Board Games Archives - ALL ESL https://allesl.com/worksheets/board-games/ For ESL Teachers and Learners Sun, 04 Aug 2024 14:20:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 https://allesl.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/cropped-All-ESL-Site-Icon-32x32.png Board Games Archives - ALL ESL https://allesl.com/worksheets/board-games/ 32 32 Would You Rather Questions Worksheet with Tic-Tac-Toe https://allesl.com/would-you-rather-questions-tic-tac-toe-worksheet/ https://allesl.com/would-you-rather-questions-tic-tac-toe-worksheet/#comments Fri, 06 Apr 2018 09:49:21 +0000 https://allesl.com/?p=2501 Would you rather questions are great because there are only two answers? Yes and no! In this worksheet, students ask each other questions.

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Would you rather questions are great because there are only two answers… Yes and no!

In this free worksheet, students ask each other questions on the worksheet. When they find someone with one of the answers, they mark an “X” on their worksheet.

As soon as they have three in a row, they have finished that game board. After you finish both game boards, you’re the champion of tic-tac-toe.

Would You Rather Questions Examples

  • Would you rather swim with dolphins or sharks?
  • Would you rather be very smart or good-looking?
  • Would you rather have a pet cat or dog?
  • Would you rather bungee jump or skydive?
  • Would you rather be tall or short?
  • Would you rather live in the city or a small town?
  • Would you rather live in the mountains or on the beach?
  • Would you rather eat rice or bread?
  • Would you rather live in the future or the past?

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This free-talking ESL board game “Talktastic” requires a game board and dice to play. But with a bit of preparation, students will be asking each other questions and answering in no time.

First, the teacher makes groups of two. Next, students roll the dice and move their game pieces. When they land on a square, they’ll ask their partner the question in the box. Accordingly, their partner responds until they go around the entire game board.

Even if you have rules to only speak in English in class, this activity is one of those times you should enforce this. Overall, this ESL Board Game lasts for a good 15 minutes and is a lot of fun for students.

Talktastic Board Game Discussion Topics

  • Your Teacher
  • Clothes
  • Pets
  • Vacation
  • Hobby
  • Sports
  • Music
  • Favorite Food
  • Festival
  • Zoo
  • Class
  • Parents
  • Money
  • Best Friend
  • English
  • Fear
  • TV Show
  • Future
  • Favorite Color
  • Drink
  • Weekend
  • Job
  • Your Dream
  • Disneyland
  • Your Hero
  • Age
  • Homework
  • Movie
  • Book
  • Video Game

Remember: Who? What? When? Where? Why? Have you ever?

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ESL Bingo is a simple twist to Bingo. Like regular Bingo, the first student to fill out their sheet with a line is the winner. Instead of sitting down and listening to the teacher, they have to walk around asking questions on their Bingo Sheets.

First, students walk around the class asking questions on their bingo sheets. If the answer is “yes”, they mark X on their Bingo sheet.

Next, they have to ask a different person another question in the ESL Bingo sheet. Finally, the first student with a line presents it to the teacher and wins.

ESL Bingo Answers – Free Worksheet

  • Did you eat rice this morning?
  • Is your favorite color blue?
  • Do you like to eat raw fish?
  • Have you ever been to Disneyland?
  • Do you have a boyfriend/girlfriend?
  • Are you good with computers?
  • Can you swim?
  • Do you like to play sports?
  • Do you read every day?
  • Is your favorite school subject English?
  • Have you ever been on an airplane?
  • Do you like to travel?
  • Are you good at math?
  • Have you ever gone fishing?
  • Do you remember your dream last night?
  • Have you ever been on a horse?
  • Did you take a bus to school?
  • Can you dance well?
  • Do you like when it rains?
  • Do you wear glasses?
  • Is your birthday in summer?
  • Will you go to university after school?
  • Did you eat fruit today?
  • Do you ever sing the shower or bath?

Related Game Board Worksheets

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Free Printable Board Games

Imagine a classroom where even the quietest students are eagerly chatting away in English. Sounds impossible? Not with the secret weapon of printable board games. Download them today for free.

1. Snakes and Ladders Board Game

Snakes and Ladders

Climb, slide, and count your way to English fluency with this classic Snakes and Ladders game! All you need is a die and our free printable game board.

As players ascend ladders and tumble down snakes, they’ll be too caught up in the fun to realize they’re mastering numbers in English.

This makes it a sneaky yet effective learning tool for students of all ages.

Snakes and Ladders Board Game

2. Talktastic Board Game

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Turn those final minutes of class into a language-learning goldmine with the Talking Gameboard.

In pairs, students roll dice and move around the board. They ask and answer questions to reinforce English skills.

While it requires some prep work, the payoff is immense: a classroom buzzing with English dialogue.

Talktastic Board Game

3. Talking Bingo

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Get ready for Stand-up Bingo, a clever spin on the classic game. This game will have your students out of their seats and chatting it up.

Players roam the room, asking questions from their bingo sheets. They mark off squares when they get a “yes,” turning a simple game into a social language challenge.

The first to score a line wins. But the real win is how this activity breaks the classroom ice. It gives students the freedom to move and mingle while practicing their English skills.

Talking Bingo Game

4. Dice Questions

Dice Questions

Roll, ask, and score in this dynamic language game. This free board game turns question-forming into a competition. 

The small die dictates the question type (who, what, when, where, why, or “have you ever”). Whereas the big die determines the point value.

As students craft questions, they rack up points. At the same time, they’re unknowingly sharpening their English skills in a high-energy, low-pressure environment.

Dice Questions Board Game

5. Would You Rather

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“Would You Rather” Tic-Tac-Toe turns simple choices into a language-learning showdown.

Players stand and fire off “Would you rather” questions. They’re aiming to complete tic-tac-toe on their game boards. 

With only two possible answers, it’s a fast-paced, low-stress way to get everyone talking.

Would You Rather Board Game

6. Reverse Quiz Show

Reverse Quiz Show

Get ready for the ultimate classroom crowd-pleaser: Reverse Quiz Show! This game flips the script on traditional quiz formats

Picture a Jeopardy-style board with five categories. Each contains five cards of increasing difficulty and point value. 

Teams of four duke it out to be the fastest to create questions based on the revealed word. The twist? Speed is key, and hesitation could cost you points!

Reverse Quiz Show

7. Detective Clues

Detective Clues

Break free from desk-bound boredom. This ESL detective game turns your classroom into a crime scene! Here’s how it works:

Teams of four transform into detective squads. Three are sleuths and one secretary. The detectives prowl the room, hunting for clues and committing them to memory

But here’s the catch – they can’t write anything down! Instead, they race back to their secretary, relaying the clues in English. It’s a test of memory, communication, and teamwork all rolled into one.

Detective Clues Board Game

8. Top 10 Jobs

Top 10 Jobs ESL Worksheets

This is a Family Feud-inspired ESL activity! Students team up to guess the top 10 dream jobs for North American kids. 

They get a glimpse into another culture’s values and ambitions. The real eye-opener? Comparing these results to their own country’s top career choices. 

This board game encourages students to reflect on their own goals. Who knew discussing future jobs could be so eye-opening and fun?

Top 10 Jobs Board Game

9. Game of Geese

Number Boardgame

Ready for a number-crunching adventure perfect for little learners? This board game is a simple way to get Grade 1 and younger kids practicing their numbers while having a blast!

Here’s how it works: Grab a partner, a die, and you’re set! Players take turns rolling and moving their piece

But there’s a catch – you’ve got to say the number you land on out loud. It’s a race to the finish line that turns counting into a fun challenge.

Game of Geese

10. Classic Tic-Tac-Toe

Tic Tac Toe

It’s now time to take the timeless game of tic-tac-toe. But we’re going to give it an educational twist.

Students pair up and alternate between going first and second. As they plot their Xs and Os, they’re aiming for three in a row.

It’s the perfect blend of playground classic and classroom smarts. Download it for free and get started.

Tic-Tac-Toe Board Game

What’s Next?

Today, we’ve listed our 10 best free printable board games.

Now, it’s up to you to decide which ones are the perfect fit for teaching.

Do you know of any free printable board games to help students learn?

Please let us know with a comment below.

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The purpose of the “Shout It” board game is to get your partner to say the word on the card. But the only rule is that you can’t say the actual word.

For example, if the word is “Sad”, you can mention words like “Crying” and “Tears”. Or you can say a sentence like “When someone goes to a funeral, they feel this emotion.”

As long as they don’t say the top word, they complete the word and can move to the next card.

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Out of all the activities on the website, this activity never fails me. Not a single time… It’s even unsilenced my quietest kids. The thing about this activity is that it always boosts students’ talking time. I’ve had all levels of students enjoy the reverse quiz show game. They just have to know how to play.

Instead of answering questions like in a quiz show, students are making the questions. Each card has a word with a point value. Similar to Jeopardy, you create 5 categories. Each category has 5 questions with harder cards as a higher point value.

In groups of 4, students pick the category and point value. After flipping over the card, the fastest group to raise their hands make a question. Give a countdown for how fast they have to respond. Don’t be afraid to give negative points if they are too slow to respond or make an incorrect question.

Students get quite competitive when you tally points. And this is a good thing.

Quiz Questions Answers

CAPITALS
100$ – London (What is the capital of England?)
200$ – Ottawa (What is the capital of Canada?)
300$ – Lima (What is the capital of Peru?)
400$ – Ulaanbaatar (What is the capital of Mongolia?)
500$ – Accra (What is the capital of Ghana?)

ANIMALS
100$ – Cheetah (What is the fastest animal)
200$ – Giraffe (What animal has the longest neck?)
300$ – Reindeer (What animal pulls Santa’s sleigh?)
400$ – Whale (What is the largest animal in the ocean?)
500$ – Turtle (What animal had the longest life span?)

FOOD & DRINK
100$ – Sushi (What is the national dish of Japan?)
200$ – Grapes (What is wine made of?)
300$ – Maple Syrup (What type of syrup is extracted from maple syrup)
400$ – Kimchi (What is the national food of Korea?)
500$ – Nasi Goreng (What is fried rice in Indonesian?)

SPORTS
100$ – Soccer (What is the world’s most popular sport?)
200$ – Baseball (What sport does Ichiro Suzuki play?)
300$ – Ice Hockey (What is the most popular sport in Canada?)
400$ – Badminton (What sport do you use a racquet and shuttle?)
500$ – Curling (What sport do you throw rocks on the ice into rings?)

WORLD
100$ – Mount Everest (What is the tallest mountain in the world?)
200$ – Antarctica (What is the coldest continent in the world?)
300$ – China (What country had the highest population?)
400$ – Alaska (What is the coldest state in the United States?)
500$ – Dead Sea (What is the lowest place on Earth?)

SCIENCE
100$ – Jupiter (What is the largest planet in our solar system?)
200$ – Isaac Newton (Who discovered gravity?)
300$ – The Brain (What body part controls how you think?)
400$ – H2O (What is the symbol for water?)
500$ – Alexander Graham Bell (Who invented the telephone?)

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The dice questions game/activity requires big and small dice and this activity sheet. First, put your students in pairs.

Next, provide dice for each group of students. Each number on the small dice corresponds to a type of question – who, what, when, where, why and have you ever. The big dice is worth a point value.

Students roll the dice. When the student asks a successful question, they earn that value of points. Keep track of points in hopes this gets them talking.

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]]> https://allesl.com/dice-questions-practice-who-what-when-where-why-questions/feed/ 0 Maze Directions Worksheet https://allesl.com/maze-directions-worksheet/ https://allesl.com/maze-directions-worksheet/#respond Fri, 30 Mar 2018 21:41:05 +0000 https://allesl.com/?p=2069 In this pairs activity, students practice giving maze directions. While one student closes their eyes with a pencil in hand, the other student gives directions out of the maze.

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In the maze directions activity, students practice giving directions. While one student closes their eyes with a pencil in hand, the other student gives directions out of the maze.

It’s an activity that challenges the brightest students. Because it’s not only how careful you give instructions, but it’s the person with the pencil in hand that’s just as important.

For example, some of the key concepts for giving directions through the maze are:

  • Go Straight
  • Turn Left
  • Turn Right

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]]> https://allesl.com/maze-directions-worksheet/feed/ 0 Printable Tic-Tac-Toe Sheets https://allesl.com/printable-tic-tac-toe-sheets-blank/ https://allesl.com/printable-tic-tac-toe-sheets-blank/#comments Fri, 30 Mar 2018 21:31:31 +0000 https://allesl.com/?p=2064 These printable tic-tac-toe sheets are easy to get started in the game. In pairs, players take turns writing X and O in the 3 x 3 grid.

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These printable tic tac toe sheets are blank and easy to get started in the game. In pairs, players take turns writing X and O in the 3 x 3 grid. The purpose of tic-tac-toe is to get 3 in a row in the vertical, horizontal, and diagonal directions.

The history of tic-tac-toe dates back to ancient Egypt when it was called “terni lapilli”. But for young children now, this is a classic that they may have seen in the playground as revolving cylinders.

Overall, this concentration game is great for logic and strategy which you can’t underestimate. In addition, it improves analytical thinking and strategic thinking.

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In this following directions game, one student wears a blindfold so they can’t see anything. Students in class help the blindfolded student around an obstacle course.

Be extra careful that no one gets hurt and that everyone is playing as they should. As long as they are putting the effort in properly giving directions, then it can be a very rewarding challenge.

  • Go Straight
  • Turn Left
  • Turn Right

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