This is a question and answer game based on reading and oral comprehension. The materials required for this game are slips of paper on which the students are expected to write sentences starting with the "Find Someone Who" phrase. Example sentences would be "Find someone who can play a guitar," or "Find someone who is a singer." Students can have as many slips of paper as they want; however, each slip must have at least 10 "Find Someone Who" phrases. The students are given 10 to 15 minutes to determine which of their classmates perfectly fit the tag. The student who comes up with the most number of matches for the phrase is declared the winner. This activity helps students improve their reading and comprehension skills.
Noughts and Crosses is a game for a class divided into two teams. The teacher displays a tic-tac-toe type of grid on a board, with a different word written in each square of the grid. A member of the team to which a square is allotted must frame a sentence or question that incorporates the word. The first team that frames the sentence or question successfully will draw a nought in the square. The second team will draw a cross if they, too, come up with a valid sentence or question with their allotted word. The team that first manages to build a straight line of crosses or noughts either diagonally, vertically or horizontally is declared the winner. This game helps students practice and improve their sentence-formation skills. The words chosen by the teachers for the game could be verbs, nouns, conjunctions or any other word format.
This is a phrase-matching game and needs two sets of paper slips. Give the first set to half of the students in the class and the second set to the other half. The first team's paper slips should have phrasal verbs written on them, and the second team's slips should have a sentence and a non-phrasal verb. The task here for each student is to find his partner on the opposite team. A student with a phrasal verb would look for a student who has a sentence that proves a perfect match for the phrasal verb. Each student must find his match and read out the sentence and the phrasal verb at the end. A sentence such as "He returned the book" would be considered a perfect match for the phrasal verb "gave back".
Seeking Advice is a game in which the class is divided into two groups. The first group will be advice seekers and the second group will be the advice givers. Members of the advice seekers group must approach the advice givers and seek remedies for minor problems. The advice seekers can choose to approach as many advice givers as possible till they get a satisfactory solution to their problem. This game helps students work on their dialogue, problem-stating and advice-giving skills, and can improve oral communication skills.