Online Games for EFL

penguins in peril @ what to learn

2009-07-23T16:38:00.000-07:00

Answer the questions correctly and save the penguins from global warming! This quiz-game can be used for all levels, for example for verb tenses. This game here uses questions from the Michigan ECPE examination.

Play this game on the What2Learn site

rocket man @ what2learn

2009-07-23T15:50:00.000-07:00

This is great to create a competition among students. How far can your rocket man go? It's about being correct and being fast, and questions can be single words or short answers. It can also be used to review vocabulary, giving the definition, or scrambling the letters in the question. Worth seeing.

Play this game on the What2Learn site

alien abduction @ what2learn.com

2009-07-23T15:39:00.000-07:00

Another alternative to hangman games. This one is about occupations, and students are supposed to save grandma from being abducted by guessing the word correctly.

Play this game on the What2Learn site

space monkey rescue @ what2learn.com

2009-07-23T15:32:00.000-07:00

Can you save the monkeys? I used this to check verb tenses and gave students a clue of the verb to be used. Actually, this game can be made more challenging without the hints, so students have to look at the list of words if they don't have a clue, and then find the word in the chart. There is a time limit too.

Play this game on the What2Learn site

zombie boxing @ what2learn

2009-07-23T15:17:00.000-07:00

I used this to check vocabulary. It is another alternative to hangman, but it can be used for any exercise which will have a single word as the answer. For example, it could be used for past tenses or past participles of verbs, or for ordinal and cardinal numbers, or for superlatives, for example. Have fun.

Play this game on the What2Learn site

safari survival - hangman @ what2learn

2009-07-23T15:05:00.000-07:00

An alternative to hangman, students here have to save the zebra by discovering the hidden word before the lion gets to the zebra.

Play this game on the What2Learn site

The Viking Game @ What2learn

2009-07-05T05:50:00.000-07:00

Thanks to Larry Ferlazzo for sharing this great site What2learn. I created a game quickly to see how it works and how it can be used for motivating our students. Check it. There are some other games there, which I'll try later.

Play this game on the What2Learn site

Random name generator @ superteachertools - spelling bee

2009-06-10T07:13:00.000-07:00

I found this random name generator and imagined it would be great to use in the spelling bee competition. It sure makes selecting words easier. There is a limit of 100 words/names, but we could perhaps create lists of easy or difficult words. It is also great for classroom use, to select students at random.
This is just an image of the application. I could not embed it here correctly. But you can try a version with names of fruits here.

Visit superteachertools for more.

Dustbin @ classtools

2009-06-08T15:50:00.000-07:00

This is a simple sorting activity. I used countable, uncountable and both count-noncount nouns to create a list. Students have to drag each noun to the correct bin. Try it.

full screen version

Create yours here.

Manic miner @ classtools.net

2009-06-08T14:56:00.000-07:00

Well, this is a difficult one to play, but I guess kids will enjoy it. It's created the same way as Wordshoot below.
This one is on numbers. Students have to match the figure to the written number.

full screen version

Go to classtools.net to create your game!

Wordshoot @ classtools.net

2009-06-08T13:53:00.000-07:00

Easy to create and a lot of fun. I created this one on past participles. I just added some verbs and their participle forms and played. Chech it out.

full screen version here

This is just one of the games offered. If a password is set, students go straight to the page of the game you chose.

Check classtools.net for more options. I'll post the variations to the game soon.

Speed Match Quiz Game

2009-06-06T20:35:00.000-07:00

I found Speed Match on superteachertools.com. You simply type the questions and answers and the site does it all for you.

Basically, students have to drag the answers to the question box. There is a timer and a list of best times, which can motivate students to try hard to be the first.

Besides questions and answers, this game can be used for matching activities, such as past tense of irregular verbs, minimal pairs, numbers, passive voice, etc. You can use it for reviewing or practicing, and the best thing is it can be downloaded and used offline.

Here's an example of a game created using Speed Match. Students have to match the similar expressions of quantity.

Speed Match - quantity

Try it out, and if you create any game, remember to leave a comment here with the link.