English Actvities

1. Last Man Standing

This game is fast-paced, but allows students some time to think. It also encourages peer learning, as
students will pick up on words they hear others speaking. To play the game, grab a ball and have all the
students form a circle. Name a category or theme, such as things found in a kitchen, food, professions, and
so on.Begin by tossing the ball at a student. That student will shout a word related to the theme and throw
the ball to another student. As each person catches the ball, they need to come up with another word that
fits the theme. If they repeat a word that has already been said or can’t think of a new one within a few
seconds, they are out and must sit on the sidelines. Don’t worry, they’ll still be learning!Take things up a
notch with a different version of “Last Man Standing.” Instead of naming a theme, each student gives the
next student another theme. For example, you might start off with “something red.” The first student to
catch the ball could say “strawberry” and then choose another topic and throw the ball to the next
student. This makes the game much more difficult, since students cannot think of a word until they know
what their theme is.

2.Charades
Charades is quite similar to Pictionary, but it uses actions to communicate the secret word in
place of photos. This is a great game for those days when your class is dragging and people are
falling asleep. Get them up and get them moving!Write down words on slips of paper for
students to choose. Verbs are likely to be the easiest, but you can also use more complicated
words, provided you are sure most of the students know them.Divide the class into two teams
and have one person from each team choose a piece of paper and act out the word. The teams
must guess the correct word before three minutes run out. For each correct word, that team
receives a point. The team that hits ten points first is the winning team.
3.Categories
Students will beg to play this game once they get the hang of it! It’s a great way to fill up the
last few minutes of class, too.Have students draw six columns on their paper and write a
category at the top of each column. You can choose categories that fit what you’ve been
studying in class or go with some basics. Popular categories include food, names, cities or
countries, furniture, verbs and clothing. Choose a random letter and write it on the board. Give
students enough time to write down a word for each category that starts with that letter. You
can repeat with new letters as many times as you like
4.Letter Scramble
Take a list of words that your students have recently learned and write a scrambled version of
each on the board. Allow students to unscramble the words on their paper. The first one to
finish deciphering all the words wins.
5.Chalkboard Acronym
Write a word vertically on the board and then have students come up, one at a time, to write a
word starting with each letter of the vertical word. For example:CuteUnderPorcelainM
Make this tougher by requiring the words to be related to the acronym.

6. Debates:
Give each student a piece of paper with “agree” written on one side and “disagree” on the
other side. Read aloud a controversial statement, and have each student hold up
their paper showing the agree or disagree side depending on their opinion. Choose one
student from each side to explain their position and participate in a short debate.

7. Impromptu speaking:
Prepare a list of topics that students will be able to talk about. Split the class into two teams,
and have each student choose a number—that’s the order they will go in. Each student will
respond to a statement without preparation. They must continue speaking for 45 seconds. As
the student is speaking, the other team listens for moments of hesitation, grammatical
mistakes, and vocabulary mistakes. If the other team can correctly identify an error, they get a
point.

8. Dictionery Deception
This game is based on a popular box game. To start the game, the teacher chooses a word for
which no student will know the meaning. The teacher writes the word on the chalkboard and
writes the definition of the word on a sheet of paper from a small pad.Then the teacher hands
a sheet from the same pad to each student. Each student must write on that sheet his or her
name and a made-up definition of the word. The teacher collects all the definitions.One by
one, the teacher reads the definitions. Students consider each definition. Then, as the teacher
rereads them, the students vote for the definition that they believe is the real meaning of the
word. Students earn a point if they guess the definition correctly; they also earn a point each
time another student selects their (fake) definition as the true meaning of the word.The person
with the most points at the end of the game wins.

9. Blindfold Conversation –
It’s very simple to play, but oh, so much fun for students, plus a fantastic way to review any
type of vocabulary. Place several items inside a bag, like classroom objects. Divide the class
into two teams and students take turns wearing the blindfold. They must take an item from the
bag and feel it to say what it is. There are plenty of ways to make this game more challenging,
like using items that have a similar texture, like a bag of clothes.

9. What’s Missing ?-
Ask 2 or 3 students to be volunteers and have them hold the flash cards and say the word on
the card. Next, ask the students to turn the cards facing away from the class. Then ask 1 (or 2)
students to show their cards. Now the students have to guess the remaining card that is not
showing.
10. Adverb Fun :-
Supplies:1) Write on the board an activity, like ‘he is walking the street’.2) Choose a student
and call him to the board.3) Show him one of the cards with an adverb on it, example ‘slowly’.
4) Ask him to mime the action.5) Allow the class a chance to guess.6) Whoever guesses the
complete sentence with the adverb first, i.e. ‘he is walking the street slowly’, gets a chance to
enact next.

11. Memorial day world jumble -

Can you unscramble these Memorial Day words? Riesodl,Setrepc, Rymtecee, Roonh, Drfeemo

12.Spallthon :-
Put all the index cards in a basket. Mix them up well.• Call out a player and ask her to be the
‘caller’. She calls out a word (anything that comes to her mind). If the other player has difficulty
understanding the word, then she can ‘pronounce’ it out in a way that’s easy to understand.•
The other player walks up to the box and spells out the word with the index cards.• You can
also be the ‘caller’ in case you’re playing with a large group. Feel free to introduce difficult and
new words if you’re the one who’s calling out the words. This will help the kids learn new
words and enrich their vocabulary in a cool way!

13.Sticky Families of word-

Put all the index cards in a basket. Mix them up well.• Call out a player and ask her to be the
‘caller’. She calls out a word (anything that comes to her mind). If the other player has difficulty
understanding the word, then she can ‘pronounce’ it out in a way that’s easy to understand •
The other player walks up to the box and spells out the word with the index cards. • You can
also be the ‘caller’ in case you’re playing with a large group. Feel free to introduce difficult and
new words if you’re the one who’s calling out the words. This will help the kids learn new
words and enrich their vocabulary in a cool way!

14.Write a Story :
Conduct this activity with your class after they have been introduced to creative writing and
practiced quite a bit of paragraph construction. • Write down 5 nouns and 5 verbs on the
board. • Ask them to write a meaningful story with the words on the board.• They can add
their own words but cannot ignore even one word from the list. • The name of the story must
consist of words from the list on the white board.