Write down names of every student in your class on pieces of paper.

Give the names to students. Try to make two students describe each other.

Ask them to describe the person whose name is on the paper.

After they finish, give the description to the person who is described. He/she has to find any writing mistakes on the
paper.

Students work in pairs to correct the two papers.

Activity or game: Guess the Letter on Your Back

This game is used to practice the alphabet. Divide students into groups and ask them to stand in line and give the
students in the front of the line a piece of chalk to write on the blackboard. Then write with your finger a letter on the
back of the students at the end of the line. They must do the same with the student in front of him/her and so on. The
students with the chalk try to guess the letter and write any word that begins with that letter on the board.
Activity or game: The Mime

Miming is an excellent way for students to practice their tenses and their verbs. It's also great for
teachers with minimal resources or planning time, or teachers who want to break up a longer
lesson with something more interactive. It's adaptable to almost any language point that you might
be focusing on.

This game works with any age group, although you will find that adults tire of this far quicker than
children. To keep them engaged, relate what they will be miming to your groups' personal
interests as best as possible.

 Why use it? Vocabulary; Speaking

 Who it's best for: All ages; best with young learners

How to play:
He is quite tall
 Before the class, write out some actions - like washing the dishes - and put them in a bag.

 Split the class into two teams.

 Bring one student from each team to the front of the class and one of them choose an
action from the bag.

 Have both students mime the action to their team.

 The first team to shout the correct answer wins a point.

Tall

Short He is very short

Build

Skinny She is skinny

Thin He is slim

Fat She is fat

He is
Overweight
overweight

My brother is
Slim
slim

Hair
 Blonde She is blonde

Brown hair She has brown hair

Red hair He has red hair

Both of them have

Black hair
black hair

Grey hair She has grey hair

Eyes

Grey eyes She has grey eyes

My sons have
Green eyes
green eyes

Blue eyes I have  blue eyes

Brown eyes He has brown eyes

Dark eyes I have dark eyes

Type of Hair

She has long

Long hair
hair

He has short
Short hair
hair

She has wavy

Wavy hair
hair

Curly hair Her hair is curly

Straight She has straight

hair hair