This activity gets students reviewing how to form questions in English. Often, non-native speakers are used to answering questions, not asking them, so this is a good activity to make students think a little harder about question sentences. Have the class divide into two groups, and call two members of each group to the front. Read out an answer, such as "I'm from Brazil" and have the students try to come up with the correct questions for the answer. Give each student a turn at being on the spot and figuring out what the question is.
Talking on the telephone can be a challenging activity for non-native speakers, and a little in-class role play is a good way to mitigate some of the anxiety attached to it. Have the class pair up, and provide each pair with toy telephones (if possible) and a few prompts for a possible telephone conversation, such as ordering a product, making plans with a friend, or arranging a meeting. Get students to practice conversations using the prompts, and take turns playing the different roles from the prompts.
This activity challenges your students to work on the descriptive skills and practice vocabulary. Have one student sit at the front of the class and give a description of a person he knows, including details like facial features, clothing, hair color and so on. The rest of the class must then draw a picture of the person being described. When the class is finished, have the student at the front reveal who he was thinking of and compare him to the pictures drawn.
This activity is good for getting students to work on their writing and learning some new complex vocabulary at the same time. Give students an obscure English word they don't know, such as "obtuse," and have them make up definitions for it. Collect all of the definitions and read them aloud, including the real definition among the made-up ones, and have the class vote on which one sounds right. Reveal the real definition after everyone has voted.