ESL Verb Games
Catch

This challenging verb game helps students to practice or revise verb forms. Have the students stand in a circle. Take a place in the circle and start the game by throwing a ball to a student. As you throw the ball, say a verb in its base form. The student who catc... read more
Classroom Tennis

Here is a fun ESL irregular verb forms game to play in class. One student from each team comes to the front of the class and sits facing each other. One student thinks of an irregular verb and serves it by saying the past participle form of the verb, e.g. begun.... read more
The Verb Tree

In this imaginative verbs game, students make sentences that contain specific verbs. Draw a large tree with many branches on the board. Tell the students that they are going to provide leaves for the tree. Each student writes a different verb on a leaf-shaped pie... read more
Things we do...

In this ESL verb game, students brainstorm regular and irregular verbs related to a topic. Write a 'Things we do...' topic on the board, e.g. 'Things we do with our brains'. Tell the students that they have two minutes to write down as many verbs as they can tha... read more
Verb Connection

In this strategic Connect 4 style verb game, students practice making sentences and questions using various verb forms. Draw a six-by-six grid on the board. Write different verbs and verb forms in the squares. Add a question mark to some of the base form verbs. N... read more
Visual Verbs

In this entertaining verbs game, students guess irregular verbs from mimes and then write down the verb's three forms. Draw three columns on the board for each team. Label the columns: Base, Past, Past participle. Choose a student from Team A to come to the fron... read more