ream (' words6 the $st word is the indefinite article) (a play)The students who have thought up the title then have to mime it. They can point to any #ALIA (e.g. maps on the wall) in theclassroom. If the game is proving too difficult for everyody, allow the mimers to s*etch on the oard or ma*e animal noises,ut TD 1"ST !T #IT or give away any of the words in the title.The other memers of the class have to guess the title. ou can set a time limit or limit the numer of guesses. The game isone of coKoperation etween the students who are miming and those who are guessing. A uic* result points either to an easytitle to mime or good paralinguistic communication s*ills.Some students li*e to mime every word in the title in consecutive orderR others mime whole situations which point to the full titl

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