Esl deck of cards games

Put the cards on the board with magnets or small pieces of tape. If possible, have the cards hung before class starts to save valuable time.

Young students become very antsy and disruptive when they have to wait. Create a PowerPoint game. For the tech-savvy, you can create a PowerPoint with numbers in the squares, or find a free template online. The students first choose a number. A word or picture is revealed which then disappears. The students choose another number, trying to find a match. You can either use a traditional deck of cards and focus on structuring questions and identifying numbers, or you can make up your own set of illustrated cards for key vocabulary.

These were perfect for Go Fish when they were numerous. Divide students into small groups of Deal out cards per students, and then dump the rest of the cards face down in the center. Mix them up well! You know the drill from here on out: First students lay down any matches they have in their hands.

Then students will go around in a circle asking each other if they have a match for their particular vocabulary words or numbers. If the other student has a match, he or she has to pass it over to the questioner. The matching cards get set aside into a pile. At the end of the game, the student who finished their hand first may be the winner—but the ultimate winner will have the most matching sets of cards in their pile.

Yes, I do. Feel free to be creative and adjust the asking phrases to match your key vocabulary. No, no. Deal seven cards to each student in the playing group. Place the deck in the center and flip one card over to create the discard pile.

Students will then take turns playing the cards in their hand on the discard deck. Now, how do they practice their English with this game? Have the playing student speak the number, color and command if applicable of each card out loud while they play it.

This will help them practice identifying colors and numbers quickly and naturally. The winner is the student who gets rid of all their cards first.

It is! But you can rework this classic party-night game to be an excellent, engaging and activity-driven game for in-class English practice. The next student would create a sentence in the Present Perfect, using one of the verbs in the table according to a card in her hands.

The student, at the end of the game, with the most card wins and is also the least "experienced" person! If playing this game with Present Simple, students would say things like, "I don't go to the gym.

Use this game to review four tenses or grammatical forms at the same time! Depending on your students' level and what you intend on reviewing, create a table like the following examples. Shuffle the cards and put the deck face down in the middle of the students.

Students take turns drawing one card at a time and need to create examples depending on the card they draw. The other players must make sure the example given is correct! If it is, the student gets to keep that card. If it is incorrect, the student has to put the card on the bottom of the draw pile. The student with the most cards at the end of the game wins! Be creative and adapt these games to meet your students' needs and levels!

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These are some fun card games for an ESL class. Do you like to play any other card games? Labels: ESL Games. No comments:. Newer Post Older Post Home. Separate the students into two teams. A student in Team A takes a card and performs the action.

If the statement is correct, the team gets to keep the card. The team with the most cards wins. You can use this worksheet for a Health and Body Taboo , or create your own with any vocabulary you want to practice. Prepare a set of 10 to 12 cards with expressions students will need to use in a discussion.

Each student gets five cards. Give each pair a topic to discuss. Each student must try to use the expressions that are written on the cards they have been dealt. Once they use a card, they put it face down on the table. The goal of the game is to be the last person to put down a card.