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Phonemic Typewriter

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Introduction

You can use this tool to type phonemic symbols to be inserted in a word processor.

You can also use it to produce the code needed to insert phonemic symbols in a web page.

To start work, use the buttons below to choose which you want to do.

Use the "About" button to get more information anbout using phonetic symbols in word documents and web pages.

Use the "Intro" button to get back to this page.

I would be grateful for feedback about this tool. Please use the "Report" button, for more information.

Word Processing

Use the phonetic chart on the right to type the text that you want. You can correct mistakes using the delete button, or start again by using reset.

When you are ready to copy what you have typed, first click the button below.

Your text will appear in a pop-up window. Press Ctrl+C ( Cmd+C in a Mac) to copy it to your clipboard.

Go to your word document and press Ctrl+V ( Cmd+V in a Mac), or the Paste button, in order to paste in the word.

You may need to adjust the font of the text in your document. Select the text and choose a unicode font such as Lucida Sans Unicode.

Word Processing

Use the phonetic chart on the right to type the word that you want. You can correct mistakes using the delete button, or start again by using reset.

In order to copy what you have typed to the clipboard, you should click the button below.

Now, go to your word document and press Ctrl + V, or the Paste button, in order to paste in the text.

You may need to adjust the font of the text in your document. Select the text and choose a suitable unicode font such as Lucida Sans Unicode.

Web Tool

Use the phonetic chart on the right to type the text that you want. You can correct mistakes using the delete button, or start again by using reset.

When you are ready to copy what you have typed, first click the button below.

Your text will appear in a pop-up window. Press Ctrl+C ( Cmd+C in a Mac) to copy it to your clipboard.

Go to your web editor and press Ctrl+V ( Cmd+V in a Mac), or the Paste button, in order to paste the text in your web page.

You will need to include suitable formatting instructions in your style sheet so that the symbols appear correctly. Click the about button for further information.

Web Tool

Use the phonetic chart on the right to type the word that you want. You can correct mistakes using the delete button, or start again by using reset.

In order to copy what you have typed to the clipboard, you should click the button below.

Now, go to your web page editor and press Ctrl + V, or the Paste button, in order to paste in the text.

You will need to include suitable formatting instructions in your style sheet so that the symbols appear correctly. Click the about button for further information.

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Digital Would You Rather...

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Free ebooks, checklists, courses, articles for becoming a better online instructor and course seller.

Resources for great courses

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Get insights about course design, development and marketing by our experts

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Checklists

All the things you need to do as a course creator in a concise and easily readable form

The Complete Checklist To Selling More Online Courses

Growing your course sales one step at a time. This checklist is suitable for both newcomers and experienced course sellers, to build a successful course sales funnel and increase your sales.

The Ultimate Checklist To Selling Online Courses With eMail Marketing

Email is the absolute best way to sell online courses. There is always something to improve in your email marketing, all you need to do is follow the steps inside this checklist to win your students' heart!

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Top 20 games to get students talking

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TOP 20 ESL games to get your students talking! - Linguish

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Links for learning and teaching

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Teaching a new language to non-native speakers may be one of the most challenging educational jobs out there, so ELL teachers can use all of the help they can get!

Thankfully, many excellent resources for ELL and ESL exist online, from full-service websites to reference tools and communities, all designed to make the task of educating ELL students just a little bit easier and more effective. We've scoured the Internet to share 50 of the best of these resources, and we hope you'll find lots of valuable content and tools through these incredibly useful links for ELL educators.
Websites
Resource tools, printables, and other great stuff for ELL educators are all available on these sites.

1. UsingEnglish.com: On UsingEnglish.com, you'll find an incredible collection of tools and resources for learning and teaching English as a second language, including a grammar glossary, printables, and teacher handouts.

2. EverythingESL: EverythingESL is an awesome place to find ESL teaching resources, from lesson plans to teaching tips and resources.

3. Colorin Colorado: Colorin Colorado is full of useful information, activities, and resources for ELL teachers, especially those at the Pre-K to third-grade level. However, most activities can be adapted all the way up to high school, making this a diverse and useful website.

Articles & Advice
Check out resource lists, journal articles, and ideas for best practices in ELL on these links.

What Works Clearinghouse: In the What Works Clearinghouse, you'll find scholarly publications for effective outcomes in English language learning.
Organizations
Take advantage of the great opportunities and resources available from these organizations that benefit ELL teachers.

1. National Council of Teachers of English: This professional association for educators in English studies, literacy, and language arts offers plenty of benefits for bilingual teachers.

2. TOEFL: As the official language test for education, TOEFL's website is incredibly useful for sharing test-taking and studying information with students.

3. International Reading Association: This association of literacy professionals has excellent resources for literacy educators, including journal articles and an educator community.

Learning Resources
Enrich your students' learning by sharing these excellent English resources that they can check out in the classroom or on their own.

1. Culturally Authentic Pictorial Lexicon: Check out this lexicon that offers images demonstrating the true meaning of the word, making it easier for English language learners to understand.

2. ManyThings: On this website, you'll find quizzes, word games, puzzles, and a random sentence generator to help students better grasp English as a second language.

3. bab.la: Bab.la is a really fun site for ELL learners, with reference tools like a dictionary and vocabulary, supplemented with quizzes, games, and a community forum.

4. ESL Basics: On this site, you'll find free English videos for both students and teachers.

5. BBC Learning English: In this website from the BBC, students can find help with grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation, with plenty of references to current events. Plus, you'll find a special section for ELL teachers.

6. : ESL Gold is, no joke, golden, with seemingly endless learning resources for English. Students can practice pronunciation, find a book to study, and even talk to someone in English on this site. Plus, teachers can find a job, search for textbooks, discover games, and so much more.

7. Real English: Check out this free site for learning English, with loads of videos from real English speakers, plus quizzes and community support.

8. Repeat After Us: In this online library, students can get access to a huge collection of English texts and scripted recordings.

9. Google Translate: An awesome resource to use for simple translations, Google Translate can help your students see how its done and better understand translations between two or more languages.

10. ESL Cyber Listening Lab: Direct your students to this ESL cyber listening lab with study guides, quizzes, and even teacher features.

11. Vocabulix: This online tool is designed to help jumpstart students' vocabulary skills, with more than 90 vocabulary lessons, and the option to create lessons of your own.

12. Wordsteps: Wordsteps makes it easy for students to build their own vocabulary collection, and even access their vocabulary through a mobile device for English language learning on the go.

Teaching Resources
With these resources, you can find great ways to communicate more effectively, explore lessons, and be a great ELL teacher.

1. Utah Education Network English Language Learner Resources: Check out this list of great resources for ELL, with teaching ideas, forums, and even news and research.

2. One Stop English: Specially designed for English language teachers, One Stop English has a monthly topics series, news lessons, and even an app for on the go ELL teaching.

3. Casa Notes: This ingenious tool allows ELL teachers to effectively communicate with non-English speaking parents. You'll be able to quickly make and customize notes that you can translate and send home to parents, effectively communicating information about field trips, conduct, homework, and more.

4. ESL Party Land: A great site for ELL teachers, ESL Party Land has lesson plans, strategies, worksheets, flashcards, quizzes, games, and even vocabulary resources to help you be a better ELL teacher.

5. Clip Art Collection: Check out this collection of royalty-free clip art.

6. Activities for ESL Students: Thousands of teacher contributions can be found on this site full of quizzes, exercises, and tests for teaching English as a second language.

7. Szoter: Using this online annotation tool, ELL teachers can write directly on images to explain their meaning to students.

8. Oxford University Press Learning Resources Bank: A service of Oxford University Press, this learning resources bank for English language teaching has courses, titles, and interactive English reading tools.

9. English-Test.net: Encourage students to self-test with this website, offering free English tests, grammar exercises, and worksheets.

10. EduFind English Online Tests and Learning Games: Check out these test and games that offer a great way for students to test and improve their English language skills.

Reference
From reference books to a pronunciation guide, you and your students will get a lot of use out of these links.

1. Dictionary.com: This site isn't just for looking up words, although it's quite useful in that function. Dictionary.com also offers a word of the day, games, quotes, translation, and much more.

2. Thesaurus.com: Like Dictionary.com, Thesaurus.com goes beyond simple reference, bringing inspiration and fun in the form of synonyms, fun word facts, and even search trends.

3. Common Errors in English Usage: Read Paul Brian's Common Errors in English Usage on this website, and even get links to the book's blog, calendar, and entry-a-day Facebook page.

4. Play & Learn English: Through the Early Childhood Education Network's Play & Learn English resource, you can share letters, print, shapes, writing, and other relevant images for learning the English language.

5. Idiom Site: With the help of this site, English language learners can make sense of common idioms.

6. Fonetiks: Direct students to this incredibly useful pronunciation guide with instant sound and samples by native speakers.

Communities & Blogs
Get help and regular feedback for ELL education from these communities and blogs.

1. Learning the Language: On Education Week, Lesli Maxwell covers educational policy and social issues relating to English language learning in the US.

2. Dave's ESL Cafe: Check out Dave Sperling's ESL cafe, where ELL teachers and students alike can enjoy a great community of English learning, plus job resources and stuff for teachers.

3. Englishtown: Join this community of English learners from around the world to gain insight for your ELL students.

4. Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day: Want a regular dose of ELL resources? Check out Larry Ferlazzo's blog that shares news, learning resources, and other great links for ELL teachers.

5. ESL Podcast: Follow this podcast to share English language learning opportunities with your students on a regular basis.

6. ESL Resource Center: The ESL Resource Center is "where English and people connect," offering live chat rooms and forums for English practice. There are even ideas for drama and role-plays, teacher development, and storytelling resources.

7. Teacher Talk: Several ELL teachers contribute to this blog, sharing teaching practices, materials, ideas, and guides. (Link unavailable.)

8. Pain in the English: This fun blog is a great resource for explaining gray areas of the English language to your students.

9. TEFLtastic with Alex Case: Follow Alex Case's blog to find news, views, and reviews for English language teaching.

10. The English Blog: Visit The English Blog to find resources, reviews, and much more for both learners and teachers of English.

11. Inspiration Lane: Inspiration Lane is designed to be an interactive reading activity to share with your entire ELL classroom with new learning content each day.

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50 Links For Learning & Teaching The English Language

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Interactive Games

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Board Game Generator

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This board game has been designed with the virtual class in mind.

If you click on the Data tab and leave the area under Enter your questions here/Enter your answers here blank, it will auto-generate questions and answers for you.

Now go to the Boardgame tab, your questions will be displayed one at time in the bottom right-hand corner of the screen. Click on the Answer button to display the correct answer.

Do you have specific questions you would like to use? Go back to the Data tab and type/copy paste your questions and answers in the spaces under Enter your questions here/Enter your answers here. You can enter a maximum of 20 questions and answers which will be displayed randomly on the Boardgame tab. If you leave any of the cells empty on the Data tab, the auto-generator will keep working, generating question alongside your own questions and answers.

The game can have up to 10 players. Write their names in the spaces under the dice. Note that each player's counter will contain the first letter of their name. Also, the colour of each counter will be the same as the background where their name is written. Click on and delete any extra counters before starting the game.

A player's turn is indicated when their name is written in red font. This changes to the next person when the Roll the Dice! button is pressed.

To play the game, start by sharing your screen in your virtual classroom. If you are teaching face-to-face, project the board game on your whiteboard.

To start the game, press the Roll the Dice! button and move each player's counter accordingly.

Each player moves incrementally around the board. If a player lands on a ? square, they should answer the question in the bottom right-hand corner of the screen. Click on the Answer button to reveal the correct answer to the question. If you press the Roll the Dice! button again, the question will change and the answer automatically hides from view.

Each square is programmed to change after each turn. The majority of squares will display ?, prompting the player to answer the question which is displayed in the bottom right-hand corner of the screen. However, there is the possibility that each square could display these commands: Roll again, Go back 1 space, Go back 2 spaces, Go back 3 spaces, Go back 4 spaces, Go back 5 spaces, Go forward 1 space, Go forward 2 spaces, Miss a turn, Start again, and Relax. When a player lands on a square with a command, they should act accordingly.

The aim of the game is for players to move from Start to Finish. The first player to reach the Finish square is declared the winner.

The Board game generator. Virtual teaching (world capital cities) is macro-enabled and designed to work with Excel. If you are not using Excel, you may find this workbook will not work properly.
You can download Board game generator. Virtual teaching (world capital cities) here.
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The Power of Songs to Teach English. Get inspired with my free and practical collection of song-based lesson plans, worksheets, and resources for ELT, ESL, EFL, TESOL, TEFL, EAL, ELL, and ELA teachers. Engage your students with innovative and inspiring learning experiences!

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Create interactive exercises in Teams

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Jamboard Activities

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ISL Collective B1 Video Lessons

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English ESL video lessons focusing on Intermediate (B1) (3265 results)

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ESL /EFL video lessons built on interactive popup video quizzes featuring Youtube and Vimeo videos - English ESL video lessons focusing on Intermediate (B1) (3265 results)

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COOL ENGLISH GAMES

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Apps and games for enhancing learning

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In this post I'd like to do a quick round up of some of the great apps and games I wrote about during August.

There are some really useful tools, applications and resources here that cover a wide range of functions that can help us to enhance the way our students learn and their levels of engagement.

Make Your Worksheets Digital in Minutes

Telegra.ph is a simple to use tool that can enable you to turn your Word worksheets into online multimedia documents in just a few moments.

Go to the site and add a title, your name and the text of your worksheet. Highlight the text to get formatting options for making the text more attractive or adding links.

Build Professional Level Online and Blended Courses with this Free Plugin

H5P is a tool for building complete courses with a wide variety of interactive task types. The tool works as a plug in with a range of platforms including Moodle, Drupal and Wordpress (all of which have free versions available) .

It's very easy to install the plug in (took me less than 5 mins with Wordpress) and once this is done you can choose any of the interactive elements to add to your pages.

Create Blended Learning with Video Based Discussions

Using Flipgrid you can create a number of grids based around top level themes and then build 'topics' into these that explore specific areas of the overall theme. When you build a topic you can add various video based resources and then students can respond by recording short video clips giving their opinion on the topic.

Create Virtual Reality Comprehension Tasks

Story Spheres is a great free app for creating immersive narrative experiences. It enables you to take the 360 degree panoramic images from your mobile device and covert them into an interactive virtual reality experience.

Create Elearning Worksheets for Comprehension & Speaking Homework

This is a great site for building digital interactive worksheets with a whole range of different interactions. You can embed video, images, text or audio into the worksheets and then build a wide range of interactions into them.With some of the activity types, like the open text one, students have the option to write or use voice input in the worksheets.

Learn English While Saving the Planet with this Great Online Game

Tyto is a MMORPG (massively multiplayer online role-playing game) based around the scenario of a team of students and scientists trying to save humanity by setting up life on a new planet.

Improve Listening Skills with Audio Transcription Software

This is a great tool if you have a lot of transcription work to do, but also a great tool to develop students' listening. You can give them and audio file to transcribe and they can upload it and then check and correct the transcription. Once it's complete they can download and send it to you or peer check each others work.

From Image to Story - Motivating Reading Tasks on Powerful Issues

Time 100 is an amaxing feature from Time Magazine. It's a collection of 100 images that have had the power to change the world. The images are displayed on a time line and you can scroll through and click on each image.

Convert Your Chrome Browser into a Language Lab for Speaking Practice

Fluency Tutor is a really interesting concept. It is a Chrome plugin that converts a computer into a kind of language lab.

If you sign up as a teacher you can then assign texts to students and they can record themselves reading the text and send it to you for feedback.

Creating Dynamic Learning Objects with Genial.ly

This has become one of my favourite tools for creating not just infographics but all kinds of digital content from reading mazes, infograhics and interactive images to video based tasks. Once you have built your learning objects you can either get a link to them or embed them into webpages or blogs.

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PikPng - Find Free Png Transparent Images for Personal & Non-Commercial Use

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Online listening and speaking practice for English language learners

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Lessons On Movies.com - Film English | Movie Lessons

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LyricsTraining is the new way to learn English and other languages through music and the lyrics of your favourite songs

Improve and practise your listening skills with the best music videos. Fill in the gaps to the lyrics as you listen and sing Karaoke to your favourites

Thousands of teachers, all over the world, are already using LyricsTraining to teach languages and motivate their students through this unique immersion process

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Backs to the Board Game. This one is good for higher level kids. Make two teams and stand one student from each team in front of the board, facing away from it. Write a word or draw a picture on the board (e.g. "hamburger") and the students have to explain that word to their team member (e.g. you can buy it in McDonalds, it's got cheese and ketchup in it). The first student out of the two standing in front of the board to guess the word wins a point for his/her team.

Badminton. Good for reviewing target vocabulary (words or communicative expressions). Set a "court" in the classroom by placing a skip-rope tied up to two chairs. Make two small teams (the other students can be the crowd and or challengers). Give each student a flyswatter ("Racket"). Inflate a balloon (this will be the ball). Remember: the younger the students, the bigger the balloon must be (slower). 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. Lots of fun! (NOTE: For very active be careful since they might hit the others' faces when playing). (submitted by Salvador Domingo)

Banana Race. 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. You can work with or split the class into small groups/teams if you have a large class. The teacher draws on the board a race track and each team or student will be a BANANA waiting at the Starting Line. They will approach the Goal line as they answer each question. Each right answer equals a step towards the Goal Line. The BANANA who arrives there first, WINS! (Submitted by Salvador Domingo).

Basketball Card Line-Up. Place 2 lines of several flashcards. You need 2 players and a basket far away. 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. When they feel that they can throw and hit the basket, they make their attempt. Each successful shot scores a point for their team.

Bean Bag Toss. Lay out flashcards face down up the floor. Students toss a bean bag onto a card and identify the flashcard it lands on. If they say the card correctly they keep the card but if incorrect the card remains on the floor. When all the cards have gone count who has the most cards to see who the winner is. (Submitted by Betty).

Blind Toss. Have students sit down in a circle. Place a mat on the floor with numbers and a flashcard (target vocabulary) on each number. Taking turns, each student gets blindfolded and tosses a beanbag so as to hit a number. S/he must call out that word the same number of times as the number indicates. For example: 4-dog, then "Dog, Dog, Dog, Dog! and the student gets the equal points (4). At the end, the student with the most points wins! Good for memorizing vocabulary since they are repeating words. (Submitted by Salvador Domingo).

Blindfold Guess. Blindfold a student and give him/her an object to feel. The student must guess what the object is just by feeling its shape. This works well with plastic food and plastic animals as they are a little challenging to guess (I always throw in a toy plastic dinosaur to spice things up!). Make sure students use the structure "Is it a/an ...?".

Category Spin. Sit students in a circle. Spin a bottle or an arrow - the student that the arrow points to is first. The student needs to say a word from a pre-decided category. The next student will say last word plus his own and so on until it gets to the one who fails. For example: S1:"zebra", S2: "zebra cat", S3: "zebra cat dog".

Category Tag. Choose a category (e.g. food, weather, transportation, etc.). Students run around the room and the teacher chases them. When the teacher tags a student s/he must name a word from the category (e.g. food: cheese, fish, bread, etc.). Give a time limit to answer (e.g. 5 seconds). If the student cannot answer or says a word that has already been used s/he sits out until the next round.

Charades. Have a student come to the front of the class and show a flashcard or whisper a word to that student. The student then acts out that word and the first student to guess can be the next player. This works very well with action verbs. Variation: divide the class up into teams - the first student to guess wins a point for his/her team.

Dog & Cat Chase. Have students sit in a circle. The teacher walks around the outside of the circle patting the on the head saying "dog" each time. Suddenly, teacher says "cat" as s/he touches a student's head and then that student must chase the teacher around the circle. The teacher must try to sit in the student's spot before being tagged by the chasing student. If the teacher is tagged s/he must touch the heads again. If teacher makes it back without being touched then the chasing student walks around the circle touching heads. This can be done with any variation of pair words (e.g. big & small, happy & sad, can, can't, etc.).

Draw and Roll. Split class into 2 teams. The teacher says "Draw a ______" and students should draw that vocabulary word. If the drawing is correct then the student rolls a dice for points. This game can be played 2 ways: The fastest person to draw the picture rolls the dice. Or the other way is to allow any student to roll the dice as long as the picture is recognizable and correct. I made my dice out of a box from the 100 Yen store. (Submitted by Tania Bibbo).

Give Me Game. You can use objects or flashcards. This works well with plastic fruit: Gather and elicit the different kinds of plastic fruit you have. Then throw all the fruit around the classroom (it's fun just to throw the whole lot in the air and watch the chaos of the students scrabbling to pick them up). Once the students have collected the fruit (they'll probably do their best to hide it in their pockets, etc.) teacher says "Give me an apple". The student with the apple should approach the teacher and hand him/her the fruit "Here you are". Avoid having the fruit thrown back to you as they can go anywhere and takes a long time to finish this game.

Hangman. The old favorite. Very good for reviewing vocab from past lessons. You can play this game either with all students playing against each other (for points) or as a team game. You can also have students play in pairs - give the class a category, such as food, and each pair plays hangman together deciding on the words themselves.

I spy. Teacher says "I spy with my little eye something that begins with B". Students try to guess the object (e.g. "book"). Colors are a good alternative for younger ("... my little eye something that is red").

Label It. This works well with newcomers of all ages who need an introduction to basic vocabulary. As long as the learners are able to identify beginning letter sounds, they should be able to do this activity. To familiarize my students with names of objects found in the classroom, I label everything with an index card that has the item's name on it. Then I have them repeat what I read as they point to the item. The next day, I remove the cards and go through them one at a time and we place them on the correct item together. The third day, I let them label whatever they can on their own. I continue this for a few days. When they are able to independently label most of the items, I surprise them by having them labeled incorrectly. Then they have to straighten out the mess. You can adapt this to any noun-based vocabulary list (e.g. types of foods, body parts, parts of a room in a house, animals, etc.). (submitted by KMMP).

Line True or False. Put a line of tape or a length of rope on the floor and designate one side "True" and the other "False". Hold up an object or flashcard and say its word. If students think that you have said the correct word they jump on to the True side, if not they jump on to the False side. Incorrect students sit out until the next game.

Odd-One-Out. Write three or four words on the board. Students must circle the odd-one-out (e.g. cat - horse - cake - bird). You can even encourage students to come up with their own odd-one-out words to write on the board - this works well in teams. Make sure you give each team a couple of minutes to think up their words before inviting them up to the board to write them down.

Pass. Sit the students with you in a circle. The teacher holds up an object or flashcard and says its name (e.g. "Pen"). The teacher then passes it on to the next student who also says its name and passes it on to the next student. Variations: change directions, speed rounds, have many objects going round at the same time.

Pictionary. This is a good activity for reviewing vocab. Pick a student and show him/her a picture or whisper a word into his/her ear. The student draws the picture on the board and the first student to guess what the picture is can come up to the board to draw the next picture. This can also be played in teams with a point system.

Rope Jump. You need a rope for this one! Have students stand behind each other in a line. Hold a rope (have a student hold the other end) at a height that the should be able to jump over. On the other side of the rope spread out some objects or flashcards and a box. Call out the name of one of the objects/flashcards to the first student. S/he has to jump over the rope, pick up the correct object and put it in the box. For other rounds you can hold the rope down low, so have to crawl/roll under.

Slam. Sit the students in a circle and place some objects or flashcards in the middle of the circle. Tell students to put their hands on their heads. The teacher shouts out the word of one of the objects and the race to touch it. The student who touches it first get to keep the object. The student who has the most objects at the end of the game is the winner. This works well with plastic fruit and stationery.

Snowballs. The teacher or the students draw on the board items related to the target lesson (fruits, animals, veggies, etc.) Make two teams. One student from each team gets a wet tissue ("Snow ball") and stands up. The rest of the class picks a card which can not be seen by the two standing, who will throw their "snow ball" as they hear the other call an item out (e.g.: "Apple!"). The team whose participant hits closer to the item called out, gets a point. (Submitted by Salvador)

Time Bomb. Tell the students a topic and give an egg timer to pass around the class (set to 1 minute). Each student has to say a word in that topic (e.g. food: apple, cake, hotdog, carrot, bread, etc.) as the timer is passed before the time runs out. When the timer goes off the student left holding it loses. (submitted by Ben).

Touch. Have students run around the classroom touching things that teacher orders them to do (e.g. "Touch the table" "Touch a chair" "Touch your bag"). Colors work well for this, as students can touch anything of that color (e.g. "Touch something green").

Unscramble. Write a word on the board that has all its letters mixed up (e.g. "lrocsmaos" = "classroom"). Students have to unscramble the word and shout out the answer to win a point. This works well in a team game. Variation: use letter blocks / letter shapes instead of writing on the board - students then rearrange the letters/blocks to spell out the correct word.

Vanishing Objects Game. Place a number of objects in front of the students. Give them a few moments to memorize the objects and then tell them to close their eyes. Take away one of the objects and then tell the students to open their eyes again. The first student to guess the missing object can win that object (for 1 point) and take away an object in the next round.

Vocab Basketball. Students take a shot at the trash can/box/etc. Prepare some flashcards before hand basd on the lesson theme. First show a flashcard to S1 (E.g. If you are teaching emotions, show the "happy" flashcard). If s/he answers correctly then s/he can take a shot at the basket. If the student gets the ball in the basket then s/he wins 2 points. If the student hits the basket without going inside then s/he wins 1 point. The person who gets the most points is the winner. This can also be played in teams.

Vocab Board Scramble. The teacher writes review vocab on the blackboard in a scramble here and there, but low enough that the students can reach. Have two teams and call out a word. The person that is able to find and circle it first wins a point for their team. Even more challenging - have four teams all looking for the same word. The kids just love it. (Submitted by Susie).

Vocab Board Draw Relay. Make 2 teams and line them up as far away from the board as possible. Call out a word to the first members of each team, and they have to run to the board, draw the picture and run back to his/her next teammate. The process is repeated for each student and the team that finishes first is the winner. Variation: Teacher whispers the words. The student can only run back to his/her team when his teammates guess what the picture is.

Window Game. You can only do this if your classroom has a window that you can stand outside of and look into the classroom (don't try this on the 10th floor!). Model first: stand the students in front of the window and go out of the room. Wave to them through the window and silently mouth some words (so it seems like they can't hear you through the glass). Look at a flashcard and then mouth the word a few times. Go back in and the student who first tells you the word you were saying can have a turn.

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Backs to the Board Game. This one is good for higher level kids. Make two teams and stand one student from each team in front of the board, facing away from it. Write a word or draw a picture on the board (e.g. "hamburger") and the students have to explain that word to their team member (e.g.

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Why not make the conversation around the dinner table a little more animated by playing a game of family "Never Have I Ever"!

If you think this game is only for adults, think again! This version is great fun for everyone, from 1st graders to grandparents!

How to Play "Never Have I Ever": Kid Version

The game is really simple to play, making it easy to teach to the youngest players!

1. Each player is given 10 pieces of candy.

2. The player who's birthday is next starts the game by saying something they've never done.

3. Any players who have done whatever it was, eat a piece of candy. That's the end of this turn.

4. The game continues with the next player making a statement.

5. The game is over when there's only 1 piece of candy left in play. That player wins!

Different Ways to Play "Never Have I Ever"
10 Finger Rules
Even if you don't have candy, you can still play this game with your family. Instead of handing out candy to everyone, each player holds up their hands, like they're going to give a high five.

This time, instead of eating a piece of candy, they'll put a finger down. Once all your fingers are down, you're out!
Balloon Fight Rules
Take the fun outside for this great, summertime version!

In this version, players are given 10 water balloons.

Whenever a player makes a statement, whoever has done it, has to pick up one of their balloons and throw it at another player. Be careful who you pick, because they might throw one your way next turn!

The player with the last water balloon wins!
4 Player Team Rules
Combine your pieces of candy.

You can play in teams easily by following the simple rules, with one main rule change. Teammates are not able to respond to each others' statements. Meaning, if your teammate has done whatever you stated, your team is not penalized. The team with the last piece of candy wins.

If you and your family are ready for something more challenging, you can also try Double or Nothing Rules.
Double or Nothing Team Rules
Double or Nothing rules requires a bit more strategy.

The first rule is still the same. If you make a statement, and someone on the other team has done it, they eat a piece of candy...

However; if both players on the other team have done it, they both have to eat 2 pieces of candy.

AND...

If neither of the players on the other team have done it either, you and your teammate are required to eat a piece each.
"I Have" & "I Never" Sign Rules
This version is more of an open discussion rather than a game. Before starting, participants will need to do two things:

1. Create a list of "Never Have I Ever" statements. You can use the lists below, or have participants write down statements and put them in a bowl.

2. Each participant must make two signs, one saying 'I Have" and one saying "I Never".

One person reads a statement and everyone holds up a sign saying whether they have or have never done the action. No points are awarded, but it's still a fun way to learn more about each other.

Gross Never Have I Ever Questions
Because we've all peed in the pool, right?

That's Gross!

Funny Never Have I Ever Questions
It's not game night with the family if you aren't laughing together!

Funny Facts

Family Never Have I Ever Questions
Get to know the members of your family a little better!

Family Life

School-Inspired Never Have I Ever Questions

A great universal topic for the family because we've all been there, done that...

School Days

Family Edition Never Have I Ever

jj on August 23, 2020:

loved it

Sandra Uribe on August 16, 2020:

Thank you!

Ashley on August 13, 2020:

You wrote "principle", and it should be Principal. Be sure to check grammar, spelling, etc... before posting stuff for kids.

Thank you.

Lely on August 13, 2020:

All great, but you've gotta spell dessert right in #1 of Family Life. TWO esses. Just remember Strawberry Shortcake!

p on August 10, 2020:

it was amazing

:)

hi on July 23, 2020:

Some are useful while others don't

Bobbi Jo on July 12, 2020:

Does you do these questions???

fufu on July 10, 2020:

it alright

Juliet on July 06, 2020:

This is so fun to do with your family and friends. I played this with my brother and on some of the questions we were like...I have

hhhhhh on July 03, 2020:

i love it

rosie on June 19, 2020:

i love these questions

Katherine on June 12, 2020:

So I kinda stayed up all night right now I am actually. So when I came across the question have you ever stayed up all night I was like ... maybe... how did this know... lol very fun loved it though I just read it to myself lol

Banana on June 11, 2020:

Love it

kool one in the house3490 on May 25, 2020:

i was doing a youtude vid with this i love them

Ciara on May 21, 2020:

I Loved the Never Have I Ever Questions Can You Do More?!?!

Jennifer on May 19, 2020:

I loved these ideas!

Toluwalase on May 19, 2020:

I love this it helped our family game night

Angela on May 19, 2020:

I want to play with you

Jeleah on May 13, 2020:

I made a youtube vidd nice app

Amy on May 11, 2020:

I did a YouTube video

Alyssa on May 08, 2020:

I played this with my brother and grandma and it was so fun!!

Elena on May 08, 2020:

This was so fun with my sister that's seven and her baby

Sheryl Meier on May 08, 2020:

I love this game it's so fun

The WatermelonWarrior on May 05, 2020:

This was so fun to play, I plop splat this game 100%.

daredivel21 on May 04, 2020:

I loved this my sister and I played this it was amazing.

Jessica Tavares on April 25, 2020:

I love it it's so fun and I played it with my cousin and she was surprised there were 33 questions

Johnson on April 25, 2020:

I love this game

willom on April 25, 2020:

this is fun

young sav 5 on April 21, 2020:

i am playing with my family right now

dnhg on April 20, 2020:

i love these never have i ever i never had think of these by my self

leah on April 20, 2020:

me and my friend loved this we had so much fun

Oof oof on April 17, 2020:

Yes me and my boyfriend enjoyed it very much! Whoever did this should be a celebrity like me!

that ho C; on April 15, 2020:

this thing sucs PERIODT.

Dancer21 on April 11, 2020:

These are easy

Sosowowgirl on April 04, 2020:

I like it

nayamary on March 31, 2020:

i love this try it

POOOOOOOOOOP DON"T TALK TO ME BOIIII on March 30, 2020:

BOIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII

That was a fun game and my brother laughed so hard

Jayla on March 21, 2020:

This game is so fun and with the corona going on and having to stay at home it's a great family game to play

Ella on March 18, 2020:

Wth some of that do't to me

Hunter on March 16, 2020:

Loved the game caught something while playing funny

Cool on March 15, 2020:

I loved it

Savage on March 04, 2020:

BAD NEVER PLAY

hi on February 27, 2020:

Did this for school project bonding and loved it. We made up some as we went and heard some funny things

Silly Obby From Roblox on February 20, 2020:

I GOT CAUHT EATING FROM THE BIN....

laylay on February 19, 2020:

some of these where embbarising

Your mom on February 18, 2020:

I made a youtube video on theese questions

Chloe on February 17, 2020:

Your game is so cool thanks

Hello on January 23, 2020:

I love it this game is cool and really fun to play to your friends thanks for the game it was awesome

Azize tekin on January 23, 2020:

I love this game

IMWEIRD on December 21, 2019:

These are so much fun. I'm on a road trip and have had so much fun

your weird on November 23, 2019:

your weird

666 on November 05, 2019:

nice little game

Poop on October 25, 2019:

Pooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooop

Yeet on October 18, 2019:

I'm doing this for a sleepover and these are so funny! Hahahahaha I love it!

sarah on October 10, 2019:

I love it soooooooooooo much I'm all ways playing this. Number 1 game. hahaahahahahahahahahahah

Laila on September 30, 2019:

i did these while im bored at home they are very fun

Shina on September 04, 2019:

These are good questions

??? on July 23, 2019:

These are such good questions!!!

kerker on July 14, 2019:

I love ❤ this website it gives all the answers for the game

??? on July 11, 2019:

I love them! It's just... some of them got too embarrassing for me...

Famous on July 02, 2019:

I what to do this questions on my channel but my annoying sister won't do it with me so we can't do never have I ever

daniel raddclife on June 28, 2019:

more pls tutta love the jokes

Madison Hyde on April 13, 2019:

These are awesome! Love the funny, family, and school ones the best! Great ideas!

Amiyah lyons on March 24, 2019:

Hey these cause hilarious stories

Tesshodgson2007@gmail.com on March 15, 2019:

Cool game.

Gabi and Amelia on March 12, 2019:

Good but boring!

melissa on March 05, 2019:

Lol. I love these. Thank you so much

Hailey on January 05, 2019:

Love

Mystery on January 04, 2019:

I like these questions

Tiffinany blanc on January 02, 2019:

Hi I really enjoyed this me and my cousin joseph played this it was really fun but some of the questions ive heard of before and some of the questions I did not understand but other than that good would you rather questions

TittieLover101 on December 29, 2018:

I Love Ava She Is So Hot And Sexy And Cute

A Angel on December 21, 2018:

Love it

Faith on December 13, 2018:

What i have not been in a limbo

yasmine on December 10, 2018:

i did mine in my viedo and i engoied doing never have i ever and it was very funny.

Indias rainbow sparkle on December 09, 2018:

the questions was so funny please make more questions like this thankyou bye

i dont like it on December 08, 2018:

sorry to say but this is a lame website and it was boring and i didnt have fun!!! sorry :/

awesomeo rech on December 07, 2018:

Thanks so much for great never have i ever ideas! great for parties!

ava on November 21, 2018:

i loved them hope everyone loved it to

Isabelle Phillips on October 13, 2018:

Lol love this

Kalia on October 12, 2018:

There are funny never have i aver question

Alexandra on September 29, 2018:

So good

Ruby on September 23, 2018:

This is funny I guess

i dont put my name online on September 20, 2018:

magical potato! I've done...a lot of these

Fallen on September 16, 2018:

Awesome website

May on September 03, 2018:

this is pretty cool! and this is a good website!

Nyasia on August 26, 2018:

I love this app this app is great I played it with my best friend on the phone

Connor on August 21, 2018:

this website is very usefull

hayley on August 17, 2018:

omg this was funny and fun

C on August 17, 2018:

Great!

H on August 12, 2018:

It is soo fun I love it

Cathrin on August 11, 2018:

Got bored in like 2 mins

lex and liv on August 10, 2018:

We loved the Never Have I Ever quetions. They were so fun to awsner!

haley on August 09, 2018:

this is not fun any more after 3 rounds

Krystyna on August 03, 2018:

We had great fun !!!!

2Girls on July 24, 2018:

I luv it me and my sister enjoyed playing this game thank u so much!!!!

cookie crunch chop on July 21, 2018:

how do you print the form

neber on July 15, 2018:

Never have you ever peed your pants.

Rupp on July 11, 2018:

So fun with my brother and sister cat was laying on me till I finish it i guess he loved it to

holly on July 10, 2018:

love it

Emily on July 01, 2018:

I love these

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Unscramble Words

This ESL classroom activity involves a fun anagram game where students unscramble jumbled words that you write on the whiteboard/blackboard.

Prepare a range of scrambled words (something related to what you've been teaching in your class works well) that can be put into easy (1 point), medium (2 points) and hard (3 points) categories. Split the class into groups of around 4 to 6 students and have a student from the first group choose a category.

Once you have written the scrambled word on the whiteboard/blackboard the team of students have around 1 minute to come up with the answer (while the rest of the class stay silent). Continue the process with the other teams while keeping track of the scores.

To change things up a little feel free to let other teams guess the anagram if the original team are unsuccessful in their 1 minute, giving them the chance to take each other's points.

As well as having 3 categories of difficulty you might like to have different word categories ready to go such as animals, clothes, body parts, fruit and sport.

You can find a large number of examples in our word scramble section but here are a few of the animals I use:

Easy (1 point)

bird - drbi
dog - dgo
cat - tac
lion - olin

Medium (2 points)

frog - rgfo
myoekn - monkey
tiger - greti
eagle - leeag

Difficult (3 points)

elephant - tpnlehea
giraffe - gfriefa
donkey - oendyk
crocodile - orcdcielo

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10 activities using dice should be one of the secret weapons in every teacher's arsenal. As dice are cheap, small, portable and their battery lasts forever. The fact that throwing dice results in only one of six outcomes, yet it's always completely random, allows to use them for many exciting but controlled ESL activities.

In this list we've included activities tested by us in many different student settings, all of which work like a charm. Try them out and share your experiences in the comments below!

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Tic Tac Toe is a quick and fun way to review a number of grammar forms. I often use it to practise irregular forms of the past simple.

You need two teams of 1-4 to play this game, one team plays as Xs, the other as O s.

Draw a Tic Tac Toe grid on the board and write in each square one of the items to be reviewed.

Teams take it in turns to choose a square. After consulting with the team a player makes a sentence using the chosen word in the correct form. If the sentence is correct, place an X or O in the square depending on the team. If the sentence is wrong the square stays in play.

The winner is the team which manages to connect three Xs or Os in a row - either horizontally, vertically or diagonally.

Tip

Put one of the more challenging grammar items in the high-value middle square.

Here are some of the grammar forms you can practice with this game:

Write the infinitive form and students must make sentences using the past form.

Write the adjective form and students make sentences using an adverb.

Suggested words: hard, easy, fast, good, bad, quick, angry, happy, normal

Verbs followed by infinitive or gerund

Write the verb, students make sentences using a second verb in the infinitive or gerund form.

Suggested words: enjoy, suggest, avoid, remember, start, ask, prepare, promise, forget ( this website has a nice list)
You could also play this game using comparatives, phonetics, compound nouns, etc.

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Adapted from the classic party game, try the Musical Chairs ESL game for a fun warmer or review game.

6+

10-20 mins

Chairs; Music; Internet or Prepared Challenges

Setup

You will need a set of suitable challenges (i.e. questions, description tasks) according to your level and target language. If you have an Internet connection (and ideally a projector), use our Challenge Generator.

If not, prepare the challenges on slips of paper and put them in a box/hat. Post-it notes stuck on a whiteboard or table (text on the back) also work well.

In class, clear a space and arrange some chairs (one less than the number of students present) in a loop, facing outwards.

Game

1. Students circle around the chairs while you play some music.

2. At a random time, stop the music; the students have to sit down as quickly as possible.

3. The student left standing up has to complete one of the challenges as a forfeit.

As the game progresses, try taking away more chairs and having more students complete a forfeit.

If your students get bored of this game, try Musical Markers as a similar alternative.

Target Language

You can use the Musical Chairs ESL game as a warmer or to review almost any topic you've been studying, simply by setting appropriate challenges. As such, you can adapt it for any level, beginner, intermediate or advanced.

If you take away more than one chair, you can also use it to select students for roleplay tasks. Try our Roleplay Generator as a way to generate random roleplays.

Got a picture or video of this activity in action? How about snapping one next time you use it? We'd love to showcase your submissions- find out more here.

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You draw a phrase, somebody guesses what you drew, then somebody draws what they guessed. See what crazy things you end up with or how close to the original phrase the game stays.

Whispernary is free to play on iOS or Android.

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This or that questions is an amazing conversation game where players choose between two items they prefer. The game is identical to the famous game of , but in the case of this game you must choose one word that you prefer; therefore it is about words, whereas the game would you rather the competitors usually make a choice between two bad things that have been expressed with complete sentences.

Below, we will present you with a list of questions for this or that game that will lead to an interesting conversation.

How to Play | Why This or That | What is the Object

89 Good This or That Questions

► Cookies or cake?

► Cat or dog?

► Computer games or video games?

► Pop music or Rock music?

► Stuff animals or dolls?

► Pancakes or waffles?

► Hot chocolate or coffee?

► Morning or evening?

► Day or night?

► Text message or call?

► Library or museums?

► French or Spanish?

► Summer or winter?

► Theatre or cinema?

► Love or money?

► Book or movie?

► Tea or coffee?

► Chocolate or vanilla?

► Coca-Cola or Pepsi?

► Rain or snow?

► Car or motorcycle?

► Comedy or horror?

► Hamburgers or hot dogs?

Suggested: 21 Questions to Ask a Guy

► Paper or plastic?

► Boat or plane?

► Painting or drawing?

► Reading or writing?

► Singing or dancing?

► T-Shirts or sweaters?

► Flowers or trees?

► Phone or computer?

► Brown or black hair?

► Superman or Batman?

► Doctor Who or the Walking Dead?

► Lions or Bears?

► Milk or juice?

► Gold or silver?

► 50's or 80's music?

► Google or Bing?

► Frozen yogurt or ice cream?

► Blue or green eyes?

► Witches or wizards?

► Fire or ice?

► Straight or curly hair?

► Fruits or vegetables?

► Burgers or tacos?

► Roses or daisies?

► Pandas or whales?

► McDonald's or Burger King?

► Books or magazines?

► Circles or squares?

► Ketchup or mustard?

► Money or fame?

► Piercings or tattoos?

► Puzzles or board games?

► Living room or bedroom?

► Sandals or sneakers?

► Apples or oranges?

► Bagels or toast?

► Weird or crazy?

► Skates or bike?

► Go skiing or snowboarding?

► Watch or play sports?

► Swim in a pool or in the sea?

► Sweet or salty?

► Cars or trucks?

► Leather or lace?

► Steak or chicken?

► Alaska or Hawaii?

► Shower or tub?

► TV Shows or movies?

► Breakfast or dinner?

► Bananas or apples?

► Facebook or Twitter?

► What's up or Viber?

► Mountains or beach?

► Digital watch or analog?

► Freedom or hope?

► Alice in Wonderland or Robinson Crusoe?

► Snow White or Cinderella?

► Sitting or standing?

► Comedy or drama?

► Being too warm or too cold?

► Pasta or pizza?

► Online shopping or in-person shopping?

► Writing poetry or reading poetry?

► Wild animals or domestic animals?

► Family or friends?

► Scooby Doo or Tom and Jerry?

You May Also Want To Check out:
Most Likely to Questions Never Have I Ever Questions Best Friend Tag Questions Truth or Dare Questions
What is the object of this game?

The object of the 'this or that questions' game is to have fun talking about your favorite things and learning about your friends' favourites. This game is also an excellent icebreaker and a fun way to get to know your family and friends better!

What do you need for this game?

Besides the good company, good mood and a little piece of paper, you don't need anything else.

How to play the "This or That Questions" game

This game has different variations and can be performed in many different ways. This game is perfect for a group of people, and the minimum of players can be two people. Each question offers you two choices. You decide which choice you like best of the two offered. Make sure that you always pick your favorite thing from the choices presented. You choose which you prefer even when the choices are not so good, such as smelly or slimy.

One way to play this game is the following: the person pulls out his two terms and selects one of those terms that are better suited to her not speaking about it out loud. Other competitors have to guess that term chosen by the opponent. The other person is required to answer honestly which term he has chosen. Here can be introduced points to those who guess the term that competitor chose, in this way, at the end of the game may be obtained a winner.

Another way to play this game is: The youngest player starts the game, giving the terms to the player that is next to him. He pronounces selected terms and asks the question, the player next to him and so on...

It's amazing how many things you can find out about your friends. Their attitudes, what they like what they do not like...

And ... This or that or Would you rather? 🙂

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This or that questions is an amazing conversation game where players choose between two items they prefer. The game is identical to the famous game of , but in the case of this game you must choose one word that you prefer; therefore it is about words, whereas the game would you rather the competitors usually make a choice between two bad things that have been expressed with complete sentences.

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200 Would you rather questions for kids - The only list you'll need.

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Here is our huge list of would you rather questions for kids of all ages. All are clean, kid friendly, and fun!

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Tons of great would you rather questions for teens: Would you rather give up your phone or give up junk food?

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Change Chairs If is a great game for approximately 4 to 12 year old kids (plus older students who are up for fast physical games). Students sit on chairs in a circle with one chair less than people in the class or group. The person left standing up, e.g. the teacher, then gives a description [...]
Change Chairs If is a great game for approximately 4 to 12 year old kids (plus older students who are up for fast physical games). Students sit on chairs in a circle with one chair less than people in the class or group. The person left standing up, e.g. the teacher, then gives a description of the kinds of people who should stand up and quickly change chairs, e.g. "Change chairs if you are a girl." The person standing up then races to sit down in one of the chairs of the people who stood up before anyone else sits down on it. There should then be one person left standing up- either one of the people who had to change chairs or still the person who was standing up in the last round (if no one had to change chairs for that sentence or they were too slow trying to sit down). That person then chooses and says the next sentence (e.g. "Change chairs if you are nine years old") and rushes to sit down as the others change chairs.

This game can be used for very many different language points, e.g. possessions ("... if you have..." or "...if there is a.../ there are some... in your house"), appearance, numbers, colours, clothes, likes, Simple Past ("... if you... yesterday/ at the weekend"), Present Continuous ("... if you are breathing/ wearing something blue"), prepositions of position ("... if you are sitting between the whiteboard and the teacher"), object pronouns ("... if you are sitting next to her"), abilities, Present Simple for routines ("... you get up at 7 o'clock"), comparative and superlative adjectives, family vocabulary, and favourites. Because it can be used for so many things and is so useful as a physical warmer with lots of speaking and listening in it, it is well worth having some variations up your sleeve. Here are 15 ideas:

1. And and but
Allow or ask students to use sentences like "...if you are a girl but you don't live in Seoul" or "...if you are taller than me and older than Juan".

2. Sticky ball prompts
Letting students make up the sentences about which students should change chairs can lead to long pauses or unimaginative sentences such as endless ones with "if you like..." One way of getting round this is to put sentence prompts on the board in a grid and have the student whose turn it is throw a sticky ball (= sucker ball) at the board. They then have to use the prompt that they hit or are closest too when they tell the other students to "Change chairs if..." The prompts can be whole sentences ("You have three brothers or sisters"), short prompts that should be used in the sentence ("three brothers"), or grammatical or vocabulary categories that should be used ("Simple Past" or "family"). Using a grid like this also allows you to choose the language that comes up, be it for revision or to introduce new language. If you want to give students more freedom and get them more involved, after the first grid is finished you can put up a blank one and take ideas from them for what can go in it.

It is also possible to have the people sitting down throw the sticky ball to choose the prompt for the person standing up.

3. Choose from the board
Although throwing a sticky ball is lots of fun, giving students more freedom to choose their prompts (so that they can use their knowledge of their classmates to predict which chairs are going to be free and so easily sit down) has perhaps more of a mental challenge. You can achieve this by having the same kind of grid on the board but letting students choose which one they use (as long as they don't take too long choosing). Ones that have been used can be crossed off or left up, depending on how you want to do it.

4. Take card prompts
Before the class, prepare slips of paper that tell students what sentences to make. These can be used throughout the game, or just if the students run out of ideas or pause too long. The things written on them can be the same kinds of full sentences or shorter prompts explained in Sticky Ball Prompts above.

5. People sitting down make the sentences
E.g. whoever comes up with the first good idea. This cuts down on the pauses between goes and gets the people sitting down more involved, e.g. by getting them thinking of sentences that won't make them stand up. This can be used throughout the game, or just if the person standing is too slow or has no ideas.

6. Teacher makes the sentences
This cuts down on the amount of speaking (and thinking) by the students, but allows you to stretch them with natural speed sentences and more complex language. You can also plan the sentences you use so that everyone has to change chairs once every few goes and so that one person doesn't end up being the one standing up too many times. A compromise position between this and the ideas given above is the teacher choosing the category each time and the students competing to be first to make a suitable sentence.

7. Prompts from tape or CD
This takes some preparation, but is perhaps a better test of listening comprehension than the other methods and also allows for a range of accents etc.

8. Settling disagreements
The other major possible problem with this game is people sitting down on the last chair together at virtually the same time and then trying to work out who should be the next one standing up. The easiest way is to get them to do paper scissors stone (= rock paper scissors = janken) to decide. Alternatively, you can add more language when settling disagreements by making the two students answer an English language question and letting the one who answers most quickly, with best pronunciation etc sit down. Alternatively, if they sit down at more or less the same time you can let them both sit down and choose someone who hasn't been made to stand up yet.

9. Teams
If you have a class that insist on having overall winners for each game or who need the threat of points taken away to behave themselves, it is also possible to play this game with teams. Give one point to a team each time someone from another team has to be the one standing up. This makes them think about their sentences more carefully, so that only people from the other team(s) have to stand up.

10. One two three change now
If some students aren't changing chairs because they don't understand the sentence or often have to be the one standing up because they respond more slowly, you can introduce the rule that no one should actually move until the teacher or person standing up says "Ready steady go!" or "On your marks, get set, go!"

11. More people standing up
You can also play the game with two chairs less than people and so two people standing up and trying to sit down each time, perhaps with them deciding on the sentence together each time. You could even take a chair away occasionally so have more and more people standing up, if your class could stand the excitement and disorder.

12. Change chairs if your flashcard...
Students move depending on what is on the flashcard they are holding rather than their personal information, e.g. "Change chairs if your animal has stripes" or "Change chairs if the thing on your flashcard has more than four wheels". This is also possible with realia or words students have chosen and written down themselves. You can play this with students showing their flashcards at all times, or just showing them at the beginning and then the person standing up having to remember what is on them. It is also possible to play with flashcards that they haven't shown to the other students, as long as the teacher checks that they change chairs when they have to.

13. Don't make me!
During/ before the game, students write down sentences that they don't want to be used during the game because it would make them change chairs. Alternatively, you can brainstorm some sentences like that onto the board.

14. Ask the people who stayed sitting down
E.g. after "Change chairs if your father is an office worker", the student who was standing up (or the student who is standing up now or the teacher) goes around the class asking everyone "What is your father's job?" to check that they didn't stay sitting down when they should've changed chairs. Eliciting the questions for each statement is also good practice of question forms. Doing this at times can also stop cheating and lead to more speaking for everyone, but it does slow down the game and so somewhat take away from the excitement.

15. Jump, hop etc between chairs
This introduces another language point to practice and cuts down on the speed they are moving around and so reduces the possibility of crashing into each other as they race to beat the other person onto a chair. The way that everyone should move can be changed occasionally or each time by the teacher, the person standing up, or the first person in the class with a good idea.

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