Students should play the game in groups of three. A deck of playing cards will sit in the middle of the students on a desk. The first student will draw a card. The student with the card must read the topic on the card to his peers.

The person must then tell three stories about the topic, only one of which is true. Two of the stories would be false and one true. The other two students must guess which story is true.  If they guess correctly, they get a point. The next student then draws a card, reads the topic and proceeds to tell three stories. Play continues, with students taking turns drawing cards and telling stories, until the class is over.   

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This game reviews grammar required for completion of Level 2 (as defined by AZQQ).

• It includes questions on topics such as talking about:
• What you're going to eat tonight?
• What you usually have for breakfast?
• About a good film you've recently seen?
• About something you bought last week?
• About something you are going to buy in the future?
• What you're going to wear tomorrow?
• About your mother, etc.

This student can demonstrate an understanding of some classroom directions and attempts to do simple assignments but with great hesitancy and misunderstanding.

Vocabulary is still greatly limited to commonly-used words. He/she reads and writes with great difficulty, usually below the assigned grade level.

This student may be unable torespond to some activities which involve independent decision making, due to differences in the American classroom or teacher style. This student responds very positively to extra attention from the instructor or other students.

If you are a member, you can download the playing card printables here.

If not, why not consider joining AZQQ?

When I taught it, Level 2 was a non-credit course that was intended to provide students with a sound basis in English conversational skills. The course involved individual, paired and group work with the main emphasis being on speaking, but also included some listening, reading, and writing work. Classroom activities used group work to encourage student interaction and were designed to build fluency and conversational skills. 

This was one of those activities, which blended some of the goals of Level Two, which can be found here. 

You will need to photocopy the game board here. In each of the boxes leading up to the "finish"is a topic/opinon/question. For game pieces I usually use money, and you will need a die to determine how many spaces to move. I usually encourage 3 sentences per topic/question. 

Example questions/topics (for you to change/adapt) are: Who is your favorite person, What are you scared of, What makes you angry/happy, What is your greatest accomplishment, Tell me about your best friend/family, What would you do if you were prime minister. Also include "free" spaces-they are usually very excited to not have a speaking turn.

Download the  Level Two General Conversation Game here.

Activities such as ESL classroom games are very important. Although, there are different daily school timetables from country to country, it is common for children from five to nine, to have a playtime breaks during their lessons. The class time after the morning break is an excellent time to learn, that's why more difficult parts of the program are assimilated better in this period. However, the last hour before lunch is a tired, a low energy period, when ESL classroom games can help.  

The school day has about three low energy times, and it doesn't matter if you are teaching the same children all day or if you are seeing them for a short period of time. These low energy times are the most interesting for teachers and students. ESL classroom games can help them learn through these times.

So, here's a good classroom game to help those students through low energy times. And what's more — we're providing this download free to non-members in both WORD and PDF.

Members can download from the links above, or head on over to the archive.