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This document provides descriptions of 11 low-prep ESL games that can be used for teaching English online. The games include: 1. Asking students to find objects of a certain color or starting letter in their room. 2. Playing a hidden objects game by sharing an image with objects for students to find. 3. Playing objects pictionary by drawing an object for students to guess. 4. Playing an odd one out game by listing objects where one doesn't belong. 5. Playing a tell me 5 game where students list 5 items in a category like foods or colors.

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Online Activities

This document provides descriptions of 11 low-prep ESL games that can be used for teaching English online. The games include: 1. Asking students to find objects of a certain color or starting letter in their room. 2. Playing a hidden objects game by sharing an image with objects for students to find. 3. Playing objects pictionary by drawing an object for students to guess. 4. Playing an odd one out game by listing objects where one doesn't belong. 5. Playing a tell me 5 game where students list 5 items in a category like foods or colors.

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1.

Find Something…
Ask the online student to look around his or her room and
find something of a certain color. For example, you can ask
the student to find something that is pink. Give the student a
minute or two to look around the room for an object that’s
pink such as a hair bow or a marker.
Alternatively, you can ask the student to look for something
that begins with a specific letter. For instance, he or she can
find an object that begins with the letter P, like a pillow or a
pen.
Variation

You can ask the student to find something in your online


classroom. This object, of course, will have to visible on your
screen where your student can see it without you having to
move the camera around. It can be an object, a word, or a
picture in your background.
2. Hidden Objects
This online ESL game is an effective and fun way to practice
vocabulary and listening or reading comprehension. You can use
this free online ESL game for reviewing nouns, adjectives, and
even prepositions of place.
Before the class, find or prepare a photo with many different
objects (e.g. a messy room, a crowded beach). Share this image
with the student along with a list of ten objects which they have
to find.
You can also describe the items with more details, for instance,
“look for the big, red balloon.”
When the student finds an object, you can either enable the
remote mouse control so he or she can circle the object or ask the
student to describe the location of the item. For example, he can
say, “The cat is between the bed and the nightstand.”
3. Objects Pictionary

This is a great online ESL game to practice vocabulary words.

Choose an object in the room that is not visible to the student.


Then, draw this on the virtual whiteboard. As you draw, the
student must guess what it is, just like the popular game.
To make the game more challenging, you can set a timer for one
minute. The teacher and student can also switch roles to have the
student draw the pictures and the teacher guess the object.guess the
object.
4. Odd One Out
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This catchy ESL game helps your young students recall vocabulary and practice
their listening skills, and also keeps them concentrated!
How to play

Call out a list of five objects, with all but one of which having something in
common. For example, call out banana, apple, orange, peach, carrot. Ask the
student to identify which one doesn’t belong to the group. Depending on the
student’s level, you can also ask him or her to explain why the object is different
from the rest on the list. For example, in the list above, carrot is the odd one out
because it’s a vegetable and the rest are fruits.
5. Tell me 5

This game is good for practicing speaking skills and vocabulary.


List categories on the board such as colors, food, transportation, zoo animals, etc. Then, ask the student to
choose a category. If the student chooses the food category, the
teacher can ask, “tell me five vegetables” or “tell me five desserts”.
The student must think of five items in less than one minute.

You can also write five letters that the items in the category should
start with. For example, “tell me five vegetables that start with T, L,
C, E, and K.”
11 Low-Prep ESL Games for Teaching Online
BY KRZL LIGHT NUÑES
MAY 19, 2020

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