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Tag Archives: puzzle

Tube Crisis – puzzle game for conditionals

Tube Crisis is a short point-and-click puzzle game that is good for stimulating conversation with (upper-intermediate + ) learners if you are lucky enough to teach in a connected classroom (i.e. one equipped with a computer and data projector and/or interactive whiteboard)
Language: descriptions of people, relative clauses and the difference between first and second conditionals. [...]

Dictionary work with online point-and-click game ‘Blue Beanie’

Level: Pre-intermediate
Topic: Doing a crossword/ Using a dictionary.
Focus: Vocabulary in an online game walkthrough.
Time: 1 hour/ 1.5 hours
Preparation: Download a copy of the walkthrough for yourself and a copy of the crossword and crossword clues for each pair of learners.

Game: Blue Beanie A young ghost has his blue beanie hat stolen by a [...]

Machinarium – a phrasal verb gap fill activity

Machinarium is an incredible hand drawn online video game with engaging puzzles, a little humour and a walkthrough that is great for a phrasal verbs gap fill activity.
The Game
You are a robot and you find yourself in a scrap yard and you need to get back to the city.  First of all you need to [...]

Gateway – a puzzle game for whole class activity

Gateway is a short, absorbing and entertaining puzzle game with ten levels that can be used to generate language in the ESL classroom, especially if you have access to a connected classroom (with an internet enabled computer and a data projector).
The Game
You have to guide a robot through a number of different rooms, each of [...]

Narrative Tenses With Grow Cube

Level: Intermediate
Topic: Writing stories
Writing Focus: Narrative tenses
Time: 30 – 40 minutes

Game: Grow Cube

Key Language: canal    pool    pot    pipe    waterfall    dish    steps    cave    tower    skull    springs    dug    planted   flowed    built    grew    cut down    lit    added    threw
Preparation: Connected classroom with [...]

‘Word up’ with fun, free and engaging vocabulary games

Here’s a brief description of ten word games that require very little preparation and some tips on how to use them.  All these games were chosen because they are free, easily accessible, engaging and fun for English Language Learners.

1)                 Fowl words – Seven hens have laid an egg each with a letter on.  Use the letters to [...]

A Creative Writing Activity Using an Online Game

 
Level: Upper-intermediate
Topic: Planning stories
Writing Focus: Fictional story
Time: 1 hour/ 1.5 hours
Game: Arcane Season: The Miller Estate part 1
 
 Key Language: cellar, path, lantern, chest, hook, matches, well, rope, bucket, firewood, crate, rug, trapdoor, wine rack, barrel.
Preparation: Connected classroom or computer room. One printed copy of the flashcards. One photocopy of the walkthrough.
 The ‘Arcane season’ [...]

How to Use ‘Escape the Room’ games

An Escape the Room game is a type of adventure game that lends itself well to the language classroom because they are very difficult to complete without help. The objective of such games is to (surprise! surprise!) escape from a room (or a series of rooms), and this is usually done by completing a number of puzzles.