Anagrams
Anagrams is the game, which is definitely one of my personal favourites. Anagrams a really fun way to review vocabulary at the beginning / end of the lesson or the week, which doesn’t require ANY preparation. The only thing a teacher needs to do is to mix up the letters of eachword they choose to…
Picture’s worth 1000 words
As a warmer activity, you might want to show your students an unusual photo (for instance, taken from this website), and ask them to create a short story to go along with the picture. Students spend about 3-5 minutes generating ideas (either alone / in pairs/ in small groups), then share their stories. Alternatively, each…
Survey
When studying a vocabulary topic, for instance, Sports or Food, ask students to prepare a survey table (example below) of 4-5 questions for their peers. The example below is related to the Topic of Food, and practises the question Do you like…? – Yes, I do / No, I don’t. Name / Food tomatoes chicken…