The teacher says to him, " Is it …?" and he must say " Yes, it is " or " No, it isn ' t ". If the student in front is correct, he gets to stay there, but if he ' s mistaken, he changes place with the student who fooled him. This game is worth playing at the beginning of the school year. To make the game more interesting, the students are encouraged to disguise their voices.
Ball Game Students stand up in a circle around the teacher. A ball is tossed to a student and the teacher asks a question, e. g.: " Say a colour ". The student then responds and throws the ball back to the teacher. The teacher then throws the ball to another student and asks another question. I also use this game to revise the previously learned vocabulary, with each student sitting in his desk.
Category game This activity can be used as a review. Students usually get very excited. The teacher chooses a category( animals, colours, school objects, kitchen gadgets...) and each student has to say a word that belongs to that category. If a student doesn ' t know, he / she stands up. Then, the teacher chooses another category the following student starts again. In the following round, the student who ' s standing will have another chance. If he / she can say a word that belongs to the new category, he / she can sit down. It is a great game for revision and to get students tuned into the lesson topic. It may also be used to elicit from the student what they already know about a certain topic.
" Tic Tac Toe " or " Noughts and Crosses " This is a good game for a revision or for a reader ' s discussion. Divide the class into two groups. Draw a grid of nine squares on the board and write a number on each square( from 1 to 9). Prepare nine questions and set one question for each number. The groups call out the numbers and if they answer the question correctly, they get the point. The goal of the game is to make a line( either horizontal, vertical or diagonal).
Whispering Game Divide the class into two teams. Line up the players. If there is an odd number of players, one can be the teacher ' s " helper ". The teacher or his helper whispers a message to the first person of both group A and group B. The game only starts when both players know the message. Then each player whispers the message to the next player in his group successively until the last player gets the message. The team which can repeat the message first and correctly receives a point. Start the game over with the second student of each group becoming the first ones in line. I sometimes play this game with children sitting at their places.
Guess the Object You put more objects / toys inside an opaque bag and ask one student to come to the front of the class and to choose an object from the bag. His eyes are covered. He has to guess the object. If he is right, he will pick somebody else to come and if he is wrong, he will go back to his place. He can make tries but no more than three times.
Colours in the Air This is good for very young ones. Give each student two pieces of different coloured paper( origami paper is ideal for this). Teacher calls a colour( e. g. " Blue ") and the students with that colour hold it up.
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