Category Archives: TEFL games

TEFLtastic grammar pages A to Z

Posted on 24/04/2017 by alexcase

Tens of pages of grammar with hundreds of PDFs, arranged alphabetically. If you like anything here and want more, please support TEFLtastic. Adverbs Adverbs of frequency Adverbs of manner  Articles Be and get used to Can/ Can’t Comparative adjectives games/ … Continue reading →

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TEFL reversi/ TEFL Othello (TEFLtastic classics part 26)

Posted on 22/11/2016 by alexcase

Possibly the best ever memory game. If you like anything here and want more, please support TEFLtastic.  This post is an attempt to revive a long-running series of posts on TEFL activities that are so good and so adaptable that … Continue reading →

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Two nice new activities for mixed future tenses

Posted on 07/07/2015 by alexcase

Along with the fact the authors have done boring stuff like workbooks so I don’t have to, what I most like about teaching with textbooks is the challenge of trying to come up with activities to tie together with whatever … Continue reading →

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New possessives activities page

Posted on 15/12/2014 by alexcase

Hoping to write an article or two on teaching this soon, but in the meantime have come up with 11 links for possessive S and possessive adjectives: Possessive forms games/ worksheets

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52 ESL finding things in common games (TEFLtastic classics part 25)

Posted on 08/12/2014 by alexcase

One of my 50 TEFLtastic Classics posts, with 33 photocopiable things in common PDFs and other teaching ideas. If you like this and want more, please support TEFLtastic.   I seem to have completely forgotten about this activity for a … Continue reading →

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New ELT games and other photocopiable activities October 2014

Posted on 29/10/2014 by alexcase

Actually more than a month’s supply as it’s been a while since I’ve done one of these posts, but with most recent top: Making Arrangements Phone Calls Game Analyse and write IELTS Speaking Part Two Tasks Past or Present? Used … Continue reading →

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Getting students to use more complex functional language

Posted on 20/08/2014 by alexcase

An expanded version of an article of mine just published in English Teaching Professional magazine as Keep Moving On Part One – available here on TEFLtastic for free! One of the best language learning tips that I have used and passed … Continue reading →

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71 board games for learning English (TEFLtastic classics part 23)

Posted on 11/08/2014 by alexcase

Board games PDFs and teaching ideas for EFL classes, part of the TEFLtastic Classics series of the most adaptable activities in TEFL. If you like anything here and want more, please support TEFLtastic. Using board games articles and blog posts … Continue reading →

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Using blocks/ stacking games blocks to practise language

Posted on 28/07/2014 by alexcase

I forgot to say this in the article I just published on the topic, but this is one of my favourite games in one-to-one young learner classes, because I’m often genuinely worse than the students at stacking blocks, plastic cups … Continue reading →

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Games/ worksheets for 47 grammar points now easier to find

Posted on 09/06/2014 by alexcase

Have begun the reorganisation mentioned in my last post, making sure you don’t have to open and then close so many windows to get at the worksheets you are after, starting by adding all the grammar sub-menus to the main grammar … Continue reading →

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