Classroom Language ESL Games, Worksheets and Activities

Here are two engaging classroom object games to help students learn and practice the names of common classroom objects. First, students play a pelmanism game where they match the names of classroom objects to pictures. In pairs, students take turns turning over a word card and a picture card. If the classroom object word matches with the picture, the student keeps the two cards and has another turn. If the two cards don't match, the student turns them back over. The student with the most pairs of cards at the end of the game wins. Next, students play a game in which they make sentences using the classroom objects vocabulary. Students take turns picking up a word card and reading the classroom object to their partner, who has 20 seconds to make a meaningful sentence using the word. If the student makes an appropriate sentence, they keep the card. If not, the card is placed at the bottom of the pile. The student with the most cards at the end of the game is the winner.

Here is a free classroom language game to help students practice classroom phrases and commands. Teams take turns rolling the dice. If a team rolls an odd number, a team member picks up a classroom command card and mimes the command to their teammate who has 30 seconds to say what it is. If the student is successful, the team wins and keeps the card. If not, the other team has one chance to guess and win the card. If a team rolls an even number, a team member picks up a 'What do you say?' card and reads the classroom situation on the card to their teammate who has 30 seconds to say the corresponding classroom language shown on the card. If the student says the correct classroom language, the team wins and keeps the card. If not, the other team tries to guess the answer. The team with the most cards at the end of the game wins.

In this useful classroom language worksheet, students learn and practice language used by a student during English class. Students begin by completing questions a student might ask during class with question words from a box. Next, students read classroom situations and write down which question they would use from Exercise A for each one. Students then match sentence halves together to make sentences a student might say in class. After that, students match questions and answers together that they would hear a teacher or student say. In pairs, students then cover the answers to the questions and practice asking and answering the questions with their partner. Lastly, students complete a short dialogue between a teacher and student using the classroom language from the worksheet.

This comprehensive classroom language worksheet helps students learn expressions used by a teacher during a typical English lesson. Students start by matching words together to create common phrases that a teacher uses in the classroom. Next, in pairs, students decide when a teacher would say the classroom phrases and put them into three categories, at the start of the lesson, during the lesson, and at the end of the lesson. Students then try to remember which of the phrases they have heard their teacher say already during the lesson. After that, students complete sentences with classroom language. Finally, students complete sentences with classroom object words from a box.