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Beginner/Elementary ESL Lesson Plans, Page: 2
Browse our collection of 260 Beginner/Elementary ESL Lesson Plans using the links below.
Countable and uncountable foods happy families card game
A fun collecting groups of foods that are usually countable or uncountable card game based on Happy Families, with an optional extension in which students make extra cards.
Countable and Uncountable- Pick & Draw
Students make sensible or silly drawings in response to how many or how much questions and answers with there is/ are, countable and uncountable nouns, and prepositions of position.
Countable and Uncountable- Your Week
Students compare how much and how many in their recent lives, for personalised count and non-count nouns speaking practice.
Countries and Nationalities- Speaking Game
Guessing nationalities by people and things from that place
Country and Nationality Statements- Bluffing Games
True and false statements with country and nationality words speaking.
Country and Nationality Words Drawing Games
Students draw and guess countries and famous things from those countries to practise names of countries and nationality adjectives,
Country and Nationality Words Reversi Card Game
A fun memory card game based on Othello to memorise names of countries and nationality adjectives, including versions in full sentences with Present Simple of be, with third person and with contractions.
Days and Dates- True or False Game
Students are tested on their understanding of days of the week, months, and other dates, first of all with quick reaction games, including lively TPR variations for young learners.
Days of the Week Flashcards
Memory game to memorise days of the week along with other useful vocabulary.
Days of the Week Projects
Students practice the names of days by surveying the class about different actions on different days, making posters, then vote on the best projects in the class.
Days of the week- Make me say Yes
Students get points for positive answers from personal Present Simple questions with days of the week like "Does your family cook on Sundays?", with more challenging variations for later and better classes.
Days of the Week- Pick and Draw
Students make a draw sensible or silly Present Simple sentences with typical actions and days of the week like "Santa plays soccer on Mondays"
Describing animals with adverbs of manner games
Guessing and brainstorming games to practise well, badly, quickly, slowly, etc, with useful animal vocabulary.
Describing Xmas things and people games
Describing Christmas objects and characters with simple language brainstorming and guessing games.
Describing Xmas: things with 'be' and 'have' games
Present Simple of be and have plus Xmas vocabulary guessing game, including lots of third person -s.
Do you have + May I have Games
Possession and requests language with have practice games, including cards with suitable numbers, objects and situations, plus personalised speaking.
Do you like + Does he like Categories Coin Game
Using a coin for more fun practice of likes and dislikes language with and without third person S, with a coin choosing topics, answers and who to ask about.
Do You Like Animals- Personalised Random Pelmanism Card Game
Personal preferences likes and dislikes speaking game with names of animals vocabulary, based on pairs/ the memory game.
Do you want black teeth? Questions about Colours- Mix and Match
Funny and sensible colours of objects sentences card games and storybook.
Do You Want Questions Coin Game
Making yes no questions with want more fun with use of a coin and getting points for getting particular answers with well designed questions, also good for times, feelings and weather vocabulary.
Elementary consonant clusters odd one out
Homophones and consonant clusters with consonant blends like bl- and -nd
Elementary consonant clusters the same or different
Minimal pairs and homophones with consonant clusters for low-level learners
Elementary Revision Rotating Board Game
A fun board game to revise Elementary textbook grammar, vocabulary, etc.
Emails from other countries- guess the place
Students fill gaps in a typical model pen friend email as part of a guessing game, also good for countries and nationalities vocabulary practice, and describing cultural differences.
Fairy Tales- Mix and Match Colour Words Practice
Practising colour words through sensible or silly fairytales.
Family gift suggestions: 'too' and 'enough' practice
'Too' plus adjective and 'not enough' plus adjective practice through giving and responding to advice on presents, including useful words for describing relationships, and adjective antonyms
Family Vocabulary and Possessive -‘S or -S’ Reversi Memory Game
Memorising possessive S with singular and plural family words through a fun card game based on Othello, including both basic and more advanced family vocabulary.
Favourites- Drawing Dice Game
Students draw themselves and their classmates with sensible and silly favourites based on three rolls of the dice, then make up similar dice games for more rounds of the game, for practice of "My/ Your/ The...'s favourite... is..."
Feelings- Drawing Games
Making pictures to representing emotions, with food and drink, animals, classroom vocabulary, clothes, household vocabulary, toys,
Feelings- Miming & Drawing Game
Students use pictures and gestures in an emotions vocabulary guessing game, then analyse the vocabulary for gradable adjectives and ungradable adjectives.
Find out your partner’s whole routine: Present Simple speaking and presentation
Intensive personalised Present Simple for routines speaking
First Letter- Phonics Miming Game
Words beginning with the same letter TPR game for beginners and (very) young learners, including easy words to learn the pronunciation of first letters from.
Good and Taboo- Present Progressive Questions
Students play a fun Present Continuous questions coin game, answering suitable Present Progressive questions for small talk and rejecting strange questions, including useful phrases for politely declining to answer.
Guess the Clothes from the Hints
A fun clothes vocabulary guessing game with suggested hints about what clothes are on the card you have, including other useful language like seasons, activities and weather.
Guess the Country from the Weather
A fun guessing game to practise weather vocabulary, including suggested countries and Present Simple hints to use, with simple and more complex language for describing the weather.
Guess the Country- Warmer Cooler
Practising country words through personal questions and a guessing game, including further hints about where it is like "Much further East".
Guess the Dates from the Hints
Guessing what date someone is thinking of from hints, including useful vocabulary related to weather, clothes, activities, months and days, ending with language presentations.
Guess the Dates- Warmer Cooler Game
A fun guessing what date the other person is thinking of game, with hints about how wrong they are until they get exactly the right date, including special dates like Valentine's Day, so also good for cultural training.
Guess the person from personal questions game
Describing people and basic personal questions practice through a fun guessing game.
Have & Have Got with Prepositions of Position
Possessions in particular places personalised guessing games, including basic and more advanced prepositions of location.
Have and Don’t Have- Drawing Coin Game
Have possessions practice with a drawing game, flipping a coin to make it more fun and add negative statements practice.
Have and Want- Personalised Guessing Game
Students guess other students' real possessions and desires in a fun card game, with useful vocabulary for describing objects.
Have with Numbers- Mix and Match
Have and have got and English numbers funny and sensible matches activities.
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