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10 Best Free Printable Board Games for ESL Classrooms

10 Best Free Printable Board Games for ESL Classrooms

If you want to get shy students communicating in English, sometimes the best thing is to get them comfortable. So you put them in pairs, and you do something fun in English with their partner. That’s where these free printable board games work best.

Simon Says Ideas: How to Play Simon Says

Simon Says Ideas: How to Play Simon Says

If the teacher says “Simon Says”, students complete the action. For example, if you say “Touch your nose”, students do nothing. But if you say “Simon says touch your nose”, students should touch their nose.

Shout It Board Game

Shout It Board Game

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.

Quiz Questions: Jeopardy in Reverse

Quiz Questions: Jeopardy in Reverse

Instead of answering questions like in a quiz show, students make the questions. Each card has a word with a point value. When they make a correct question, they get the point value.