Past Perfect Pictures
Here is an ESL idea to practice the Past Perfect. After introducing the rules to Past perfect, put 6-8 different pictures around the classroom that tell a story. Get your students into pairs and tell them that they are going to think about what happened before that photo was taken. e.g He had found out that he had an affair. This is a good activity to get students to think...
What’s the story?
Here is an ESL idea to practise speaking, asking questions and storytelling. 1. First, either draw or wite the necessary words that make up a story and get your students to guess. 2. Then, you divide your students into pairs and give one of the pair the story. The other student must ask questions to find out what the story is. (This can also be done with pictures for FCE type...
Miming reading
Here is a fun ESL idea to help students enjoy reading and listening. Choose an interesting text that is easy to mime. Ask your class for two volunteers (should be strong students!) and tell them to go to the front of the class. The teacher reads the text and the students mime to the class. This is not only fun but it helps the weaker students understand much better!
Dice Bingo
Here is an ESL warmer. At the beginning of the lesson write a list of questions related to the things that will come up in that lesson. Bring in a selection of boxes and ask each group to choose one. Still in their groups, ask your students to choose six of the questions on the board and write them on individual bits of paper and glue one on each side of the box. Tell your students...
Teamwork
Here is an ESL idea to help with discipline problems and teamwork in the classroom. I usually do this on the first day of class. After you have done some getting to know you games give all your students a piece of paper and tell them to write their names. Collect all the pieces of paper and taking one name out at a time, make groups. Tell your students to sit in their new groups...
All in one!
Here is an ESL activity that practises reading, writing and speaking. Choose an appropriate text for your class. After they have read the text, tell your students they are going to test their colleagues! In groups, they have to write and ask 5 questions about the text. (The answers can be either open book or closed!) You can award points for good questions and correct answers.
It wasn’t me!!!
Here is an ESL idea to practice past simple or past continuous questions. Tell your class that something was stolen from your school last night!! There was a witness who saw three people leaving the school late last night. At this point, you name three confident students. Tell them to go outside and think of an alibi. The problem is that ALL their stories must be exactly...
Vocabulary treasure hunt
Here is an ESL revision or ice breaker idea. This activity can be used to introduce new vocabulary at the beginning of the year or revision at the end. Before the lesson write out a number of words or expressions on little pieces of paper and hide them around your classroom. Then, divide your students into groups. You need 1-2 hunters, 1 stamper and 1 postie. Tell your class...
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Past Perfect Pictures
Here is an ESL idea to practice the Past Perfect. After introducing the rules to Past perfect, put 6-8 different pictures around the classroom that tell a story. Get your…
What’s the story?
Here is an ESL idea to practise speaking, asking questions and storytelling. 1. First, either draw or wite the necessary words that make up a story and get your students to guess….
Miming reading
Here is a fun ESL idea to help students enjoy reading and listening. Choose an interesting text that is easy to mime. Ask your class for two volunteers (should be…
Dice Bingo
Here is an ESL warmer. At the beginning of the lesson write a list of questions related to the things that will come up in that lesson. Bring in a…
Teamwork
Here is an ESL idea to help with discipline problems and teamwork in the classroom. I usually do this on the first day of class. After you have done some…
Break the ice with wordle
Here is an ESL class icebreaker idea. This is a great idea for the students to get to know the teacher and eachother. Before the lesson go on www.wordle.net and…
Getting to know you dice!
Here is an ESL icebreaker idea to help get to know eachother. On the board write numbers 1-6 on the board, giving each number a topic e.g 1=family, 2 =hobbies…
Find someone who YOU want!
Here is a fun ESL class icebreaker to use in your first lesson. This is a fresh take on the traditional find someone who activity. The teacher firstly tells…
