ESL Games for Giving Answers

 

Hot Potato

Young Learners 10 minutes
ESL Giving Answers Game - Speaking: Answering Questions

Here is a quick and easy ESL game to motivate your students to answer questions. This game can be played in any situation where the students have to answer questions in class, e.g. answering exercise questions. Take a small object such as... read more

Noughts and Crosses

Elementary (A1-A2) 10 minutes
ESL Giving Answers Game - Speaking: Answering Questions - Group Work

Here is a fun way to go through answers to questions in class. Draw a three-by-three grid on the board. Ask a question to each team in turn. If a team answers the question correctly, they draw a nought or cross in the grid. The first team to get three squares... read more

Speak Button Game

Any Level 10 minutes
ESL Giving Answers Game - Speaking: Answering Questions - Group Work

Liven up your class when you want to go through answers to questions with this fun ESL game. Divide the students into two teams and assign each team member with a number. Explain that the students are going to race to answer questions. Draw a... read more

The Buzzer Game

Any Level 10 minutes
ESL Giving Answers Game - Speaking: Answering Questions - Pair Work

This amusing ESL game can be played when students have to answer questions in class. In teams of two, one student sits on a chair and the other student stands behind their partner. The seated students are 'buzzers' and the standing students are... read more