Words out of...

1. Write up a selection of about ten disconnected letters scattered on the board, and ask students to use them to make words. Each letter ca...

My neighbour's cat

1. Draw a cat on the board. Introduce it as your neighbour's cat. Say, "My neighbour's cat is an awful cat!" Write the wor...

Words beginning with...

1. Give a letter, and ask the students to write down as many words as they can that begin with it in two minutes. Then they tell you what th...

At the wall

1. One student stands near the wall and faces it, not too near the others. 2. Various students say in turn, disguising their voices, e.g. Go...

Things people do to you

1. Put this verb list up on the board: advised / forbade / warned / compelled / persuaded / encouraged / begged / taught / tempted2. Ask the...

Jumbled words

1. Write on the board words the students have recently learnt or ones they have difficulty spelling with the letters in jumbled order. It is...

Conflicts

1. Ask the students to think of times when they have an inner conflict between what they want to do and what they must do. Get them to tell ...