5 quick games for vocabulary revision for current

unit
Purpose: vocabulary revision for CURRENT UNIT
Any level but for some games students need to have
practised techniques for categorising words (this is a
verb, an adjective, this is a past simple...)
Timing: about 10 minutes
No material needed

A) Word telepathy
Have a volunteer sit at the front of the class with his/her
back at the board. Write a word from the unit on the
blackboard. The class must help the volunteer to identify
the word. E.g. The word shoe. Student might say
something similar to: you wear this on you feet, A
boot/trainer is one type, you can buy this in Camper
shop.
B) Sentence telepathy

The same as before but with a sentence. Review these

basic

categories

before

determinate/indeterminate

article

you

do

(a/an/some/the)

it:
as

they need to use grammatical terms to help the

volunteer. E.g. Maria is wearing a t-shirt (A girl in the
class with short hair + verb to be + verb to have clothes
on you body in the gerund+ indeterminate article+ Jordi
Carlos is wearing this today).C)
C) Lip reading
Tell the student the category of the word (words related
to hair, sport...). Ask the students to read your lips and
say aloud the words you are saying.
D) Todays question
The question is on board when students arrive. Best
questions use current lesson grammar and vocabulary. If
the question is about a grammar point you may allow the

students to tell you the answer in their native language.

Give the student who answer the question properly some
reward (a positive point). E.g. Why are these sentence
wrong?: * I wearing a jacket, * It rains now, *My fathers
aren`t like Coke.
E) Stepping stones
Tell the students the vocabulary class of the exercise. E.g.
FEAR. The first two rows of students are team A, next two
B, next two C (or A and B if you have less students)
Draw this on the board:

TEAM A) o o o o
TEAM B) o o o o
Students need to cross a dangerous river stepping on the
stones:the os.

Imagine

the

word

to

guess

is

SPIDER

The teacher writes S on the blackboard. Team A says one

word from the lesson ( e.g. spider), if the word is spider
the teacher checks meaning and puts an X on the stone
.If it is not team A does not win the first stone. The
teacher writes the next letter of the word SC. Team B says
e.g. scare. If this correct the teacher checks meaning
before giving the X. If the word is not scare the teacher
writes next letter SCA etc. The word in this example is
scar. The first team step on all the stones, wins.
F) Crazy eraser
To end the class on a high note and avoid misbehaviour,
rub the board with the duster/eraser chopping of parts of
the words. Students need to reconstruct what was