Making Requests ESL Games, Activities and Worksheets
Guess the Request

In this creative making requests game, students draw pictures of Can you...? requests and try to guess requests from pictures a partner has drawn. First, in two groups, students draw pictures that... read more
Requests Mingle

In this free making requests speaking activity, students practice making, accepting and declining requests using prompts on cards. Give each student a request... read more
Could you...?

In this engaging making requests game, students race to find someone to accept their requests. The aim of the game is for students to make requests and find the person in their group who has the 'Yes, of... read more
Help Me Out!

In this communicative making requests game, students practice making, accepting and declining requests by racing to find classmates who are free to help them with five tasks. First, students write five... read more
Race to Respond

In this fast-paced making requests game, students race to accept and decline requests. In groups, students take turns picking up a card, making an appropriate request based on the situation and placing the... read more
Special Requests

In this comprehensive making requests worksheet, students learn and practice how to make polite requests with Could you...? and Would you mind...? Students... read more
Be Polite

Here is a free polite requests worksheet to help students practice a variety of phrases for making, accepting and declining requests politely. First, students use... read more
Deal With It

In this productive making requests game, students practice a variety of request phrases by racing to make suitable requests for common situations. In groups of three, one student picks up a situation... read more
Let's Practice Requests

In this free making requests worksheet, students practice making, accepting and declining requests using various phrases. First, students read two... read more
Making Requests Board Game

In this fun making requests board game, students practice making requests in everyday situations using various phrases. Players take turns rolling the dice and moving their counter along the board. When a player lands on a square, the... read more
Party Time

In this imaginative making suggestions and requests activity, students plan and organise a class party by making, accepting and refusing suggestions and requests... read more
Would you mind...?

In this communicative making requests activity, students practice making Would you mind -ing...? requests and accepting and declining them. Students go around the class making requests for the... read more
What's missing?

In this entertaining making requests game, students practice phrases for making requests. In pairs, one student begins by guessing the missing words in the first request. Their partner listens and tells them if they are correct or not... read more