This activity can be adapted to a wide variety of grammar points.
Printable playing cards
If you don't want to spend money on a bunch of card decks, print these out instead!
Who am I? Quiz
A three-hint-quiz type of game where students have to guess the character being described. Perfect activity for We Can! 2 Unit 3 "He is Famous. She is great."
Menus
A collection of simple menus for role playing dialogues
What's In The Bag
Students ask yes/no questions about something hidden in a bag until they guess it.
How long have you Bingo
Students try and get bingo by asking students what they have and haven't done.
My English Diary
This diary gives students an opportunity to write in English freely.
Inside Outside Circles
Students practice answering and asking questions while moving around in circles to music.
Kaiten Sushi
Students pass around pictures of sushi with music playing. Whoever is holding sushi when the music stops has to write a sentence.
T & T
"T & T" stands for Tsunami and Typhoon, and it is a great review activity for any level students. The rules are easy and the game is as fun as the teachers and students make it.
Who is Who Interview and Quiz Game
This starts with a mingler and then a quiz game
Hugs And Kisses
Students practice constructing sentences using two simple present tense verbs while playing a huge game of Tic-Tac-Toe.
I have (just/already) point cards
Students try to get the most points by taking time cards and making sentences about what they've just/already done at that time.
Bomber Man
Students answer questions to force their classmates to sit down or stand up.
Weekend Diary
Students race to read and write sentences and complete the passage.
True Or False
Students listen and decide whether various sentences are true.
PETER RABBIT GAME
A write and race game to review New Crown Lesson Two. Works after they've done the Peter Rabbit story.
Exploding Sentences
Students draw cards from a Mystery Box and practice saying the target word and example sentence.
Castles
Students compete in rows to destroy magnetic castles and capture flags in a quiz style game.
Sengoku Review
A year-end review strategy game played by the whole class. Teams roll a dice then ask and answer questions to invade other team's prefectures.
SLIDES and LADDERS
This is a modified Snakes and Ladders game to review grammar points for JHS first grade (in this version, VERB TENSES). Can be played with individual players or in groups.
Take Or Give
Students answer questions to get points, but don't know if they're positive or negative until after they answer!
Kyoto Invasion
A power point game that can be adapted to many lesson points
Mastermind
This game can be adapted for any grammar point. It encourages students to create, and say aloud a particular grammar point repeatedly.
ALT and JTE Interview
Students think of 'Do you like' questions to ask the teachers and fill in the worksheet.
Scattergories
The objective of Scattergories is to score points by uniquely naming objects within a set of categories, given an initial letter, within a time limit.
UNO and GO FISH CARDS And Extras
A speaking activity based on the Uno Card Game. The same deck can also be used to play Go Fish
Super Mario Typhoon
Students review what was studied in the year with a fun, 48 question quiz based on Mario.
The Sleeping Game
Students work together to put sentences in the right order.
GO FISH
Great flexible card game
UFO Attack
Students must answer questions to move the UFO away from their base.
Find The Wrong - Is/Are
This is a game in which the students race to be the first to find all the grammar mistakes.
Squares
In this strategy game, students draw lines to try and complete a square.
ROBOTS ATTACK THE TOWN
If it looks like ROBOTS ATTACK THE WORLD. That's because it pretty much is.
MINGLER QUESTIONS
A simple activity useful for communicating and reviewing target language.
ZOMBIE ATTACK powerpoint Game
This is a colorful powerpoint game along with a sign game and some follow up writing I often use with it.
CHARACTER RACE
The horse race activity played on the board. I often do it as a review before tests.
CASTLE BATTLES
Another territorial battle game. Like Robots attacking the world it is meant for longer or more advanced questions.
ODD ONE OUT
A discussion activity useful for 3rd year classes.
ROBOTS ATTACK THE WORLD
A battle power point game similiar to the Battle for Japan activity or Invasion USA. The groups work at their own speed though.
Speed Circling
A karuta styled activity to be played in pairs.
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