Category Archives: Vocabulary games

49 of the most reliable and adaptable TEFL classics

Posted on 09/07/2026 by alexcase

now with links to over 1500 examples from my online materials and e-books, including many of my new functional language ideas. Click on or google “TEFLtastic classics” and/ or: 80 coin games for EFL classes 79 board games for learning … Continue reading →

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50 trivia quizzes for EFL students (TEFLtastic classics Part 46)

Posted on 18/01/2021 by alexcase

When I was posting my list of the best of 2020, I noticed that a couple of the top ones were trivia quizzes and thought I should make sure that I had linked to them from my TEFLtastic Classics post … Continue reading →

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New teaching acronyms and other abbreviations resources

Posted on 11/09/2017 by alexcase

Two new articles with many teaching ideas and a few photocopiable examples on two brand new pages on the topic: Abbreviations games/ worksheets page – NEW PAGE Acronyms games/ worksheets – NEW PAGE

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A new word formation game

Posted on 01/08/2013 by alexcase

Came up with this one a bit too late to put it in my new article on the topic, but possibly better than any of the ones that did get in there. Students get one point for each correct statement … Continue reading →

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New Technical and Medical English worksheets

Posted on 08/03/2010 by alexcase

Some originally written for Onestopenglish but went missing during an editor change, so now available here for free: Technical English worksheets Medical English games/ worksheets

Posted in Business English and ESP, countable and uncountable nouns, Determiners and articles, Medical and pharmaceutical English, past tenses, relative clauses, Technical English, TEFL, Vocabulary, Vocabulary games | Leave a comment

The best end of term revision games

Posted on 10/12/2008 by alexcase

One way of finishing the term is with Xmas-themed stuff (see the post below). Another good one is lots of fun revision games. As I’ve spent a few years teaching students who want to do every page in the book … Continue reading →

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Nutty TEFL idea of the day

Posted on 07/11/2008 by alexcase

“Sole Mates” from “The Grammar Activity Book” Tie words that go together (such as collocations) to different students’ shoelaces. They then walk around putting their feet next to each other to try to match them up. If they make an … Continue reading →

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Dr Johnson plays Call My Bluff

Posted on 12/10/2008 by alexcase

More making up for the fact that Dr Johnson was never lucky enough to be a TEFL teacher, this time with one of my favourite TEFL games ever, Call My Bluff. In the classroom version you get the students to … Continue reading →

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Korean body parts vocabulary memory game

Posted on 11/09/2008 by alexcase

Read the Korean and my attempt to turn it into a picture based on the closest English sounds, see if you can guess the English meaning and then scroll down and check. Hopefully worth a look for people who are … Continue reading →

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It's a games games games games games games TEFLtastic world Part 2- Word bag games

Posted on 13/09/2007 by alexcase

This one was hiding at the back of my hard disk somewhere. If I’m not mistaken, it’s one of the first articles I ever wrote. Game ideas here and full article on the Articles page above (Article- More word bag activities) … Continue reading →

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