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.

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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.

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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.

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