It’s early December and for the past three years, I have produced a Christmas quiz template that can be used for the holiday season. This year is no different. What’s new Left: The Christmas Quiz 2016. Right: The Christmas Quiz … Continue reading Christmas Quiz 2017
Star Groups is game inspired by a TV game show called Wipeout. The activity encourages students to categorize or show greater awareness of the target language. Back in October 2015, ELTplanning.com wrote an article entitled 30 activities inspired by game … Continue reading Star Groups – Can you sort the language?
Finger Twister is a great game and it is easy to adapt and use in the classroom. Turn the introduction or review of new language into a fun game that the students will enjoy playing. I recently read this article … Continue reading Finger Twister: A Classroom Quiz with a Twist
‘Find the Lie’ is a common EFL activity. You may know it as ‘two truths and one lie’ or you may have seen TV game shows that have used a similar format. There are already several descriptions of the activity … Continue reading Find the Lie
A grammar auction is a fun and lively way to review grammar, correct common mistakes and improve accuracy. Now there is a PowerPoint template for this activity. Continue reading Grammar Auction: Turn grammar review into a game
The Balloon Game is a quiz that encourages students to use their English to stop the balloons from floating away! This game is a classroom adaptation of a popular Japanese TV quiz segment. Around four celebrities or comedians stand within … Continue reading The Balloon Game
Target Language is a quiz format that encourages students to practise and review the vocabulary and grammar of a course. The reason for creating this new PowerPoint quiz format was to have some variety. Rather than simply playing Jeopardy or using a class … Continue reading Target Language: Practise spelling, vocabulary & grammar
‘Spaceman’ is an alternative to hangman. It uses easy to draw shapes, it follows the same rules and it is easily identifiable by its name. I imagine that if you are reading this you are probably already familiar with how … Continue reading Spaceman: An alternative to hangman
Spinning Wheels are a great way of introducing an element of randomness into the classroom. A quick Google search reveals how popular spinning wheels are. They can be used for a number of games and they can also be used to … Continue reading The Spinning Wheel
The Dungeon Quiz is a different kind of PowerPoint® game. Students have to use their English ability to defeat the monsters in the dungeon. The Dungeon Quiz is loosely based on dungeon-level video games. The first version of the Dungeon … Continue reading The Dungeon Quiz
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