This is an adaptation of the popular game we all played as children when we had to pick up matching pictures, but in this activity we use the two parts of collocations.

I've commonly found that although students are able to remember words and what they mean, they still have problems when they actually try to use the words in a sentence.

To check how rich my students' vocabulary is, I have them play the snake-word game.

These are two of the lexical threads that I use when dealing with the vast amounts of words that come up within my own classroom teaching.

Here is a lively and distinctive activity to practise vocabulary.

This is a good way to help kids learn and review their vocabulary. It really helps them with the alphabet and spelling.

This game can be adapted for matching definitions to words or matching opposites.

This activity follows on from the Think article Lexical exploitation of texts. It is often necessary to recycle new words several times in class before they become part of learners' active vocabulary,