Creative Writing is all about using imagination. Often, however, if you ask your students to write about their holidays, or what they did at the weekend, they will spend too long trying to think about what to write and decide there’s nothing to say so will produce a boring essay. […]

Counting Cards is an activity which lets you practice countable and non-countable nouns‏‎ with your class. Preparation You will need to prepare a set of flashcards‏‎, each with a picture of a countable or a non-countable noun on them. You will need enough so that each student in the class […]

Constantinople is a traditional word game that can be easily adapted for the ESL classroom. It works as an ideal filler activity at the end of class and can also be used to tire out lively students! It practices vocabulary but can also be adapted for semantic fields. Running the […]

Conditional Mashups is a simple activity to have your class practicing conditionals. It also encourages your students to use their imaginations which is never a bad thing! Preparation For this you’ll need loads of slips of paper. Each slip should have a dividing line right down the middle. Later a […]

Conditional Links is a very simple activity with no preparation needed; it’s ideal to practice conditionals and can be used as a quick filler to do just that. Simply write up on the board the first clause of any conditional, e.g. If I won the lottery… Choose a student at […]