A selection of English ESL guessing game 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

students choose a color from the palette, if they r lucky it colors part of the pic and they can try to guess the verb (present continuous). Verb tense easily editable if u like for use with different levels.

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colors and verbs ppt guessing game

A fun activity I have used to practice both Present Continuous and Modals of Deduction (might/must/can't etc.). There are some pictures hidden behind a black rectangle and students must guess the activity they're doing.

Guessing Game - What are they doing?

*The full version of this is too big to upload, so if you want to see more questions, it is on my website and YT channel.* Simple guessing game for practicing simple family / families vocabulary. The sentence pattern is 'Who's he / she?' 'He's my brother.' or 'She's my grandma.' Look at the person with their face covered and guess who it is (mother, sister, brother, father, grandma, or grandpa). In case the font didn't embed properly on your software it is a free font called 'MADE TOMMY'

Family Members - 'Who's He?' Guessing Game

Children are talking about Disney's Princesses' preferences, then one child secretly chooses one princess. Other kids try to guess the Princess's name by asking "Does she like ...?"

A guessing game. Practicing singular -s

A guessing game on the topic School. Look at the part of a picture, guess what it is and say it in English. Then look at the picture in full and check your answer. A great activity for revision.

School Parts of Objects guessing game

Kids are going to talk about Disney's Princesses' preferences. Then   one child   chooses a princess while the others try to guess her name by asking: "Does she like ... ?" The winner takes next turn.

Use can this activity to teach / revise food and drinks vocabulary. It's a fun activity, where children are to guess a hidden picture (you reviel the picture piece by piece). Hope you like it. Oh, it corresponds with New English Adventure 1 book but of course you can use it with any lesson on food and drinks.

Food and drinks - guess game

It's a funny guessing game which can be used as a revision or an introduction to the topic of world cup or football lesson. I simply remove the squares one by one and students guess what word is hidden there. Hope you enjoy it as well as I do.

world cup 2018 basic vocabulary, guessing game

Simple guessing game for practicing 'man, woman, boy, girl' vocabulary. The sentence pattern is 'He is a man / boy.' 'She is a woman / girl.' Look at the person eyes and guess if the person is a man, woman, boy, or girl. In case the font didn't embed properly on your software it is a free font called 'Fredoka One.'



'Man Woman Boy Girl' Guessing Game for Beginners

A PPT to use on one of the last days before Christmas. There are 30 slides with one word on each and the answer of the previous riddle.

Divide students into two teams and let them take turns in guessing the word hidden in the anagram. Reward the winning team with a little surprise :)

Christmas Anagrams

Fun game to review vocab in primary - intermediate ESL class to wake them up or to play in team for fun. 



The clues are in form of pictures and students need to know the words to guess the brand of household products. 



The products shown are the popular ones in Thailand (and probably Southeast Asia) so it's better to adapt the game if used in different region. 



You can adapt into a dialog to enhance their speaking skills and comprehension if you would like. For example, 

S: What product is it?

T: We use it with our hair

S:  What brand is it?

T: The organs next to our neck.

Answer: Head & Shoulder (Shampoo)





The goal of this game is for education, not advertisement. 





In a supermarket (Vocab Game - Guessing Brands)

Inspired by similar work on fruit and animals, which I saw on this site, I have created my own version of the game with jungle animals. Students have to recall the name of the animal, as this is revealed gradually in the ppt. A good idea would be to split the studetns in groups, and the the fastest group gets ne point for each correct answer. Hope you like it! :)

52 Guessing game English ESL powerpoints