These are my articles with ideas arranged by kinds of games. See my pages on grammar, vocabulary, writing etc for games for specific language points and skills.
Related pages
TEFL games for kids page (and many of the ones below are also suitable for teens and higher-level young learners)
Articles on TEFL games
Ball games – NEW LINK
19 simple, fun and effective ESL board games – LINK UPDATED
21 classic TEFL card games – LINK UPDATED
Rethinking running around games – LINK UPDATED
Running dictations in EFL classes – LINK UPDATED
Why does my teacher use games in an adult class?
Finding Variations on Find Someone Who (mingling games)
Drawing on Drawing Games Three- Competition, Challenges and Cooperation
Drawing on Drawing Games Two- Picture Dictation
Drawing on Drawing Games One- Pictionary
15 variations on grammar reversi – LINK UPDATED
15 Q and A personalisation games – LINK UPDATED
15 variations on TEFL boardgames – LINK UPDATED
15 variations on a grammar auction – LINK UPDATED
15 variations on the Clap Clap Clap game – LINK UPDATED
Movement in adult classes (TPR games etc) – LINK UPDATED
Playing with our Word Bag – LINK FIXED
Finding things in common – LINK UPDATED
Picture dictionary games and actitivies – LINK UPDATED
Problems, solutions and variations for hangman in EFL – LINK UPDATED
Speaking games for beginners and false beginners – LINK UPDATED
15 fun gapfill task games – LINK UPDATED
15 ways to make multiple choice questions manageable and fun – LINK UPDATED
15 variations on Find Someone who and mingling games – LINK UPDATED
The 15 best TEFL drawing games – LINK UPDATED
15 physical TEFL warmers and game for adults – LINK UPDATED
The 15 best TEFL games with miming/ TPR – LINK UPDATED
15 warmers for true/ false tasks – LINK UPDATED
15 fun ways of using a whiteboard – LINK UPDATED
15 fun things to do with an OHP – LINK UPDATED
A well-balanced use of warmers and fillers – LINK UPDATED
The big list of language for playing games – LINK UPDATED
Low prep games with common classroom objects
15 zero preparation games with just scrap paper – LINK UPDATED
15 no-prep games using little bits of blank paper – LINK UPDATED
TEFLtastic classics (blog posts with descriptions and links to worksheets)
Finding things in common games – NEW LINK
Bluffing games/ Lying games – NEW LINK
TEFL board games – NEW LINK
Pick and draw – NEW LINK
Longer phrases card games (TEFLtastic Classics Part Nineteen)
Random pelmanism (TEFLtastic classics Part 18)
Chain writing/ Consequences (TEFLtastic classics Part 17)
TEFL dice games (TEFLtastic Classics Part 16)
The accusations game (TEFLtastic classics Part 15)
Rotating revision board game (TEFLtastic classics Part 14)
Politeness competition (TEFLtastic classics Part 13)
Prepositions pairwork game/ Determiners pairwork game
Numbers pairwork guessing game
Step up the pressure roleplays (TEFLtastic classics Part Five)
Tips and useful phrases – TEFLtastic classics Part Four
Answer me! (TEFLtastic classics Part Three)
The sentence completion guessing game – TEFLtastic classics Part Two
Extended speaking tasks (TEFLtastic classics Part One)
Updated 12 September 2022
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