A selection of English ESL boardgames ppt slides

Culture, intercultural communication, cross-cultural communication

Adjectives to describe feelings, emotions

Adjectives to describe personality and character

Adjectives: Gradable / Non-gradable adjectives

Articles: Definite or indefinite article (a, an or the)

BE + infinitive structures (e.g. he was to become famous)

Clauses of contrast (e.g.  although, while)

Clauses of purpose (e.g. in order to, so that, so as to)

Clauses of reason (e.g. because, because of, due to, as, since)

Cleft sentences (e.g. It's Joey we're looking for)

Comparison: Comparative adjectives and structures

Comparison: Superlative adjectives and structures

Conditional 2 (second conditional) - would

Conditionals: Conditional phrases (e.g. unless, provided that, as long as)

Conjunctions (aka connectives, e.g. and, but, or, so, then)

Contractions (shortened forms, e.g. don't, aren't, etc.)

Determiners (words that can come before nouns)

Formal and informal English (politeness or colloquial language)

Future perfect continuous (progressive) tense

Future perfect simple and continuous (progressive) tense

Future phrases (e.g. be about to, bound to, likely to, due to, set to + INF)

Homonyms (two words with the same pronunciation - homophones and homographs)

It as preparatory subject (e.g. it's raining, it's nice of you to)

Linking verbs (aka copulas, e.g. I am a student)

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how to accuse somebody of something in English

how to apologize, say sorry, forgive and express regret in English

how to ask for information and make inquiries in English

how to ask for something, make requests in English

how to blame somebody for something in English

how to defend yourself from criticism in English

how to deny or admit something in English

how to describe things or people in English

how to emphasize important things in English

how to encourage or discourage people in English

how to evaluate people or progress in English

how to express agreement /disagreement in English

how to express approval and disapproval  in English

how to express cause and effect in English

how to express interest in something in English

how to express likelihood, probability in English

how to express likes and dislikes in English

how to express sequence and chronology in English

how to express shock and disbelief in English

how to express sympathy and condolences in English

how to give permission, authorization in English

how to inform somebody about some news in English

how to interpret what was said in English

how to keep a conversation going in English

how to make guesses about something in English

how to make, accept and refuse offers in English

how to order or make a booking in English

how to persuade, convince people in English

how to praise people and express appreciation in English

how to reassure somebody of something in English

how to refuse and object to something in English

how to remind people of something in English

how to rephrase, paraphrase what was said in English

how to say thank you, express gratitude in English

Nouns: Collective nouns (team, class, family, committee)

Nouns: Proper nouns (names of people, cities, companies)

Oxymorons (phrases with words of contradictory meaning, e.g. living dead)

Participles: Past participle (e.g. HAVING DONE)

Participles: Present participle (e.g. DOING)

Parts of Speech (aka word classes, e.g. nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs)

Past perfect continuous (progressive) tense

Phonetics (pronunciation, IPA, phonetic symbols)

Plural nouns: regular plurals with S ending

Prefixes (e.g. A, UN, IM, DIS, MIS, EN, etc. )

Prepositions vs adverbs (e.g. before me, saw him before.)

Prepositions: Double prepositions (e.g. out of)

Prepositions: Participle prepositions (e.g. pending, concerning)

Prepositions: Phrase prepositions (e.g. by means of)

Present perfect continuous (progressive) tense

Present perfect simple or present continuous tense

Present simple tense: S for third person singular verbs

Present simple vs continuous (progressive) tense

Pronouns: EACH OTHER, ONE ANOTHER (reciprocal pronouns)

Pronouns: Possessive pronouns (e.g. my, mine)

Pronouns: Reflexive pronouns (e.g. myself, yourself))

Pronouns: SOMEBODY, ANYBODY, EVERYBODY, NO ONE, NOTHING, etc.

Pronouns: THIS, THAT, THESE, THOSE (demonstratives)

Pronouns: YOU and THEY to talk about people in general

Quantifiers (e.g. some, many, much, any, few, little)

Questions: WH questions (open-ended questions)

Reported speech: reported questions (indirect questions)

There is / there are / there was / there were / there will be, etc.

Verbs: Transitive or intransitive verbs (words that can or cannot stand with objects)

Working with Paragraphs: ordering, titling

Role play, miming, drama activity or improv game

Pictionary (picture dictionary) or picture matching

Writing an opinion essay (persuasive essay)

Learners who are Pre-A1 have just begun learning English and will first learn how to:<ul><li>Say the letters in the alphabet and numbers</li><li>Say hello, talk about names and age</li><li>Name the colors and dates, express likes and dislikes</li></ul>

Absolute beginners who have begun to learn the letters and numbers

Learners taking the A1 Elementary exam should be able to:<ul><li>Introduce themselves and ask and answer questions about personal details such as where he/she lives, things he/she has, people he/she knows.</li><li>Communicate using very basic phrases as long as the other person talks slowly and clearly and is prepared to help.</li><li>Main grammar points to know: common adjectives & adverbs of frequency, going to, how much/how many, imperatives, I'd like, 's – possessive, common prepositions of place and time, present simple & continuous, there is/are</li></ul>

A very basic tourist level, which is enough for buying food and a bus ticket

Learners taking the A2 Pre-intermediate exam should be able to:<ul><li>Understand sentences and frequently used expressions (e.g. very basic personal and family information, shopping, local geography, employment).</li><li>Complete tasks that are routine and exchange information about familiar matters.</li><li>Describe matters of immediate need in simple terms.</li><li>Main grammar points to know: countable/uncountable nouns, adverbs of frequency, future will/going to, much/many, present perfect, past simple, past continuous, common phrasal verbs, common modals: can/should</li></ul>

A tourist who can do basic conversations about the past, present and future

Learners taking the B1 Intermediate exam should be able to:<ul><li>Understand points regarding family, work, school or leisure-related topics.</li><li>Deal with most travel situations in areas where the language is spoken.</li><li>Create simple texts on topics of personal interest.</li><li>Describe experiences, events, dreams, and ambitions, as well as opinions or plans in brief.</li><li>Main grammar points to know: question tags, intensifiers: too/enough, future tenses, past tenses, modals, conditionals, wh-questions in the past</li></ul>

Learners who can deal with both familiar and routine situations, in friendly and work contexts

Learners taking the B2 Upper-intermediate exam should be able to:<ul><li>Understand the main ideas of complex text on both concrete and abstract topics, including technical discussions in his/her field of specialization.</li><li>Interact with fluency and spontaneity that makes regular interaction with native speakers quite possible without difficulty for either party.</li><li>Produce clear, detailed text on a wide range of subjects and explain an opinion on a topical issue giving the advantages and disadvantages of various options.</li><li>Main grammar points to know: perfect tenses, mixed conditionals, modals in the present, phrasal verbs, reported speech, wish, relative clauses</li></ul>

The level where you can be a tour guide for your foreign friends and talk about a lot of topics, even abstract ones, with ease and fluency

Learners taking the C1 Advanced exam should be able to: Express ideas fluently and spontaneously without much obvious searching for expressions. Use language flexibly and effectively for social, academic and professional purposes. Understand a wide range of demanding, longer texts. Produce clear, well-structured, detailed text on complex subjects, using linking phrases (=words that connect ideas between sentences). Main grammar points to know: inversion, mixed conditionals, modals in the past, all passive forms, phrasal verbs (all patterns), wish/if only for regrets

Learners who can smoothly communicate in every walk of life, read long texts and write well

Learners taking the C2 Proficient exam should be able to:<ul><li>Understand almost everything read or heard with ease.</li><li>Summarize information from a variety of sources into a coherent presentation.</li><li>Express themselves using precise meaning in complex scenarios.</li><li>Can express him/herself spontaneously, very fluently and precisely, differentiating finer shades of meaning even in the most complex situations</li></ul>

Get here and you are ready to study in English at university

This is a 100 block speaking board game I created for English club. It has been very fun, but it takes a lot of time with a big number of participants. The level of questions vary. 

Speaking boardgame

A ppt boardgame to talk about Halloween. Hope you find it useful. Have a nice day :) 

Halloween - boardgame

A game to practice short answers using: 


- to be - present simple - present continuous - there be - going to future - will - can -





Hope your students have fun. Thanks for downloading and have a nice day!

Boardgame - Short Answers

Roll the dice, go ahead the corresponding number of squares and click on it to answer the question. There are 38 questions and the students have to give complete answers using the present perfect. The questions are editable. Hope your students enjoy. Happy teaching!

Present Perfect Boardgame

23 squares with sentences to complete using linking words.



After rolling the dice, player goes ahead the corresponding number of squares. Click on the square to see the question and click on the chosen answer to check it. If it's right, the player keeps the square; if it's wrong, s/he goes back to the square s/he was before rolling the dice.



Hope your students have fun. Thanks for downloading and have a nice day.

Boardgame - LINKING WORDS

A player rolls the dice and goes ahead the corresponding number of squares. Click on the number, and the player answers the question. Click on the chosen answer. If it's right, the player keeps the square; if it's wrong, the player returns to the square s/he was before rolling the dice.

- 23 questions -



Hope your students have fun. Thanks for downloading and have a nice day!

Boardgame - Jobs 1

Roll the dice and the student goes ahead the corresponding number of squares. Click on the square to show the picture.

The student tells the name of the fruit (A1) or says a sentence using it (A2).

Fruit Interactive Boardgame

This is game where students pick an option by categories such as food, verbs, activities, etc. and each category has different tongue twisters



Note: On the internet you can find the recorded versions of the tongue-twisters. You can download them or record them yourself. Then, on the speaker image of each tongue-twister you can create a link that will give the students the correct pronunciation when clicking on it. I wasn´t able to upload the audios but it is quite easy to get them!

Tongue Twister Boardgame

A boardgame to practice the present continuous. Roll the dice, student/group goes ahead the corresponding number of squares. If the question was already answered, they go to the next unanswered square. Click on the number, they answer the question. Clique the "check"  button. Click on the "house" button to return to the board. If the answer is right, they keep the square; if the answer is wrong, they return to the previous square where they were before rolling the dice. The winner is the student / group that completes the boardgame first.



There are 30 slides with the board and 29 actions. Be sure your students know all the verbs/actions in this boardgame before playing with them. Verbs/actions in this boardgame:

wash - swim - eat - drink - do/wash the dishes - take shower/bath - make cake - do homework -  read - walk - run - jump - brush teeth - cry - smile - take bus - drive car - ride bike/horse - comb/brush hair - watch TV - listen to music - text - talk on the phone - take pictures/photos - make bed - sweep floor.



Hope you guys have fun! Thanks for downloading it.

Present Continuous Boardgame

A printable boardgame to promote conversation about the days of the week and the months of the year. The game contains pictures to talk about and questions to answer. It is a fun activity to encourage young children to talk with partners or in small groups. Ideal for use at the end of a lesson on days and months or at the start of the following day as a recap activity.

Days and months boardgame

Interactive boardgame: roll the dice, the student goes ahead the corresponding number of squares; click on the square to show the sentence and the student has to ask the question with the appropriate interrogative pronoun.

Interrogative Pronouns Interactive Boardgame

A player rolls the dice and goes ahead the corresponding number of squares. Click on the number, and the player fills in the gap with the correct relative pronoun or adverb. You can click on the "check" button to check the pupil's answer. If it's right, the player keeps the square; if it's wrong, the player returns to the square she/he was before rolling the dice.

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40 Boardgames English ESL powerpoints