Party games for esl

you use must be touching horizontally, vertically, or diagonally in a chain. You can change directions mid-word.

2 min timer

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3. Green

4. Monday

5. A race car

6. Watermelon

7. Me!

Funniest question wins!

and the Beast

Toy Story

Finding Nemo

wins!

start and stop the spinners.

teacher shows the name of a celebrity (so everyone else can see their name except them).
The students have to find out which celebrity they are by asking yes/no questions, e.g. ‘Am I a man or a women?’ ‘Do I play football?’

Playing offline:
Everyone writes down the name of a celebrity on a sticky note.
Mix up the sticky notes and place one on the forehead of each student (so everyone else can see their name except them).
The students have to find out which celebrity they are by asking yes/no questions, e.g. ‘Am I a man or a women?’ ‘Do I play football?’

in the English alphabet?

Any two of: Arctic, North Atlantic, South Atlantic, North Pacific, South Pacific, Indian, and Southern Oceans.

2. Can you name two oceans?

3. Which language is most spoken as a first language?

Manderin Chinese.

4. Where did the Olympic games begin?

(Athens) Greece

hummingbird

6. Which bird can fly backwards?

7. What is Harry Potter’s middle name?

James

8. How many strings does a guitar have?

6 strings.

are there to support this). If they can tell you the correct country, click on the square to remove the text and choose a nought or a cross symbol.

of three celebrities, and secretly tells the teacher.
The teacher will write down the complete list. 
The class will be divided into two groups. 
The teacher will show the name of a celebrity to one member of the group (the rest of the class will have to look away from the screen.)
The student will try and describe the celebrity so their teammates can guess who it is.
Repeat steps 4 and 5 as many times as possible in 3 minutes.
It’s now time for the other group to try and beat that number!
When all celebrities have been guessed, the groups count up their points.

from the first round.
This time, the student who is describing the celebrity can only say three words.

Round three:
Recycle the celebrity names from the first and second rounds.
This time, the student who is describing cannot speak. They can only mime. For a really funny version of this game, they can attempt to act from underneath a sheet.

answers. Then see if other students can guess what they wrote...

Can you guess my favourite colour?
Can you guess my favourite animal?
Can you guess my favourite subject in school?
Can you guess my favourite food?

15 seconds!

Scenario Two
Escape the room by naming 8 objects in the classroom in 25 seconds!

Scenario Three
Escape the room by saying 10 verbs in 40 seconds!

Scenario Four
Escape the room by saying 10 adjectives in one minute!

(Some of these are very difficult - so good luck!)

Words beginning with ‘W’

Items in the classroom

Words with irregular plurals’

Things that start as eggs

Words you can combine with ‘ice’

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shopping’ mean?

a) shopping for windows

b) just looking, but not buying anything

c) shopping on an old computer

b) just looking, but not buying anything

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2. What does the phrase ‘a whale of a time mean?

a) a great time

b) a bad time

c) a long time

a) a great time

3. What does the word ‘burp’ mean?

a) The sound that comes out of your mouth after you eat a lot.

a) The sound that comes out of your mouth after you eat a lot.

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b) The sound that a dog makes.

b) a big mistake.

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Now think of your own questions!

to memorize every object before they disappear!

think would not be able to read or write?

2. How many would have a college level education?

3. How many people would not have a house or shelter?

4. How many people would have access to the internet?

5. How many people live on less than $2 per day?

6. How many people would speak English as a first language?

7. How many people would have a mobile phone?

8. One person would control what % of the money?

14

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7

23

44

15

5

75

50%

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a line from a song they know.  
In teams, try to guess the name of the song. 

was the best game we played?

What was the most difficult activity?

What was the most creative activity we did?

What was the funniest thing that happened?

What was the most difficult new word you learnt?

What was the loudest moment in class?