Dealing with Problems ESL Activities, Worksheets & Games

ESL Dealing with Problems Game - Speaking: Forming Sentences, Freer Practice - Group Work In this engaging problem-solution board game, students practice identifying common household problems and suggesting appropriate solutions. To begin, students place their counters on the start square. Next, students take turns picking up a card and reading the situation aloud. The other students then race to identify the household problem that may have caused the situation, using one of the identifying problem phrases displayed in the centre of the game board. The first student to identify the problem shown on the card rolls the dice and moves their counter along the board. The exact wording from the card is not required. When the student lands on a square, they suggest a solution to the problem using the phrase on that square. If the group agrees that the sentence is grammatically correct and the solution matches the problem, the student stays on the square. Otherwise, they move back two squares. The first student to reach the finish wins the game. show less

ESL Dealing with Problems Worksheet - Vocabulary and Writing Exercises: Gap-fill, Matching - Speaking Activities: Asking and Answering Questions - Pair Work In this free dealing with problems worksheet, students practice common phrases for identifying and clarifying everyday problems. First, students discuss two questions about everyday problems in pairs. Students then complete phrases that identify and clarify problems with words from a box and then indicate the function of each phrase. Next, students match sentence halves to create statements related to identifying and clarifying problems. After that, students underline the correct words to complete sentences and then match each statement identifying a problem to its corresponding clarification. Students then use the language from the worksheet to write sentences identifying topic-related problems. Finally, students take turns reading each sentence to a partner, who clarifies the issue. show less

ESL Dealing with Problems Activity - Vocabulary and Speaking: Sentence Completion, Gap-fill, Discussion, Freer and Communicative Practice - Pair Work Here is a dealing with problems speaking activity to help students practice language for suggesting, evaluating, and agreeing on solutions. First, in two groups, students read each problem and complete two sentences with creative solutions. Next, students complete phrases to evaluate and agree on solutions using the words provided. Students then pair up with someone from the other group and use their sentences and the language from the worksheet to discuss each problem, evaluate its possible solutions, and agree on which one is the best, ticking the solution they agree on. Finally, pairs report back to the class on the solutions they agreed on for each problem and explain their reasoning. show less