10 GAMES TO REVISE AND HAVE FUN

RUNNING DICTATION
Divide your students into groups. Display copies of the next texts on the
classroom walls. One learner in the group has to run to the corresponding
text and read it, try to memorise as much of it as possible and run back to
their partners and dictate it to them. Each group should have a written
version of the text; the running student may rotate as they wish. The first
group to finish with the fewest mistakes is the winner. Students can then
put the paragraphs of the story in the right order.
2) PASS THE MESSAGE
Running
Write some dictation
messages on slips of paper. Take one message at a time and
TEXT 1
show it to one student sitting at the front. Let this student read the
At night, there were people sleeping everywhere. We could hardly move! My seven cousins
sleptmessage and then
in our bedroom putsister
with my it away. TellSome
and me. themadults
to write
sleptthis message
in the down
living room and and
show
others it parents´room.
in my to the next student following
When somebody gotthe
up,same procedure.
everybody woke up,The process
so they is
got up,
too. repeated until the last student reads the message aloud. There will be cries
TEXT of2astonishment! You may then discuss where and why the changes
What? You think this was a mess? No… there were nine children and six adults, there was
happened.
no room for us to be comfortable and if it rained we all had to stay in and play board
games or watch TV. Sometimes it was so noisy in the house that my ears hurt but it was all
Some suggested messages:
worth it. It was the best summer ever.TEXT 3
InDid
the you go tomy
mornings, themother
supermarket to buy
and my aunts some breakfast
prepared fruit? for all the children. It was
Is JennyWe
fantastic! the
hadgirl with
milk, short
some curly
toast withblack
honeyhair?
and butter and some home-made cookies or
Please, remember to do you English homework this afternoon.
cakes.
I am reading a very interesting book about a princess and a castle.
In my bedroom I have a laptop, a big wardrobe and a white bed.
Why don´t we go to the cinema to see a romantic film?
TEXT 4
It was summer of 2003 and I was only eight years old. My parents, my sister and I lived in a
small3) A and
town GROWING
we had a bigLIST
family living in the city. They were visiting us for the summer
and we
Read aloud one of thethem
were so happy to see that we
phrases couldn´t
below andwait
have foryour
themstudents
to come. We
takeorganised
turns to
the house but when they finally arrived, we realised that there wasn´t
repeat it and add no more than two words. If they can´t remember all enough room forthe
everybody!TEXT
words, give5them a point. When the game finishes the student with the
In the afternoons, my seven cousins, my sister and I played sports in the yard. My aunts
fewest points is the winner.
and my mother drank some ice tea and gossiped until their mouths were dry. My father
*Peterplayed
and uncles has acards
jacket,
and a dress,at
shouted a the
T-shirt…
top of their lungs. We had a fantastic time!
*At the zoo I saw an elephant, two lions…
RUNNING DICTATION
*In the fridge there are two lemons, a bottle of milk, an apple…
………………………………………………………………………………………………
*Pat is tall, beautiful, blond…
*I like
Key: reading, playing computer games..
4-3-5-1-2
 HEAD MOUTH NOSE HEAD
HAND FINGER EAR HEAD

HAND FOOT HAND LEG

EYE FOOT EAR LEG
4) PARTS OF THE BODY
Divide your students into pairs. Each pair has a turn to take a card. They
should put together the parts of the body written on that card, e.g. Head-
Hand; one student puts a hand on the other studen´ts head. The card should
KNEE without touching
go in between NOSE the floor, KNEE
so if they dropARM
it, they lose the
FOOT
game. The HAND
pair with the ARM
most cards is the winner. EAR

5) FIND YOUR TWIN

Make two copies of the profiles you have here and give out
one card to each student. Make sure you hand out even
copies. Tell the children that they have to play the role of
the person on the card and find their twin by asking
questions. The first ones to complete the task are the
winners.

Name: Susan Name: Susan Name: Mark Name: Mark

Rivers Rivers Stevens Stevens
Age:32 Age:32 Age: 21 Age: 21
Nationality: Nationality: Nationality: Nationality:
Italian Italian Brazilian Brazilian
Favourite Favourite Favourite Favourite
colour: colour: yellow colour: Blue colour: Blue
yellow

Name: Pam Name: Pam Name: Name:

Sanders Sanders Andrew Andrew
Age: 18 Age: 18 Smith Smith
Nationality: Nationality: Age: 45 Age: 45
American American Nationality: Nationality:
Favourite Favourite Mexican Mexican
colour: colour: Orange Favourite Favourite
Orange colour: Black colour: Black
Name: Jack Name: Jack Name: Rose Name: Rose
Black Black Ross Ross
Age: 19 Age: 19 Age: 7 Age: 7
Nationality: Nationality: Nationality: Nationality:
English English Spanish Spanish
Favourite Favourite Favourite Favourite
colour: green colour: green colour: pink colour: pink

Name: Mel Name: Mel

Jones Jones
Age: 13 Age: 13
Nationality: Nationality:
Australian Australian
Favourite Favourite
colour: light colour: light
blue blue
 6) MAKING NOISES
Divide your students into small groups. Ask the members of
each group to take turns to go to back of the classroom
7)where
GUESS WHAT
nobody can IT
seeIS them, choose a card and make
noises
Make related
a listo to that
of words picture
learnt theto let theiryear
previous group
on make
a sheeta good
of paper.
guess.
Divide your They are
students intonot allowed
small to and
groups speak.
tellIfthem
the group answers
they are going to take
turns to correctly
guess what by you
giving
willthe complete
draw on the sentence,
board. Draw they get a
it one point.
line at a time to
make it a bit more challenging. You may give more points to the groups that
guess with the first three lines you draw, two points with the other three lines
you draw and one point from the sixth line onwards. Another option is to give
them one or two minutes to guess.

8) THE SPELLING GAME

Make a list of words learnt the previous year on a sheet of paper. Divide
your students into small groups and tell them that one group at a time has to
select a representative who will come to the front to spell out a word for their
group. They can only spell it twice and their group will have only one chance
to say it right.

9) SENTENCE SCRAMBLE
Prepare sets of cards with words and punctuation marks to make
sentences. Put each set in a numbered envelope. The sentences you choose
may depend on your students´level and the contents you want to revise.
Divide your students into pairs. Hand out one envelope to each pair and ask
KEYS: 1) He/She is eating; 2)He/She is drinking milk: 3) He/She is sleeping;
them not 4) to open
He/She it untila you
is driving say
car; 5) so. Explain
He/She is riding a that in 6)
bicycle; the envelope,
He/She they will
is playing
find words
the and
guitar;punctuation marks
7) He/She is crying; to form
8) He/She a correct
is laughing; 9) sentence. Once they have
He/She is watching
TV; 10) He/She is running
finished, they have to shout Ready! The first three pairs to finish the task are
.
the winners. Weak students may be helped by the whole class. You may
prepare several rounds to make the game last longer and provide more
practice.

Example: Likes My doesn´t but tennis She sister

like football
(My sister doesn´t like football but she likes tennis)

10) WORD SCRAMBLE

Prepare sets of cards bearing letters to form words. Put each set in a
numbered envelope. The words you choose may depend on your student´s
level and the vocabulary you want to revise. Divide your students into pairs.
Hand out five envelopes to each pair and ask them not to open the envelopes
until you say so. Explain that in each envelope they will find letters to form a
word. Once they have formed five words, they have to shout Ready! The first
pair to finish is the winner. Students who haves problems in ordering the
letters may be helped by the whole class.