Activities
In this section you will find a wide range of classroom activities sent in by contributors around the world. Click the links below to select activities under each topic area.
Goodbye game  

This activity is great for last lessons of a course, but could be used in other contexts too. It is influenced by an idea from Headway Pre-Intermediate.

Average: 3.9 (10 votes)
Lucky number 6  

This is a quick simple game that reviews question forms and can be used as a warmer or a filler at the end of the lesson with all students aged 7 – 11.

Average: 3.2 (18 votes)
Pairwork: tai chi classes  

This is a simple pairwork activity that can be used with low level groups to provide practice in the present simple question form – What does he/she do on…?, days of the week, times and leisure activities. The lesson is designed for adults but could also be used with older teenagers.

Average: 3.4 (15 votes)
Shopping at the minimarket  

This speaking activity reviews uncountable and countable nouns (food), some/any and prices and is suitable for pre-intermediate 9 -11 year olds.

Average: 3 (24 votes)
Mingling: True or false?  

 This is a simple mingling activity that can be used with low level groups to provide practice in asking and answering questions. The lesson is designed for adults but could also be used with older teenagers.

Average: 3.8 (12 votes)
Pairwork: What’s in the fridge?  

 This is a another simple pairwork activity that can be used with low level groups to provide practice in countable and uncountable nouns, in the question structure – How much … is there? /How many … are there? and the corresponding answers There is … / There are … and food vocabulary. The lesson is designed for adults but could also be used with older teenagers.

Average: 3.5 (13 votes)
Noah's Ark in Space  

This is a small group, free discussion activity aimed at pre-intermediate students and above, in which students are asked to decide which animals should be selected to go aboard a space-craft in order to safeguard their survival. Time: About thirty minutes.

Average: 3.4 (19 votes)
Inside lives  

This activity practices students’ listening and speaking skills.

Average: 2 (2 votes)
Artists as immigrants  

This activity attempts to challenge some of the preconceptions that people often have about immigrants by looking at a group of artists that have emigrated and exploring some of the challenges they

Average: 3.1 (10 votes)
Who is it?  

In this activity students listen to information about two people who emigrated to Dublin. They then have to create profiles of other immigrants based on the text from the listening.

Average: 3.7 (16 votes)
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