A selection of English ESL race board printables

A fun alphabet inspired board game. Can be used for vocabulary building, spelling, or just for fun. Good for low level English speakers to higher levels. Students really enjoy it and, as it is almost impossible to reach the finish, I always offer a reward to anyone who does. Njoi!!



*To play you will need a dice and a position marker for each player.  Suggestions for playing: dog icon - 10 jumping jacks, snack attack icon - player must bring a snack for classmates next class, circular icon with arrows - player MUST switch positions with another player, and the other icons are self-explanatory.



** Directions and key are on the game board. **



*** The original template for this board game was created by Philip Roeland. ***

The Alphabet Race Board Game

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Snake Race is our original game similar to Snakes and Ladders, but easier. It is great for lower-level students in ESL classes, and you only need dice and place markers (like erasers or magnets). Just roll the dice, count as you move along the snake, and say the word you land on. If you are lucky and land on a “Roll again” spot, you can try one more time. But if you are unlucky, you might have to go back a couple of spaces. If your students are confident speakers, they can practice conversations by asking original questions based on the words they land on.



Here is a list of words that can be found in this game:

a Christmas tree, Santa Claus, a reindeer, a star, presents, a candy cane, a snowman, an elf



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The "Telling The Time" English Race Time Game Board" is a fun and simple game similar to Snakes and Ladders. Students can play with their friends or with the teacher. Practice the accompanying "What Time Is It?" video on YouTube at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LFBai179YA



Simply roll the dice and move along the board and say the time when you land on each space. Students can all learn together by shouting out "What time is it?". 



We have a couple more flashcards all about time at the following links:



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Telling The Time - ESL Board Game (Analog and Digital Clocks)

The "What's This? What's That?" English Race Time Game Board" is a fun and simple game like Snakes and Ladders for students to play with their friends or with the teacher. Practice the accompanying song on YouTube with your students at https://youtu.be/mU-xKGmWcOc to learn all of the animals and the sounds they make.



Simply roll the dice and move along the board, asking each other, "What's this?" or "What's that?" depending on the space. You can use simple answers such as "It's a ...," or for more advanced students, use the  patterns, "This is a ..." and "That is a ...".



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What's This? What's That? | English Race Time Game | Snakes and Ladders

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The "ABC to XYZ (Upper Case)" English Race Time Game Board" is a fun and simple game like Snakes and Ladders for students to play with their friends or with the teacher. Practice the accompanying "ABC to XYZ (The Alphabet Song)" video on YouTube at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vdz23OUPL58



Simply roll the dice and move along the board, reading each letter out loud. More advanced students can practice phonics by reading each letter along with the attached picture, such as "c, c, cat!".



To go along with this worksheet we also have some educational alphabet writing worksheets available at:

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A-Z Upper Case Alphabet - ESL Board Game 

Students name a word (or more) starting with the letter on the square they land on. Rules can be adapted according to level.

This 72-square board game can be used as a template to make your own games.



Board Game - Alphabet Race

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The "How Is The Weather?" English Race Time Game Board" is a fun and simple game like Snakes and Ladders for students to play with their friends or with the teacher. Practice using the accompanying "How Is The Weather?" video on YouTube at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rB5spT6AcwQ



Simply roll the dice and move along the board, saying the kind of weather or feeling that they land on. Students can also ask each other "How is the weather?" or "How are you?" to their next partner before moving on.



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How Is The Weather? - ESL Board Game

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The "ABC to XYZ (Lower Case)" English Race Time Game Board" is a fun and simple game like Snakes and Ladders for students to play with their friends or with the teacher. Practice the accompanying "ABC to XYZ (The Alphabet Song)" video on YouTube at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vdz23OUPL58



Simply roll the dice and move along the board, reading each letter out loud. More advanced students can practice phonics by reading each letter along with the attached picture, such as "c, c, crab!".





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A-Z Lower Case Alphabet - ESL Board Game 

Here is another sheet that goes great with our brand new music video "Colors and Colors".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUJZY5yPw9Q



Practice primary and secondary colors such as red, orange, yellow, green, blue, pink, purple, brown. Just roll the dice and start learning English!

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Color Race Time 1 - BINGOBONGO Learning

It's a board game for younger students. Students practice the names of wild animals and their food and also questions about likes/ dislikes. In the race they go round the board trying to "stand" on each of 4 pictures  from the centre. Every time they reach one of them they put a tick in the centre. And every time they go to an arrow they start another round. The one to get all four pictures wins. They name all pictures and read and answer questions.

Animals in a zoo boardgame

The words are in code. The code is the number value of the letters of the alphabet. A = 1, B = 2, C = 3 etc… all the way up to Z = 26. 

In teams, your students must translate the codes into words as fast as they can. For example: 7-1-13-5 = GAME. The clues get harder as the round goes on. 

Present to your students as a worksheet or write the clues at the board and use as a guide. The topics are countries, fast food and chemical elements. 

Alphabet Race

For low-mid level students that have trouble with sound differentiation.



Listening pyramids are for students to practice hearing the difference between English words that are spelled/sound similar.



It's played in groups for large classes or individually for smaller classes. First, I have the students practice pronunciation by repeating after me. Then explain the meaning of any unfamiliar words.



For the game, I read each word twice for very low level students and once for higher level students. I usually play each pyramid twice but obviously you can keep repeating it until the students can get it correct quickly.

For Example: Pyramid A- 1st reading – glass, heart, pup, wrong, very. Answer is #4.

Pyramid A- 2nd reading – class, hard, pub, long, berry. Answer is #5.



To make it more fun I have each group send one student to race to the board to tap or grab the number of the answer. I usually put characters’ pictures on the board, (like Pikachu and Hello Kitty) and the students race to be the first to grab the picture.



You can also just have students raise their hand with the correct answer.



In a 50 minute class I will do 6 pyramids (twice each) then switch to a spelling race. I have one student from each group race to see who can spell the word correctly the fastest (by memory and by listening only). I give two points to the fastest team then one point to all other teams that were correct. This works on their listening, spelling and writing.

Listening Pyramid (listening tree) game

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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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>

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