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ESL - ELL speaking, listening, writing activities and games

When teaching ESL, one of the most important things is to keep our students  speaking about many different themes.  Speaking activities increase fluency and improve vocabulary. This bundle includes all of my favorite games and activities to get your secondary and adult students speaking English!

All of my ESL resources are included in this bundle. When I create new ESL resources, I will add them to the bundle at no additional cost to you. Be sure to follow my store and keep an eye on TeachShare updates in your notifications.

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FIND SOMEONE WHO…

★ Accidents and Emergencies

★ Ice Breaker Activity

★ House and Home

★ Cities and Towns

★ Doctors

★ Restaurants

BACK TO SCHOOL

★ Back to school speaking questions about summer

★ Back to school cootie catchers - Getting to know you activity

★ 24 Scattergories games

SPEAKING GAMES AND ACTIVITIES

★ Game of two extremes

★ True or false question cards for speaking

★ 120 ESL conversation starters - Beginner to advanced levels

★ Never, Ever Have I Ever - ESL speaking game for beginners and advanced students

★ I’d rather - ESL Conversation Cards

★ 70 Upper-intermediate ESL conversation starter and speaking prompt cards

★ ESL Intermediate Level - 83 Conversation Cards and Speaking Prompts

★ ESL CATCH PHRASE Speaking Game

★ House Vocabulary - UFO Paired Speaking Activity

★ Classic UFO Speaking Game

★ Who Am I? English game, numbers 0 - 50

★ BRAINSTORMING GAME classic version

★ 10 ESL ELL skits - Mini dialogues in English

★ Forehead guessing vocabulary game

THEMED VOCABULARY SPEAKING QUESTIONS and WRITING PROMPTS

★ School

★ House and Home

★ Restaurants and Eating Out

★ Hotels

★ Vacation

★ Clothes

★ Family and Friends

★ Primary End of Year Prompts: 25 Question Cards for Discussions and Writing

★ Calendars and Time

★ Computers and Internet

★ Going to the doctor's office

★ Autumn

★ Food

★ Weather

★ Halloween

★ Thanksgiving

★ Past tense speaking prompt question cards

★ Professions

★ Christmas

★ New Year

★ Winter

★ Airports and train stations

★ Environment

★ 50 writing, speaking and drawing prompts

★ Movies

★ Countryside

TABOO SPEAKING GAMES

★ Daily Routine

★ Spring

★ Countries and Cities

★ Natural Disasters

★ Easter

★ House and Home

★ Calendar and Time

★ Classic ESL Taboo

★ Autumn

★ Vacation

★ Food

★ Restaurants

★ Countryside

★ Halloween

★ Thanksgiving

★ Christmas

★ New Year

★ Hotels

★ Winter

★ Valentine's Day

★ Movies

WORD SEARCHES

★ Spring

★ Easter

SCATTERGORIES GAMES

★ Valentine's Day

★ Airports and trains

★ Calendars and time

★ Doctors

★ January

★ New Year

★ Christmas

★ February

★ House and home

20 QUESTIONS GAMES

★ Celebrities, historical figures, characters

★ Classic 20 questions game

★ Valentine's Day

★ Environment

★ Spring

★ House and home

★ St. Patrick's Day

SUDOKU PUZZLES

★ Professions

★ House and home

★ Easter

★ Classroom objects

I HAVE - WHO HAS?

★ House and home

★ Halloween

★ Months, days, and seasons

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LICENSING TERMS: This purchase includes a license for one teacher only for personal use in their classroom. Licenses are non-transferable, meaning they can not be passed from one teacher to another. No part of this resource is to be shared with colleagues or used by an entire grade level, school, or district without purchasing the proper number of licenses.

COPYRIGHT TERMS: This resource may not be uploaded to the internet in any form, including classroom/personal websites or network drives, unless the site is password protected and can only be accessed by students. Want to get TeachShare credit to use on future purchases? Go to "My Purchases" and log in. Next to purchases there is a link to provide feedback. Click this link and you will be taken to a page where you can give a rating and leave a comment for the product. When you give feedback TPT gives you credits that you can use toward future purchases.

❖ Doctors: ESL - ELL Group Speaking Activity: Find someone who…❖

Find someone who... This ESL group speaking activity is great for getting students to speak and practice their vocabulary when learning about DOCTORS. Your students will enjoy getting up and moving around the classroom as they ask their classmates questions that are listed on the worksheet which includes sixteen questions. This activity can also be used in any English speaking classroom as an ice-breaker or getting to know you activity.

This resource includes:

One worksheet to print out and make one copy for each student in your class. There are sixteen squares on the grid. Each square contains one question and a space to write a classmate’s name.

Instructions:

Have your students move around the room asking classmates the questions that are written in the squares on the grid that you provide. If a classmate responds with YES he or she writes his name on the line provided. Complete sentences are encouraged even when the answer is NO. Activity continues until all boxes are filled. Once all of the boxes have been signed your students can turn in their papers.

This is a fun, interactive way to review vocabulary about DOCTORS and to practice speaking. Your students will enjoy learning fun facts about their classmates, and you will certainly like hearing them speak English!

This resource is included in my ESL - ELL speaking, listening, writing activities and games - Growing bundle.

You can receive 20% off your purchase of $20 or more with my Build Your Own Bundle option! No sale items or other already discounted bundles can be included. Click here for more resources in English.

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COPYRIGHT TERMS: This resource may not be uploaded to the internet in any form, including classroom/personal websites or network drives, unless the site is password protected and can only be accessed by students.

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❖ Doctors: ESL - ELL Group Speaking Activity: Find someone who… ❖

Thanksgiving vocabulary - 30 ESL Thanksgiving speaking prompt question cards

Want your students to use their THANKSGIVING vocabulary in fun and meaningful conversations? This LOW PREP activity is a fun way to encourage your students to speak more to each other about Thanksgiving traditions and holiday fun. This resource is suitable for any curriculum in which English is the language spoken, and will work best for students in 6th to 12th grade. The questions are written without the assumption that students have grown up celebrating Thanksgiving making them suitable for every situation.

You can use these cards after learning specific vocabulary for Thanksgiving during the month of November or as a fun interactive activity on a day when you want to just focus on speaking and reviewing vocabulary in a different way.

All cards are visually stimulating and feature a circle to punch out in the upper left corner so that you can print, laminate, cut out, punch holes and hook the cards together with a ring. Using these cards this way makes it easy to pull them out year after year to use as NO PREP speaking activities. A pdf with only one card per page is included for easy projection when you don't want to print.

Included:

➤ 30 color speaking prompt cards

➤ 30 black and white speaking prompt cards

➤ Easy to project file for whole class activity

This resource is included in my ESL - ELL speaking, listening, writing activities and games - Growing bundle.

You can receive 20% off your purchase of $20 or more with my Build Your Own Bundle option! No sale items or other already discounted bundles can be included. Click here for more resources in English.

LICENSING TERMS: This purchase includes a license for one teacher only for personal use in their classroom. Licenses are non-transferable, meaning they can not be passed from one teacher to another. No part of this resource is to be shared with colleagues or used by an entire grade level, school, or district without purchasing the proper number of licenses.

COPYRIGHT TERMS: This resource may not be uploaded to the internet in any form, including classroom/personal websites or network drives, unless the site is password protected and can only be accessed by students.

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Halloween vocabulary - 30 ESL Halloween speaking prompt question cards

Want your students to use their HALLOWEEN vocabulary in fun and meaningful conversations? This LOW PREP activity is a fun way to encourage your students to speak more to each other about Halloween traditions and holiday fun. This resource is suitable for any curriculum in which English is the language spoken, and will work best for students in 3rd to 12th grade.

You can use these cards after learning specific vocabulary for Halloween during the month of October or as a fun interactive activity on a day when you want to just focus on speaking and reviewing vocabulary in a different way.

All cards are visually stimulating and feature a circle to punch out in the upper left corner so that you can print, laminate, cut out, punch holes and hook the cards together with a ring. Using these cards this way makes it easy to pull them out year after year to use as NO PREP speaking activities. A pdf with only one card per page is included for easy projection when you don't want to print.

Included:

➤ 30 color speaking prompt cards

➤ 30 black and white speaking prompt cards

➤ 9 ways to use these cards

➤ Easy to project file for whole class activity

➤ Scoot activity instructions

➤ Scoot student recording sheet

This resource is included in my ESL - ELL speaking, listening, writing activities and games - Growing bundle.

You can receive 20% off your purchase of $20 or more with my Build Your Own Bundle option! No sale items or other already discounted bundles can be included. Click here for more resources in English.

LICENSING TERMS: This purchase includes a license for one teacher only for personal use in their classroom. Licenses are non-transferable, meaning they can not be passed from one teacher to another. No part of this resource is to be shared with colleagues or used by an entire grade level, school, or district without purchasing the proper number of licenses.

COPYRIGHT TERMS: This resource may not be uploaded to the internet in any form, including classroom/personal websites or network drives, unless the site is password protected and can only be accessed by students.

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Looking for an engaging way to get your ESL students to build their communication skills and vocabulary? Taboo is a fun speaking and listening game where one student has to guess a word based on clues given by other students. The catch is that they cannot mention anything that is included in a list of taboo words.

This game is Set 1 in my ESL Classic Taboo Bundle Sets 1 - 2 - 3.

Click here to see more of my English resources.

You can easily modify this game to play it with all levels!  You are going to love hearing your students speaking in English to each other about all kinds of vocabulary words in this classic version that has no particular theme.

Object of the game:

One player tries to get his teammate to guess the word at the top of a card. The player must give clues, but he can't use any of the Taboo words in his description. The taboo words are written beneath the underlined word at the top of the card.

Teams score points for each word successfully guessed. The team with the most points at the end of the game wins.

Beginner students should be allowed to use the TABOO words printed on the cards. This will encourage them to use new vocabulary and will help them in forming sentences to use as clues.

This ESL Taboo vocabulary and speaking game includes the following:

• How to play ESL Taboo (beginner and advanced levels)
• 100 printable taboo cards - 4 per page

What teachers are saying about my ESL Taboo Speaking games:

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ "The kids had so much fun with this game &  it really opened the door to all kinds of new vocab!" - Casey O.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ "I tutor some intermediate level English learners in middle school and high school and they really enjoyed this game! We played it a few different ways as suggested in the directions. Thanks!" - Ms. Rosemary

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ "Students had a fun time with this! Thanks!" - Jennifer L.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ "This was a very useful resource to purchase and I would recommend it to any teacher! Everything you needed was there and it was very organized resource. Looking forward to using it again this year!" - Kathleen E.

Check out my Build Your Own ESL Bundle option. Select resources from my store, and if they total $20 or more I'll quickly create a special order bundle for you at 20% off. No sale items or other already discounted bundles can be included.

LICENSING TERMS: This purchase includes a license for one teacher only for personal use in their classroom. Licenses are non-transferable, meaning they can not be passed from one teacher to another. No part of this resource is to be shared with colleagues or used by an entire grade level, school, or district without purchasing the proper number of licenses.

COPYRIGHT TERMS: This resource may not be uploaded to the internet in any form, including classroom/personal websites or network drives, unless the site is password protected and can only be accessed by students.

Copyright © Love Learning Languages, Jennifer Crespin

Permission to copy for single classroom use only.

Please purchase additional licenses if you intend to share this product.

Looking for an engaging way to get your ESL students to build their communication skills and vocabulary? Taboo is a fun speaking and listening game where one student has to guess a word based on clues given by other students. The catch is that they cannot mention anything that is included in a list of taboo words.

This game is Set 2 in my ESL Classic Taboo Bundle Sets 1 - 2 - 3.

Click here to see more of my English resources.

You can easily modify this game to play it with all levels!  You are going to love hearing your students speaking in English to each other about all kinds of vocabulary words in this classic version that has no particular theme.

Object of the game:

One player tries to get his teammate to guess the word at the top of a card. The player must give clues, but he can't use any of the Taboo words in his description. The taboo words are written beneath the underlined word at the top of the card.

Teams score points for each word successfully guessed. The team with the most points at the end of the game wins.

Beginner students should be allowed to use the TABOO words printed on the cards. This will encourage them to use new vocabulary and will help them in forming sentences to use as clues.

This ESL Taboo vocabulary and speaking game includes the following:

• How to play ESL Taboo (beginner and advanced levels)
• 50 printable taboo cards - 4 per page

What teachers are saying about my ESL Taboo Speaking games:

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ "The kids had so much fun with this game &  it really opened the door to all kinds of new vocab!" - Casey O.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ "I tutor some intermediate level English learners in middle school and high school and they really enjoyed this game! We played it a few different ways as suggested in the directions. Thanks!" - Ms. Rosemary

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ "Students had a fun time with this! Thanks!" - Jennifer L.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ "This was a very useful resource to purchase and I would recommend it to any teacher! Everything you needed was there and it was very organized resource. Looking forward to using it again this year!" - Kathleen E.

Check out my Build Your Own ESL Bundle option. Select resources from my store, and if they total $20 or more I'll quickly create a special order bundle for you at 20% off. No sale items or other already discounted bundles can be included.

LICENSING TERMS: This purchase includes a license for one teacher only for personal use in their classroom. Licenses are non-transferable, meaning they can not be passed from one teacher to another. No part of this resource is to be shared with colleagues or used by an entire grade level, school, or district without purchasing the proper number of licenses.

COPYRIGHT TERMS: This resource may not be uploaded to the internet in any form, including classroom/personal websites or network drives, unless the site is password protected and can only be accessed by students.

Copyright © Love Learning Languages, Jennifer Crespin

Permission to copy for single classroom use only.

Please purchase additional licenses if you intend to share this product.

Looking for an engaging way to get your ESL students to build their communication skills and vocabulary? Taboo is a fun speaking and listening game where one student has to guess a word based on clues given by other students. The catch is that they cannot mention anything that is included in a list of taboo words.

This game is Set 3 in my ESL Classic Taboo Bundle Sets 1 - 2 - 3.

Click here to see more of my English resources.

You can easily modify this game to play it with all levels!  You are going to love hearing your students speaking in English to each other about all kinds of vocabulary words in this classic version that has no particular theme.

Object of the game:

One player tries to get his teammate to guess the word at the top of a card. The player must give clues, but he can't use any of the Taboo words in his description. The taboo words are written beneath the underlined word at the top of the card.

Teams score points for each word successfully guessed. The team with the most points at the end of the game wins.

Beginner students should be allowed to use the TABOO words printed on the cards. This will encourage them to use new vocabulary and will help them in forming sentences to use as clues.

This ESL Taboo vocabulary and speaking game includes the following:

• How to play ESL Taboo (beginner and advanced levels)
• 100 printable taboo cards - 4 per page

What teachers are saying about my ESL Taboo Speaking games:

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ "The kids had so much fun with this game &  it really opened the door to all kinds of new vocab!" - Casey O.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ "I tutor some intermediate level English learners in middle school and high school and they really enjoyed this game! We played it a few different ways as suggested in the directions. Thanks!" - Ms. Rosemary

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ "Students had a fun time with this! Thanks!" - Jennifer L.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ "This was a very useful resource to purchase and I would recommend it to any teacher! Everything you needed was there and it was very organized resource. Looking forward to using it again this year!" - Kathleen E.

Check out my Build Your Own ESL Bundle option. Select resources from my store, and if they total $20 or more I'll quickly create a special order bundle for you at 20% off. No sale items or other already discounted bundles can be included.

LICENSING TERMS: This purchase includes a license for one teacher only for personal use in their classroom. Licenses are non-transferable, meaning they can not be passed from one teacher to another. No part of this resource is to be shared with colleagues or used by an entire grade level, school, or district without purchasing the proper number of licenses.

COPYRIGHT TERMS: This resource may not be uploaded to the internet in any form, including classroom/personal websites or network drives, unless the site is password protected and can only be accessed by students.

Copyright © Love Learning Languages, Jennifer Crespin

Permission to copy for single classroom use only.

Please purchase additional licenses if you intend to share this product.

❖ What would you rather do? 75 conversation prompts + Powerpoint❖

Use this set of I'D RATHER conversation prompt cards to get even your most timid students talking to each other and they are perfect to use as a back to school ice-breaker activity. These 75 question cards are terrific for discussion, journal writing prompts and vocabulary acquisition.

Included:

75 question cards (color and black and white versions as you see in the thumbnails)

Powerpoint version

Ideas of how to use this set of cards

There are many ways you can use this set of 75 speaking cards:

➤ Print, laminate, cut out, punch holes and attach on a ring for small groups to ask and answer questions.

➤ Use as a warm-up speaking activity with a conversation partner. As students enter the classroom have them choose 2-3 cards from a box.

➤ Students who finish their work earlier than others can choose a few of the cards and write out their answers including reasons for their preferences.

➤ Use as exit tickets. Give each student a card before the end of class and as they walk out of the room they tell the teacher their answer.

➤ Stations: Put students into groups and divide the cards amongst them. Have groups rotate to a new station as they finish the cards.

➤ Scoot: Put one card on each desk in the classroom. Give each student a response sheet and set a timer to give them just enough time to answer the question. When the timer rings students move on to the next desk and the next question.

➤ Use the cards with board games. Students must answer a question in order to move.

➤ Use the cards as a getting to know you activity.

➤ Great resource for tutoring sessions.

This resource is included in my ESL - ELL speaking, listening, writing activities and games - Growing bundle.

You can receive 20% off your purchase of $20 or more with my Build Your Own Bundle option! No sale items or other already discounted bundles can be included. Click here for more resources in English.

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LICENSING TERMS: This purchase includes a license for one teacher only for personal use in their classroom. Licenses are non-transferable, meaning they can not be passed from one teacher to another. No part of this resource is to be shared with colleagues or used by an entire grade level, school, or district without purchasing the proper number of licenses.

COPYRIGHT TERMS: This resource may not be uploaded to the internet in any form, including classroom/personal websites or network drives, unless the site is password protected and can only be accessed by students.

Want to get TeachShare credit to use on future purchases? Go to "My Purchases" and log in. Next to purchases there is a link to provide feedback. Click this link and you will be taken to a page where you can give a rating and leave a comment for the product. When you give feedback TPT gives you credits that you can use toward future purchases.

❖ What would you rather do? 75 conversation prompts + Powerpoint ❖

✮ Telling time task cards - ESL - ELL ✮

This ESL telling time resource includes a total of 50 cards using the 12 hour clock.  All of the cards feature digital clocks.

If you print them and cut them out, these cards can be used in small groups or centers for practice telling time in English. You may also like to use the file with only one card per page to project them for a whole class activity.

Resource includes:

• 50 cards - 12 hour clock (suns and moons represent AM and PM)

This resource is included in my ESL - ELL speaking, listening, writing activities and games - Growing bundle.

Did you know that you can receive 20% off your purchase of $20 or more with my Build Your Own English Bundle option? No sale items or other already discounted bundles can be included. Click here for more resources in English.

LICENSING TERMS: This purchase includes a license for one teacher only for personal use in their classroom. Licenses are non-transferable, meaning they can not be passed from one teacher to another. No part of this resource is to be shared with colleagues or used by an entire grade level, school, or district without purchasing the proper number of licenses.

COPYRIGHT TERMS: This resource may not be uploaded to the internet in any form, including classroom/personal websites or network drives, unless the site is password protected and can only be accessed by students.

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Thanksgiving Sudoku Puzzle in English

Use these sudoku games to have some fun with Thanksgiving themed vocabulary. 4 versions are included making a total of 36 vocabulary words. Students place a word in each empty box so that each row, column and nine box square contains each of the words.

This resource is included in my ESL - ELL speaking, listening, writing activities and games - Growing bundle.

Did you know that you can receive 20% off your purchase of $20 or more with my Build Your Own English Bundle option? No sale items or other already discounted bundles can be included. Click here for more resources in English.

LICENSING TERMS: This purchase includes a license for one teacher only for personal use in their classroom. Licenses are non-transferable, meaning they can not be passed from one teacher to another. No part of this resource is to be shared with colleagues or used by an entire grade level, school, or district without purchasing the proper number of licenses.

COPYRIGHT TERMS: This resource may not be uploaded to the internet in any form, including classroom/personal websites or network drives, unless the site is password protected and can only be accessed by students.

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Autumn and Fall Games and Speaking Activities Bundle - ESL

ESL AUTUMN / FALL ACTIVITIES BUNDLE: Includes 6 fun and challenging resources to study ESL fall vocabulary and get your students speaking and having fun in English. This bundle covers the fall season, Halloween and Thanksgiving, including many games and speaking prompts to use as supplementary materials during the months of September, October and November. Check out the links for full details on each item. Use these resources year after year as easy, low prep activities.

Don't need everything in the bundle? Would you like to add non-related resources to your purchase? That's ok, you can still get 20% off your purchase of $20 or more with my Build Your Own Bundle option! No sale items or other already discounted bundles can be included.

LICENSING TERMS: This purchase includes a license for one teacher only for personal use in their classroom. Licenses are non-transferable, meaning they can not be passed from one teacher to another. No part of this resource is to be shared with colleagues or used by an entire grade level, school, or district without purchasing the proper number of licenses.

COPYRIGHT TERMS: This resource may not be uploaded to the internet in any form, including classroom/personal websites or network drives, unless the site is password protected and can only be accessed by students.

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Want to get TeachShare credit to use on future purchases? Go to "My Purchases" and log in. Next to purchases there is a link to provide feedback. Click this link and you will be taken to a page where you can give a rating and leave a comment for the product. When you give feedback TPT gives you credits that you can use toward future purchases.

Looking for an engaging way to get your ESL students to build their communication skills and vocabulary? Taboo is a fun speaking and listening game where one student has to guess a word based on clues given by other students. The catch is that they cannot mention anything that is included in a list of taboo words.

Save 20% with this bundle which includes classic versions 1, 2 and 3.

250 different game cards!

You can easily modify this game to play it with all levels!  You are going to love hearing your students speaking in English to each other about all kinds of vocabulary words in these classic versions that have no particular theme.

Object of the game:

One player tries to get his teammate to guess the word at the top of a card. The player must give clues, but he can't use any of the Taboo words in his description. The taboo words are written beneath the underlined word at the top of the card.

Teams score points for each word successfully guessed. The team with the most points at the end of the game wins.

Beginner students should be allowed to use the TABOO words printed on the cards. This will encourage them to use new vocabulary and will help them in forming sentences to use as clues.

This ESL Taboo vocabulary and speaking game includes the following:

• How to play ESL Taboo (beginner and advanced levels)
• 250 printable taboo cards - 4 per page

What teachers are saying about my ESL Taboo Speaking games:

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ "The kids had so much fun with this game &  it really opened the door to all kinds of new vocab!" - Casey O.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ "I tutor some intermediate level English learners in middle school and high school and they really enjoyed this game! We played it a few different ways as suggested in the directions. Thanks!" - Ms. Rosemary

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ "Students had a fun time with this! Thanks!" - Jennifer L.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ "This was a very useful resource to purchase and I would recommend it to any teacher! Everything you needed was there and it was very organized resource. Looking forward to using it again this year!" - Kathleen E.

Check out my Build Your Own ESL Bundle option. Select resources from my store, and if they total $20 or more I'll quickly create a special order bundle for you at 20% off. No sale items or other already discounted bundles can be included.

LICENSING TERMS: This purchase includes a license for one teacher only for personal use in their classroom. Licenses are non-transferable, meaning they can not be passed from one teacher to another. No part of this resource is to be shared with colleagues or used by an entire grade level, school, or district without purchasing the proper number of licenses.

COPYRIGHT TERMS: This resource may not be uploaded to the internet in any form, including classroom/personal websites or network drives, unless the site is password protected and can only be accessed by students.

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Happy Halloween Games and Activities BUNDLE - English - ESL

This is a bundle of games and activities for the month of October when you want to have some fun with Halloween. This bundle is 30% off.

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ESL Thanksgiving Games and Speaking Activities Bundle

Bundle of taboo games to use in your ESL classroom when you want to have fun speaking and learning loads of new vocabulary about Thanksgiving. This bundle is 20% off the regular price.

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50 task cards focused on the use of present simple, present continuous and stative verbs. Each task card contains a picture prompt. Use them to play Kaboom Game or Scoot, they are great for Centers, Quiz Games, can be used as Bell Ringers. Low prep, just print out and cut up.

Contains:

• 50 task cards - they double up as Kaboom! sentence cards and Scoot cards
• 10 Kaboom! cards
• 5 answer sheets for Scoot
• instructions
• keys

This product focuses on:

• present simple
• present continuous
• the difference in use between the two tenses
• stative verbs

INSTRUCTIONS:

Kaboom! Game

• print out and cut up the numbered sentence cards and Kaboom! cards, laminate (optional)
• put them in a receptacle of your choice
• decide on how long you want to spend on this activity and set a timer
• pupils take turns pulling out a card and finishing or making a sentence using cues and picture prompts
• if they say it right, they get to keep the card
• if they get it wrong, they put it back
• the next pupil takes a turn
• if they pull out a Kaboom! card, they put all their cards back, feel free to use as many (or as few) Kaboom! card as you wish
• pupil with the most cards at the end wins

Scoot Game

• use the numbered sentence cards, each student gets a recording sheet
• place one card on each student's desk. If you have fewer students than cards, feel free to not use the whole deck.
• plan a route, make sure your students understand which way they are supposed to move
• start the game by having each pupil write the answer to their card on their answer sheet
• when students are finished, call out "SCOOT" and they move to their neighbour's desk where they write the answer to the card on that desk
• call out "SCOOT" again, students move again, continue until students have answered all the cards
• answer sheets can be corrected with the whole group, in pairs or collected for a later correction

If you loved this product, please be sure to come back to my store and leave feedback. By leaving feedback, you can earn credit towards your future purchases!

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Past Simple vs. Past Continuous Kaboom Game - When & While

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Question Tag Kaboom! Game (also called Zap! or Bam!)

Kaboom is a fun game to review the use of adjectives and adverbs, 90 cards in total. It can be played in small groups or with the whole class. Low prep, just print out and cut up. 2 worksheets as a bonus.

Troublesome sense verbs (look, smell, taste, feel, sound), which are followed by adjectives (unlike in many other languages), are included.

How to play:

• print out and cut up the cards
• put them in a receptacle of your choice
• decide on how long you want to spend on this activity and set a timer
• pupils take turns pulling out a card and reading the sentence
• if they say it right, they get to keep the card
• if they get it wrong, they put it back
• the next pupil takes a turn
• if they pull out a Kaboom! card, they put all their cards back
• pupil with the most cards at the end wins

Contains:

• 75 adjective vs adverb cards
• 15 Kaboom! cards
• 2 worksheets with keys

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Comparative and Superlative Adjectives - Sorts and Games

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A speaking game to practice PAST SIMPLE and PAST CONTINUOUS (progressive) in sentences with WHEN and WHILE. It contains 60 speaking cards and 10 Kaboom cards. A fun way to practice difficult grammar. Low prep, prints great in colour and in grayscale.

How to play Kaboom!:

• print out and cut up the cards
• put them in a receptacle of your choice
• decide on how long you want to spend on this activity and set a timer
• pupils take turns pulling out a card and forming the sentence
• students form sentences using the provided subjects, verbs and picture prompts
• students may need to add prepositions, articles or pronouns to form a grammatically correct sentence
• WHEN should be followed by a clause in PAST SIMPLE
• WHILE should be followed by a clause in PAST CONTINUOUS (verbs that do not form past continuous, such as want, know, need, understand etc., have been omitted)
• if they say it right, they get to keep the card
• if they get it wrong, they put it back
• the next pupil takes a turn
• if they pull out a Kaboom! card, they put all their cards back
• pupil with the most cards when the time is up wins

It contains 70 cards:

♥ 30 speaking cards with WHEN

♥ 30 speaking cards with WHILE

♥ 10 Kaboom! cards

♥ key

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Subject and Object Pronoun Kaboom! Game (also called Zap and Bam)

Irregular Verb Rhyming Kaboom Game (also called Zap or Bam)

Question Tag Kaboom! Game (also called Zap! or Bam!)

A fun game to review subject and object pronouns. Low prep, just print out and cut up. It contains 48 pronoun cards and 12 Kaboom! cards.

How to play:

• print out and cut up the cards
• put them in a receptacle of your choice
• decide on how long you want to spend on this activity and set a timer
• pupils take turns pulling out a card and reading the sentence
• if they say it right, they get to keep the card
• if they get it wrong, they put it back
• the next pupil takes a turn
• if they pull out a Kaboom! card, they put all their cards back
• pupil with the most cards at the end wins

Contains:

• 48 pronoun cards
• 12 Kaboom! cards

If you loved this product, please be sure to come back to my store and leave feedback. By leaving feedback, you can earn credit towards your future purchases!

You may also like:

Irregular Verb Rhyming Kaboom Game (also called Zap or Bam)

Question Tag Kaboom! Game (also called Zap! or Bam!)

Past Simple vs. Past Continuous Kaboom Game - When & While

50 unique task cards focused on teaching if-clauses and the use of the SECOND CONDITIONAL. Each task card contains a picture prompt. Use them to play Kaboom Game or Scoot, they are great for Centers, Quiz Games, can be used as Bell Ringers. Low prep, just print out and cut up.

Sentence domino as a BONUS - ideal for fast finishers!

Contains:

• 50 unique task cards - they double up as Kaboom! sentence cards and Scoot cards
• 10 Kaboom! cards
• 5 answer sheets for Scoot
• 12 sentence domino cards
• instructions
• keys

INSTRUCTIONS:

Kaboom! Game

• print out and cut up the numbered sentence cards and Kaboom! cards, laminate (optional)
• put them in a receptacle of your choice
• decide on how long you want to spend on this activity and set a timer
• pupils take turns pulling out a card and finishing or making a sentence using cues and picture prompts
• if they say it right, they get to keep the card
• if they get it wrong, they put it back
• the next pupil takes a turn
• if they pull out a Kaboom! card, they put all their cards back, feel free to use as many (or as few) Kaboom! card as you wish
• pupil with the most cards at the end wins

Scoot Game

• use the numbered sentence cards, each student gets a recording sheet
• place one card on each student's desk. If you have fewer students than cards, feel free to not use the whole deck.
• plan a route, make sure your students understand which way they are supposed to move
• start the game by having each pupil write the answer to their card on their answer sheet
• when students are finished, call out "SCOOT" and they move to their neighbour's desk where they write the answer to the card on that desk
• call out "SCOOT" again, students move again, continue until students have answered all the cards
• answer sheets can be corrected with the whole group, in pairs or collected for a later correction

If you loved this product, please be sure to come back to my store and leave feedback. By leaving feedback, you can earn credit towards your future purchases!

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Present Simple vs. Continuous Task Cards - Kaboom Game, Scoot, Centres

Past Simple vs. Past Continuous Kaboom Game - When & While

50 task cards focused on the use of past simple and present perfect. Each task card contains a picture prompt. Use them to play Kaboom Game or Scoot, they are great for Centers, Quiz Games, can be used as Bell Ringers. Low prep, just print out and cut up.

Contains:

• 50 task cards - they double up as Kaboom! sentence cards and Scoot cards
• 10 Kaboom! cards
• 5 answer sheets for Scoot
• instructions
• keys

This product focuses on:

• past simple
• present perfect
• the difference in use between the two tenses

INSTRUCTIONS:

Kaboom! Game

• print out and cut up the numbered sentence cards and Kaboom! cards, laminate (optional)
• put them in a receptacle of your choice
• decide on how long you want to spend on this activity and set a timer
• pupils take turns pulling out a card and finishing or making a sentence using cues and picture prompts
• if they say it right, they get to keep the card
• if they get it wrong, they put it back
• the next pupil takes a turn
• if they pull out a Kaboom! card, they put all their cards back, feel free to use as many (or as few) Kaboom! card as you wish
• pupil with the most cards at the end wins

Scoot Game

• use the numbered sentence cards, each student gets a recording sheet
• place one card on each student's desk. If you have fewer students than cards, feel free to not use the whole deck.
• plan a route, make sure your students understand which way they are supposed to move
• start the game by having each pupil write the answer to their card on their answer sheet
• when students are finished, call out "SCOOT" and they move to their neighbor's desk where they write the answer to the card on that desk
• call out "SCOOT" again, students move again, continue until students have answered all the cards
• answer sheets can be corrected with the whole group, in pairs or collected for a later correction

If you loved this product, please be sure to come back to my store and leave feedback. By leaving feedback, you can earn credit towards your future purchases!

You may also like:

Past Simple vs. Past Continuous Kaboom Game - When & While

Present Perfect - Already, Just, (Not) Yet - Kaboom Game, Scoot, Centres

Grammar Tables | All 12 English Tenses | Handouts