Giving Advice ESL Games, Activities and Worksheets
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Here is a productive giving advice speaking activity to introduce students to using should to ask for and give advice. In pairs, Student A begins by reading each statement and asking their partner for advice... read more
Problems and Advice

In this useful giving advice game, students practice stating problems and giving advice. Students begin by writing sentences that state problems and give advice. Students then cut the sentences into... read more
Should and Shouldn't

Here is a comprehensive should and shouldn't worksheet to help students learn and practice giving advice with should and shouldn't. Students begin by... read more
Should and Shouldn't Board Game

In this fun giving advice board game, students read problems and give advice with should and shouldn't. Players take turns rolling the dice and moving their counter along the board. When a player lands... read more
Advice Dominoes

In this enjoyable giving advice with conditionals game, students play dominoes to practice the zero and first conditional for giving advice. The first player puts down one of their dominoes on either side of the domino on the table, making sure... read more
Advice for the Modern World

In this engaging giving advice game, students use four phrases to write advice for everyday situations and then play a guessing game using the advice. First, students complete four phrases with advice for... read more
Advice Needed

In this free should for advice game, students give the best advice they can using the modal verb should. In groups, students take turns picking up a card, reading out the situation on the card and asking for... read more
Agony Aunt

In this imaginative giving advice speaking activity, students take on the role of an agony aunt called Abby and give advice. First, students read a message on a card asking Abby for advice about a... read more
Asking For and Giving Advice

Here is an insightful giving advice worksheet to help students practice phrases for asking and giving advice on everyday topics. First, students write a list of six things they would ask advice for, e.g. a low... read more
Careers Advice

In this rewarding giving advice game, students give careers advice and their classmates try to guess the matching jobs. In teams of two, students complete each job card with career advice for someone who would want to do that job in the future... read more
I've got a Problem

This versatile giving advice speaking activity helps students practice phrases for stating problems and giving advice. Half the students are problem people and the other half are advice givers. Write a phrase... read more
Jon's Story

In this interesting giving advice activity, students read a short story and then write and discuss advice for the people in the story. First, students read the short story together as a class. Students then... read more
Should, Ought to, Had Better

Here is a handy giving advice worksheet to help students learn and practice how to give advice using should, ought to, and had better. Students start by finding and correcting mistakes in advice. Next... read more
The Best Advice

In this communicative stating problems and giving advice speaking activity, students ask for and give advice and then choose the best piece of advice they received... read more
Travel Advice

In this creative giving travel advice game, students write travel advice for a place they know well and then use the advice in a guessing game. First, students think of a country, city or place... read more
What's your advice?

In this free giving advice game, students practice phrases for giving advice by racing to write down as many pieces of advice as they can for a given situation. Write an advice phrase and situation on the board, e.g. 'You should...' and 'I just had... read more
Awesome Advice

In this fast-paced giving advice game, students race to give advice for different problems using modals of advice and the second conditional. In groups, students take turns picking up an advice... read more
Guess the Problem

In this entertaining giving advice game, students give advice and their classmates try to guess what the problem is. In groups, students take turns picking up a card, reading the problem on the card and giving advice for it. The other students... read more
What should I do?

In this amusing giving advice game, students try to give the best advice they can for a variety of problems. In groups, students take turns picking up a card, reading the problem on the card to the group... read more
You Might Want to Connect Four

In this productive giving advice game, students play Connect Four by giving advice for different scenarios using specific phrases. To begin, the first player chooses a square from the game board... read more