VOCABULARY BUILDING GAMES

GAME
SAMPLES
 A SYNONYM GAME

IT’S ALL THE

SAME
E1
OUTCOME
cause decision
reason result

RESULT
AN ANTONYM GAME

OPPOSITES
ATTRACT
MISFORTUNE
desire practice
luck skill

luck
A WORD ASSOCIATION GAME

THE
MISFIT
Looks like one got lost…
A. DUNK
B. KICK
C. PASS
D. SHOOT
GENDER NAME GAME

MALE
FEMALE
If a man is to a
woman, and a king is
to a queen, then a
DUKE is to a
_______.

DUCHESS
 TEXT
TWIST
Come on, baby!
Let’s do the twist!
GUTS… COURAGE…
FEARLESSNESS

ray
bravery
verb
EZRDILZ
DRIZZLE
 Hidden Word Game

ANIMAL
HIDING
You can keep the
watch or sell it.

ANSWER

HORSE
 HOMOPHONE GAME

ALL SOUND ALIKE

BUT JUST ONE’S RIGHT
Choose from the series
of homophones the one
that makes sense.
Every worker
hopes to get a
good salary __.
A. RACE C. RAYS
B. RAISE
VISUAL RECOGNITION GAME

TRUE TO ALL
TRUE TO ONE
ALL THE REST ARE
UNCOMMON
EXCEPT FOR
ONE
FOOTLOOSE, COMMITTED,
SUCCESSFUL, ADDRESS,
and MILLENNIUM
ancestor millstone
heedless silly

heedless
IDIOM
PICTIONARY
The pic is your clue.
Mixed letters to be fixed
by YOU.
add the hoe
Beware! He
easily gets
mad at even
the smallest
of things.

hot-headed
A SCRABBLE GAME

mix
to
fix
 P R I S M
B L U R
E
? C? H
Y A ? ?T

H O A T W C E
 COMPOUND WORD GAME

one for all

all for one
ONE WORD FITS ALL
L A N D FORM
L A N D FALL
L A N D LORD
L A N D MARK
LAND
 HOMONYM GAME

4 PICS
1 WORD
What one word relates
to all the pictures?
COURT
CELL
A WORD-GUESSING GAME

RIDDLE
RIDDLE
When pulled it is a
cane; when pushed
a tent.
_M
__R
__L
___
UMBRELLA
IDIOM
PICTIONARY
Just a picture
THIS TIME…
Wearing a
LONG
_ ___
_FACE
___
If this were true,
would you want it?
GUESS THE
PHRASE
Common yet catchy
phrases
 face
the
music
Accept the consequences
for one’s actions
REBUS
word in symbols
The OBVIOUS is in
the picture…
Day or night, no traffic is light.

RUSH HOUR
You’d better stop ____.

ff o
ooo ll ii n
ngg a
a rr o
ouun
ndd
word
math
There is a MATH for
WORD.
 + INK -
nk + - en
A N T I
ANTIOUE Q U E
wordle
wordle
Looking for the
Mother Word
out

PREPOSITION
WORD DECODING GAME

BACKWARD
FORWARD
A LETTER SERIES GAME
If OCOOCN is
MAMMAL, then
TGRVKNG is
_______.
REPTILE
 NGAGE
NRICH
LEVATE
Reinvigorate the
Classroom through Games

Discussant: Claire C. Biagtan

English Dept. LAC SESSION
Jan. 22, 2019