A selection of English ESL board game cards printables

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

MAKE THE RIGHT DECISIONS AND WIN THE GAME!



- Before you start the game, check the meaning of design, uncle, don't put all your eggs in one basket, market research, apps, night school, hire, rent, paperwork and taxman.

- Tell the Ss that they are all going to play the game. Put Ss into pairs and read through the first card as a whole class. Model the example with a student. Give Ss about two minutes to decide and then go to the next card.

- From then on, Ss play the game until either they are out or they are the winner. As they do this, go round the class monitoring and helping where necessary. Take note of any errors or issues that you wish to discuss during class feedback.

- Put Ss into new pairs. Ss tell each other how the game went, decisions they made and what the result of those decisions was. Then get class feedback with Ss telling you about what happened to their partners.



OPTIONAL EXTENSION

Ss write a short article telling the history of their attempt to become a millionaire.

The Internet Millionaire Game

Taboo game with hobbies related vocabulary. Students must explain each concept without using the words that appear in the card. This activity is useful to foster speaking skills and reinforce vocabulary.

Taboo Cards - Hobbies

The boardgame, instructions and tokens included, the cards are on the second part. How much do you know about easter? perfect to do after a lesson about Easter traditions and vocabulary Enjoy :P 

Easter Boardgame Part 1

DICE necessary for this game.

The objective is to practice numbers 1-12 in English (or any other language).

Students can either roll two different dice or roll the same dice twice. The dots they see are the two numbers they add (red and green boxes) and write the results in the blue boxes.

It's a game for 6 year olds (or older), who are learning to write in their native language. BUT it can be fun for adult students if you use a bigger number of dice. It's a good warm up activity, just to have fun. Enjoy!

ADDITION GAME

How to Play the Game



-Give out the bingo cards. Allow the students a few minutes to look through

them before beginning. (If the class is large, students work in pairs.)



-Put the sixteen squares you have cut up into some kind of container (hat, cup, etc.) and draw them out one at a time. Read out the adjective in brackets on the square and place it on your 'Master board'. Do not read out the adjective in bold type as this is what the students have on their boards. If the students have a word that means the same as the word you have called out, they cross it out.



-Continue until a student has crossed out every word, in which case s/he shouts out Bingo



Bingo Card Game (Adjectives) 

I have a board game called Pictureka at home which I Have recently started using for kids who are learning English. The play cards I have are in several languages but not English. So i have made my own set, merely translating the phrases and words. For the picture I used words as the pictures are quite specific. This is suitable for someone who already has the game board and rules. 

Pictureka - English cards

With this board game you can practise 'there is, there are' sentences in your classroom. It is also possible to use it to practise expressions with 'like' and 'don't like'. 

There is/are game

Name of group  :

- Angellika

- Putri Fadilla



Media Pembelajaran



A board game is a type of game that has many components in it, such as a square board, thick cardboard, cards, and even cloth. Board games have a variety of game stories, game themes, and varied playing techniques. For information, the earliest known Board Game is 5,000 years old and was played by the Egyptians. Meanwhile, in Indonesia, the board game industry started with the international board game exhibition, Essen Spiel 2018 in Germany. Until now board game products are growing in Indonesia and people are starting to realize the benefits of board games.

Activities board games

Name of group :

- Angellika

- Putri Fadilla



Media Pembelajaran



A board game is a type of game that has many components in it, such as a square board, thick cardboard, cards, and even cloth. Board games have a variety of game stories, game themes, and varied playing techniques. For information, the earliest known Board Game is 5,000 years old and was played by the Egyptians. Meanwhile, in Indonesia, the board game industry started with the international board game exhibition, Essen Spiel 2018 in Germany. Until now board game products are growing in Indonesia and people are starting to realize the benefits of board games.

Activities Board Games

Funny board game. You can use it for many themes

Download also the board game

TURTLE BOARD GAME; THE CARDS THE GENERAL PARTS OF THE HOUSE

A short warmer for those whose students come in dribs and drabs to their classes. Basically, students have to pick a card and then have 5 seconds (or 10 if prefered) to complete the analogy. For example, board is to teacher as exercise book is to (hopefully the answer will be student). There are a couple that are a tad ambiguous (ocean is to sea as continent is to ... possible answers could be island or country) but most are pretty clear. I am going to do some more advanced versions of this to help consolidate higher level vocabulary although this would also help for basic levels. The idea is not mine (I pinched it from a book) but the examples are. There is a small section of possible answers at the back.

Analogies Card Game - Multipage Game

This is a standart boardgame.

-> If the students get the number correctly, they may move one space ahead and if they don't, one space back. 

I like to play this game at the end of class as a simple review.

254 Board game cards English ESL worksheets pdf & doc