You may decide the number of words the player can use to link. This is a word association game where the teacher gives 2 words (example: вЂњhouse and sodaвЂќ) and students have to link the words by inserting other related/relevant words in between, i.e вЂњhouse вЂ“ kitchen вЂ“ refirgerator вЂ“ sodaвЂќ. He/she will then throw the ball to another student. Variation:В Without the music, start by tossing the ball at a student who will give a word related to the category. My students love this game specially when I play an upbeat pop song that they know!

If the player repeats a word that has already been said or fails to give a word after 5 seconds, he is out of the game. The student who is holding the ball when the music is paused will give a word from a given category, i.e. Students make a big circle and pass a ball in one direction (clockwise or the other way around) while the teacher is playing a music. Rock, Paper, Scissors!ДЇorm two teams with equal number students who will line up and compete against each other.В The first person from each line will meet at the center and play Rock, Paper, Scissors.В The winner can ask the other player toВ give a word from a category or to answer trick questions.В If the player answers incorrectly, they are out and the first team to get all the players from the other team out is the winner. You may also give each team points equal to the number of letters they have guessed. When the class solves the mystery word, the point goes to the team that guesses more letters. Play hangman regularly except now each team gets one guess per round. Variation:В Split the class into two teams to compete against each other and associate each team with a different marker color, e.g black v blue. If the suggested letter or number does not occur in the word, the teacher draws one element of a hanged man stick figure as a tally mark.

If the guessing player suggests a letter which occurs in the word, the teacherВ writes it in all its correct positions. The teacher draws a row of dashes on the board representing each letter of the word that he wants the students to guess. Variation: You may ask one of the students to act as вЂњSimonвЂќ and give commands to the whole class.В The object for the player acting as Simon is to get all the other players out as quickly as possible the winner of the game is usually the last player who has successfully followed all of the given commands. The teacher gives a command by saying вЂњSimon says _вЂќ and students obey, e.g вЂњSimon saysвЂ¦ put your hands on your head.вЂќ Players are eliminated from the game by following a command that is not immediately preceded by the phrase вЂњSimon saysвЂќ, or by failing to follow an instruction which does include the phrase. One of the classic vocabulary games for kids for teaching imperatives, parts of the body or simply as a classroom management. You might also want to teach them some actions or signs before playing the game such as tapping or shaking their head to signify вЂњrepeat the drawingвЂќ. Variation:В You may give different words with the same amount of letters to the last student of each row to prevent cheating.

The first team to spell the word correctly wins the game. They need to pass the word along by drawing the word, letter by letter onto the back of the person in front of them until it reaches the first person at the front of the line who need to write the word on their board or paper. Teacher gives a word to the last students at the end of each line. The first student of each row should have a board and marker (but a pen and paper will do). Back SpellДЄ kind of relay game where teams of equal size sit down in a neat line. If the sentence is perfect they get a point. The goal is to get the message relayed to the last person intact and without any changes. The person in front will be given a message and must pass it correctly to the next person by whispering until the student in front of the line writes it down. The participants are divided into groups and each group forms a line. You may also try giving scrambled sentence which will test both vocabulary and grammar.ДЄLSO READ: SPEAKING ACTIVITIES FOR ANY LANGUAGE CLASS 3. Variation:В For more advanced students, you may give 3 or more jumbled words at once which they need to solve in 1 minute. The first team that guesses and spells the word correctly gets the points. The teacher writes a scrambled word on the board that students need to un-jumble in their teams, e.g LEJMUB вЂ“> JUMBLE.

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