Party games for esl

1.

2.

Word finder
The letters you use
must be touching
horizontally, vertically,
or diagonally in a
chain. You can change
directions mid-word.
How many words can you
see in 2 minutes?
2 min timer
e
n
i
m
o
v
g
e
w
t
p
e
g
o
h
m
d
o
s
e
c
a
t
b
r

3.

If this is the answer,
what is the question?
1. Never
5. A race car
2. 17
6. Watermelon
3. Green
7. Me!
4. Monday
Funniest question wins!

4.

Can you guess the film from the emojis?
The Little Mermaid
Pinocchio
The Beauty and the Beast
Toy Story
Finding Nemo

5.

Ratatouille
Titanic
Frozen
Boss Baby
Aladdin
Moana

6.

If these things could talk,
what would they say?
Funniest answer wins!

7.

Categories
Letter
animal
food
country
verb
Example: C
cat
cake
Canada
cut
S
A
M
T

8.

Party Dares Spinner
Instructions. Nominate a student. Press the red buttons to start and stop the spinners.
Eat like
a..
Dance
like a…
Run
like a...
Walk
like a…
Laugh
like a…
Sing
like a...
Crawl
like a...
monste
r
princes
s
dinosaur
teacher!
robot
alien
elephant

9.

Who Am I?
Playing online:
Playing offline:
1. A selected student looks
away from the screen.
2. The teacher shows the
name of a celebrity (so
everyone else can see their
name except them).
3. The students have to find
out which celebrity they
are by asking yes/no
questions, e.g. ‘Am I a
man or a women?’ ‘Do I
play football?’
1. Everyone writes down the
name of a celebrity on a
sticky note.
2. Mix up the sticky notes
and place one on the
forehead of each student
(so everyone else can see
their name except them).
3. The students have to find
out which celebrity they
are by asking yes/no
questions, e.g. ‘Am I a
man or a women?’
‘Do I play football?’

10.

General Knowledge Quiz
1. How many letters are there in the English alphabet?
There are 26 letters.
2. Can you name two oceans?
Any two of: Arctic, North Atlantic, South Atlantic, North Pacific, South
Pacific, Indian, and Southern Oceans.
3. Which language is most spoken as a first language?
Manderin Chinese.
4. Where did the Olympic games begin?
(Athens) Greece

11.

General Knowledge Quiz
5. What is the most popular colour for cars?
White
6. Which bird can fly backwards?
The hummingbird
7. What is Harry Potter’s middle name?
James
8. How many strings does a guitar have?
6 strings.

12.

Flag Emojis Tic-Tac-Toe
Instructions:
Students select
a square on the
grid (the
numbers are
there to support
this). If they can
tell you the
correct country,
click on the
square to
remove the text
and choose a
nought or a
cross symbol.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.

13.

Can You Guess the Word?
Sunglasses
Butterfly
Cowboy
Honeymoon

14.

Can You Guess the Word?
Watermelon
Pancake
Toothbrush
Handbag

15.

Three Tiered Articulate
How to play online:
Round one:
1. Each person thinks of three celebrities, and secretly tells the teacher.
2. The teacher will write down the complete list.
3. The class will be divided into two groups.
4. The teacher will show the name of a celebrity to one member of the
group (the rest of the class will have to look away from the screen.)
5. The student will try and describe the celebrity so their teammates
can guess who it is.
6. Repeat steps 4 and 5 as many times as possible in 3 minutes.
7. It’s now time for the other group to try and beat that number!
8. When all celebrities have been guessed, the groups count up their
points.

16.

Three Tiered Articulate
How to play online:
Round two:
1. Recycle the celebrity names from the first round.
2. This time, the student who is describing the celebrity can only say
three words.
Round three:
1. Recycle the celebrity names from the first and second rounds.
2. This time, the student who is describing cannot speak. They can only
mime. For a really funny version of this game, they can attempt to
act from underneath a sheet.

17.

How Well Do You Know Me?
Ask students to write down their answers.
Then see if other students can guess what they wrote...
• Can you guess my favourite colour?
• Can you guess my favourite animal?
• Can you guess my favourite subject in school?
• Can you guess my favourite food?

18.

Escape the Room
Scenario One
Scenario Two
Escape the room by naming 6
countries in 15 seconds!
Escape the room by naming 8
objects in the classroom in 25
seconds!
Scenario Three
Scenario Four
Escape the room by saying 10
verbs in 40 seconds!
Escape the room by saying 10
adjectives in one minute!

19.

Caption the Meme

20.

Guess the Category!
What connects all of the words in the category?
(Some of these are very difficult - so good luck!)
Example:
Category: Vegetables
Category 1.
Words
beginning
with ‘W’
Reveal
the answer
Category 2.
Items
Reveal
in the
the classroom
answer
Category 3.
Words
with the
irregular
plurals’
Reveal
answer
Category 4
Things
that
start
as eggs
Reveal
the
answer
Category 5.
Words you can combine with
Reveal ‘ice’
the answer

21.

Most Likely To...
Who in your class is the most likely to:
win an Oscar?
win a Nobel
prize?
start a business?
dye their hair
green?
do a silly dance?
compete in the
Olympics?
travel the world?
write a book?
help their best
friend?
give all their
money to
charity?
be a comedian?

22.

Can you guess the real answer?
1. What does the phrase ‘window shopping’ mean?
a) shopping for windows
b) just looking, but not buying anything
b) Reveal
just looking,
but not
the answer
buying anything
c) shopping on an old computer
2. What does the phrase ‘a whale
of a time mean?
a) a great time
b) a bad time
Reveal
the
a) a great
time
answer
c) a long time
Now think of your own questions!
3. What does the word ‘burp’
mean?
a) The sound that comes out of your
mouth after you eat a lot.
b) The sound that a dog makes.
b) a big mistake.
a) The sound that comes out
theafter
answer
of Reveal
your mouth
you eat a
lot.

23.

What’s missing game?
Look at the picture for 30 seconds and try to
memorize every object before they disappear!

24.

If the world were 100 people...
1. How many people do you think would not be able to
read or write?
Reveal
14 the answer
2. How many would have a college level education?
Reveal
7 the answer
3. How many people would not have a house or shelter?
Reveal
23the answer
4. How many people would have access to the internet?
Reveal
44the answer
5. How many people live on less than $2 per day?
Reveal
15the answer
6. How many people would speak English as a first language?
Reveal
5 the answer
7. How many people would have a mobile phone?
Reveal
75 the answer
8. One person would control what % of the money?
Reveal
the answer
50%

25.

Guess the Song
How to play:
1. The teacher or a student says a
line from a song they know.
2. In teams, try to guess the name of
the song.

26.

End of year reflection activity
What was your favourite day of class?
What was the best game we played?
What was the most difficult activity?
What was the most creative activity we did?
What was the funniest thing that happened?
What was the most difficult new word you learnt?
What was the loudest moment in class?