Speaking

English Conversation Practice Questions

This is a long list of English questions you can use for any reason! I use them to begin my classes and sometimes when I want to wander the hallways and ambush students with English conversation!

Have to~ Must (Schools around the World)

This is a PowerPoint guessing game about school rules in different countries.

Shichi Narabe Card Game

Sevens Card Game that can be used for JHS 2 "How + adjective! / What a + adjective + noun!" (unlisted grammar), JHS 1 “She looks sleepy / That sounds scary” and ES Y3 "What ____ do you like"

Who~, Is he/she~ Spinner Game

This is a board game to be played in pairs to practice the target grammar, 'Who~, Is he/she?'

Myths and Urban Legends

A basic lesson on myths and urban legends around the world!

Do you have a/an~?

This is meant to be a whole lesson for Let's Try 2 Unit 5. This is good for 2nd or 3rd lesson in the unit. Feel free to edit as needed.

My Summer Vacation Verb/Sentence Practice

Worksheet to do after summer vacation to get the students writing again and thinking about how to talk about their summer experiences

I see/ I spy game (How many~)

A class based activity that is a question and answer format for the teachers and students. (Blue Sky 1 - Target 11)

Sugoroku: ES Y-3: What Do You Like?

Target students: Elementary 3rd graders and 4th graders. It's also relevant for special needs kids. Students can play this game to practice "What do you like?" and "I like ~~~~".

gerunds practice

Simple worksheet for practicing -ing verbs.

"Do you like ________? "Let's Try 1 Unit 4

This is a practice/activity for 3年生 elementary school students to practice asking "Do you like _____?" and answering "Yes, I do." / "No, I don't." Focused on Let's Try 1 pg 17

Criss Cross Game

This is a good warm up and can be used with most grades for basically any lesson to help kids use target phrases.

New Horizon 3 Unit 3 Jeopardy!

This is a jeopardy game that I created for my third graders in junior high school. It's based on unit 3 in the New Horizon textbook.

Let's play tag - or just 鬼ごっこ

An attempt at playing tag within a classroom but there's no running or touching. Practices prepositions (behind, in front of, between, near) and some school locations. For JHS 1 and maybe ES.

Anime Guessing Game - "What are they doing?"

A fun game great for practicing present continuous/progressive with 1st year Junior High School students using images of different anime characters.

He/She can~ 3 hint quiz

A 3 hint quiz style guessing game to practice "He/She can ~ ". Made for New Horizon Elementary 5 unit 4

He is~ She is~ Speaking activity

This activity can be a warm up activity or a practice speaking activity. This will help students practice speaking and make sentence with the information they have about a person.

Question Board Challenge

-This is a question-and-answer board game for mid-level middle and high school. Students ask questions based on the answer they want instead of a set script and answer challenges for team points.

He/She is Pronoun Practice

Small ES warmup activity to practice "He is..." and "She is..." with characters

2 Truths, 1 Lie: JHS 1

A classic game you can edit to practice many grammar points! Students write truths and lies about themselves and then tell each other 2 truths and 1 lie. The listener must guess the lie!

Basic Introduction

A short PPT I made to help my special needs students practice a self-introduction. I made examples using popular characters all the students should know.

Like Rally 👍 (Speaking Act.)

Perfect activity to practice any dialogue. Students walk around, find a classmate and practice the dialogue. Once they're done, they can receive a "Nice!" sticker from their partner.

Loanwords

This is a game of association on loadwords for small group of JHS/HS students/English club.

Assassin

Anytime conversation-elimination game that requires no material preperation, but is immensly fun for students to play.

Describing Personality

A handout that aims to help students learn how to describe people's personalities.

Evaluation Activity Planning for SHS

This is a word document describing some potential activities for an evalution.

Mario Kart English Race 🏎️ (Boardgame)

Great for reviewing a wide range of things (unit(s), Let's Talk, Enjoy Communication, a specific grammar point, etc.) in a Mario-Kart board game style.

Summer Vacation Conversation Activity

A 4-part activity with a game at the end to discuss what everyone did during summer vacation. Practices: Simple past (1st person and 3rd), forming questions, superlative, conversation.

CRAZY EIGHTS

This is a classic card game that is similar to UNO. With simplified rules, your students will be able to enjoy playing in no time at all!

NH3 (Units 1-3) Review Typhoon

Questions for the Typhoon Game to review New Horizon 3 Units 1 through 3.

Describing Feelings!

Students describe how they feel about certain topics!

Have You Been...?

Bingo and writing to practice "Have you been...?"

Let's make a pizza!

Students draw a pizza and write sentences about it.

Halloween: Make a Monster

Students roll a dice for random traits and must make a monster out of this.

Plan a Holiday

Students select a country card and must research and write about that country.

Let's make a curry!

Worksheet to help teach cooking vocabulary.

Ordering at a restaurant

This is an activity to practice ordering at a Philippine restaurant.

Minecraft Diamond Quest💎⛏(Sentence Practice Game)

A quick game that can be played as a warm up or end-of-class activity where the students play in teams in hopes of finding diamond by making sentences.

The Kindness Activity

Students will write kind messages to each other on a paper keepsake! I did it at the end of the school year before the break. The JTE loved it so much, she used the lesson for other classes..

1 Minute Challenge!

Challenge passing students to talk in English for 1 minute to get a sticker!