ESL Question and Answer Games

Here is an entertaining game that helps students practice asking and answering questions. Give each student a balloon with a question inside. Students then attach their balloon to their ankle with a rubber band. Next, students go around... read more

This fun Q and A game can be used to practice a variety of question and answer structures. You can also use the game in any situation where you want to elicit answers from students such as with flashcards. One player from each team... read more

Here is a fun question and answer game for students of all ages and levels. On the board, draw a dartboard with points going around it. For darts, you can use an eraser, a small soft ball, or a paper airplane. Ask a question to the class. The first student to... read more

Here is an engaging question and answer game to play with your students. Have the students stand in a circle. Tell the students to form guns by clasping both their hands together. Call out a student's name. The two students on either side of... read more

Here is an amusing question and answer relay race to play with your students. Tell the students that they are going to take part in a relay race using cut out fish. Each student then cuts out the shape of a fish from a piece of paper. Next, mark a start... read more

This is a fun answering questions game to help students practice or revise question and answer structures. Students stand in a circle with their arms folded. You stand in the middle of the circle with a soft ball. Throw or pretend to throw the ball to a student... read more

This ESL game is useful for practicing a wide range of question and answer structures. First, each student writes a question using the target language on a piece of paper. All the students then put their heads... read more

This entertaining Pac-Man style game motivates students to answer questions. Create a space in the classroom to play the game. When you say 'go', students move around the space. When you say 'stop', the students stop exactly where... read more

Here is a useful question and answer game to play while you are waiting for some students to turn up at the start of class. Write two column headings labelled 'You' and 'Me' on the board. Go around the class and play rock, paper, scissors with each... read more

Here is a lively question and answer game to play with your students. Choose two students to be the 'Catchers' and blindfold them. The other students find a spot in the classroom and stand still. The catchers' task is to find the other students. The other... read more

This insightful question and answer game works well with older students. Ask one student to leave the classroom. While the student is out of the room, the class thinks of three questions to ask the... read more

Here is an imaginative ESL question and answer game to play in class. Draw a football pitch and players on the board. Have some kind of football sticker that you can move around the pitch. Divide the... read more