Split your class into small groups. Provide your students with a text to read. Play the audio of the text or read the text out loud, but provide a bit of a twist; vary the phrases or words so that the audio does not entirely match up with the text. You can do this with a news report, a short story or anecdote, or even a song. Ask your groups to make notes on the differences they hear and correct the text so it matches the audio. Give the students some time to compare notes and share their corrections with each other. The group to finish first and with most corrections completed is the winner.
Send your students on a scavenger hunt. This is an appropriate activity to help teach nouns. Separate your students into groups and give each group a list of objects to collect. Send your students to other classrooms to collect the objects. Alert the other teachers beforehand so you don't interrupt tests or important lessons. The students will need to ask for the objects using correct grammar and pronunciation in order for the teacher to provide the object. Give the other teachers some objects ahead of time for the students to collect, or be sure that the objects you are using will be easily found in the classroom. The first team to return to your classroom with all the objects is the winner.
Help your students develop memory skills and build vocabulary. Show the class a short film or a clip from a movie or television show. Do not allow any writing while the clip is playing. After the clip, put your students in small groups and ask them to brainstorm and create a list of as many verbs, nouns and adjectives that they can remember from the film. Time this exercise, limiting the group time to about five minutes. The group with most correctly spelled words is the winner.
Challenge your students' reading ability with a story scramble. Cut out the sentences of a short passage and have your student groups assemble the sentences in chronological order to reveal the story. Give each group a different passage. Use the subject matter of the passages to inspire a class discussion when they have completed the exercise. You can use a fairy tale, a news item or a brief biography of a famous person.