Category Archives: TEFL games

Having a Ball: EFL ball games (TEFLtastic Classics Part 34)

Posted on 03/06/2018 by alexcase

Another of my articles for ETP on basic TEFL games and their many uses and variations. Not many photocopiables possible for this one, but one example included below.   Although I would put the blocks that I wrote about here … Continue reading →

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New plurals teaching tips, games and pdfs

Posted on 16/05/2018 by alexcase

Not quite sure how I managed to churn out pages of stuff on Present Perfect Continuous and not a single teaching idea or photocopiable on plural nouns in the first ten years of this blog. I kind of feel like blaming Headway, … Continue reading →

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Stacks of fun: EFL blocks games (TEFLtastic classics Part 32)

Posted on 06/03/2018 by alexcase

Fourth in my recent series of articles in English Teaching Professional. See bottom of the page for links to a couple of photocopiables, two other articles on the topic, and lots more posts on classic TEFL games. If you like … Continue reading →

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42 EFL sentence completion games (TEFLtastic classics Part Two revisited)

Posted on 19/01/2018 by alexcase

Just after previously writing about sentence completion guessing games, I realised that the sentence stems were perfect for a bluffing game in which students completed the sentences with a mix of true and made up info – especially useful if students … Continue reading →

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Three new Xmas worksheets

Posted on 19/12/2017 by alexcase

Some rather last minute or slightly early (depending on how you think about it) Xmas presents from me to you: Xmas and New Year meetings – NEW Xmas vocabulary passive voice guessing game – NEW Xmas vocabulary yes/no questions games (20 … Continue reading →

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New Yes/ No questions classroom activities article and page

Posted on 08/12/2017 by alexcase

Not sure how in ten years and over 200 articles it never occurred to me before, but have finally written a how to article and made a page for it to live on, with 26 photocopiable worksheets on the topic, … Continue reading →

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Lots of new country and nationality word activities

Posted on 21/11/2017 by alexcase

New article on the topic: How to teach country and nationality words – NEW and many of those ideas also available as photocopiable worksheets on my page on the topic, including a few new ones and with more coming soon: … Continue reading →

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50 EFL jigsaw activities (TEFLtastic Classics Part 31)

Posted on 15/11/2017 by alexcase

Another article of mine just published in English Teaching Professional magazine, available here for free and with added links to example worksheets. Now with the worksheets top and the article underneath. If you’d like to help me spend more time … Continue reading →

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35 Make Me Say Yes games (TEFLtastic classics Part 30)

Posted on 25/09/2017 by alexcase

The simplest game in the world – students get one point each time they can make their partners say “Yes” in answer to a personal Yes/ No question like “Can you swim?” and “Have you got any brothers and sisters?” The … Continue reading →

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85 coin games for EFL classes (TEFLtastic Classics part 29)

Posted on 20/09/2017 by alexcase

Flipping a coin to practise grammar, functional language, etc, etc. If you like anything here and want more, please support TEFLtastic.  Many many ideas on using a coin in TEFL, published in English Teaching Professional (ETP) magazine but available for free … Continue reading →

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