Games for Younger Students (Beginner/Low-Intermediate Levels)
Simple and Classic ESL Games - A list of many time-tested games for teaching ESL to young learners.
Circle Memory Sentences - Students must remember all of the sentences said before his/her turn. Great for killing time at the end of class or reviewing vocabulary words at the beginning of class.
Read for Speed - Read as fast as you can - can you beat the teacher's time?
DICE BOMB! - Complete a task and roll the dice for points...but don't roll the wrong number, or else!
Dice Gambling - Test your students' gambling instincts with this fun way to review previous lessons.
Around the World (Flashcard Game) - A classic competitive flashcard game.
Hoops (Flashcard Game) - Get students running around and looking for the right flashcard in the right hoop!
Phonics Hammer (Flashcard Game) - An endlessly fun way to review phonics.
Memory Game (Flashcard Game) - Another way to turn reviewing flashcards into a fun activity!
Printable Games!
ESL Trivia Time! - Printable trivia game that can be played with beginner-level ESL students.
ESL Trivia Time! (2) - Another printable trivia game that can be played with beginner- or intermediate-level ESL students.
ESL Categories (Beginner / Intermediate) - Similar to "Scattergories," students must come up with words for different categories, using the same first letter for each word.
ESL Ad Lib Madness: "My Favorite Foods" - Similar to the popular "Mad Libs" activities. Good for reviewing parts of speech in a fun, silly way!
ESL Ad Lib Madness: "Goldilocks and the Three Bears" - Similar to the popular "Mad Libs" activities.
Good for reviewing parts of speech in a fun, silly way!
ESL Ad Lib Madness: "Manners" - Similar to the popular "Mad Libs" activities. Good for reviewing parts of speech in a fun, silly way!
I Dare You! - A fun team game in which students must complete tasks to earn points for their team.
The Question Game - You read the answer, and students must come up with the correct question!
Tag Question Game - Fun and simple review activity to practice using tag questions like "...do you?" or "...can we?".
Don't Say the Words! (Beginner) - Students must get classmates to guess a word without saying the banned keywords! (similar to "Taboo")
Don't Say the Words! (Intermediate) - Students must get classmates to guess a word without saying the banned keywords! (similar to "Taboo")
Don't Say the Words! (Intermediate) - Students must get classmates to guess a word without saying the banned keywords! (similar to "Taboo")
Grammar Shapes - A printable board game for reviewing different English tenses (present, past, and future tenses)
The Bubble Game (parts of speech) - A printable board game for reviewing different parts of speech (nouns, verbs, and adjectives)
Phonics Flags (short vowels) - A printable board game for reviewing words with short vowel sounds.
Phonics BINGO - Free, printable sets of Phonics BINGO cards. Each set includes 10 unique BINGO cards, plus a list of all the words contained on the cards.
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These games and activities are all included in our giant book of ESL games:
The Great ESL Games Compendium! (Book 1: Games for Beginner/Intermediate Students)
This book includes all of the beginner-level games on this page, plus:
More Trivia Games!
More ESL Category Cards!
More Printable Games!
More Mad Libs!
More Board Games!
More Phonics BINGO Cards!
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