Hand a student a piece of paper with a verb written on it. Instruct the students that they must describe their verb with other words only; they are not allowed to use gestures or body movement of any kind. They may only talk about their word. They can provide synonyms, cloze sentences ("I ______ a cup of coffee this morning"), idioms and collocations. Give every student in the class a turn at describing a verb.
Divide your class into teams of three and line them up in rows. Designate the first person in each team as No. 1, the second as No. 2, and the third as No. 3. Give each team a piece of paper with an irregular verb and instruct the number ones to provide the past tense, the number twos to provide the past participle, and the number threes to provide the present participle. This game is unique in that it emphasizes accuracy and memory more than fluency.
Divide the class into teams. Provide each team with a list of 10 seemingly unrelated verbs and instruct them to write a story that uses each verb as the main tensed verb of a simple or complex sentence. A narrator from each team will read their story as the other team members act them out. Award points based on the order in which each team finished and on the quality of each story, based on student and teacher votes.
Students compete against each other in pairs. Give each student 10 small pieces of paper, the size of a small sticky-backed note paper. Prepare 10 sentences with a verb missing and read each one to the class --- in place of the verb, say "beep." Students have five seconds to write the missing verb on one of their pieces of paper. Then, they reveal their answers. Correct answers allow students to keep their piece of paper; incorrect answers go to the garbage. When you have read all the sentences, students count up their paper and the one with the most wins.