Classroom 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 activites under each topic area.
Revision chocolate bars  


This is a version of the popular game Battleships. In this version, instead of blowing up battleships, teams have to find hidden 'chocolate bars'. I usually do this on the whiteboard.

Average: 3.6 (30 votes)
Grass skirts revision race  

This activity gets the students motivated with a competitive revision race.

Average: 3.6 (18 votes)
Regrets  

This is a speaking exercise for intermediate+ learners which provides them with an opportunity to review and practise the 'should have' structure for expressing regrets.

Average: 2.7 (3 votes)
Revision activities  

On these pages you will find ideas for classroom activities to help your students with revision.

Fun revision quiz  

This activity is based on the format of most of the quiz shows currently shown on television. I have tried it with different ages and levels and it has proved to be a fun and challenging way of doing revision.

Average: 2.6 (5 votes)
The best place in the world  

This is a speaking exercise for pre-intermediate and intermediate level learners which provides them with an opportunity to review and practise the superlative form whilst personalising it.

Average: 2 (1 vote)
Slap the board - A vocabulary revision activity  

Slap the board is an energetic vocabulary activity - it can be used for revision, presentation and testing - which involves students running to and hitting the board.

Revising defining relative clauses  

These activities provide meaningful tasks for what can sometimes be a tricky grammar area.

Average: 3 (1 vote)
Class secrets for modals for possibility  

This is a speaking exercise for modal verbs used to express possibility, for intermediate / upper intermediate classes.

Average: 5 (1 vote)
How to measure advanced level students' progress  

No matter what textbook(s) you may use, you will need some special tasks for a lesson which is dedicated to measuring the progress of your advanced level students.

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