Christmas games for esl students

Thank You Letter. In this fun Christmas activity, students write thank you letters for Christmas presents by completing sentences in a chain format. This is a light-hearted activity and the students should be encouraged to be as imaginative or amusing as they like by completing the letters with the names of famous people, unusual Christmas presents, funny adjectives, etc. To begin, students complete the salutation, e.

Students then fold the letter along the dotted line and pass it to the person on their right who completes the next sentence, folding and passing the paper as before. This process is repeated until all the sentences have been completed. Students then open out the letter and read it aloud to the group. The letters should make an entertaining read. Christmas Blockbusters. In this engaging Christmas game, students guess vocabulary related to Christmas from clues given by the teacher.

The aim of the game is to connect the hexagons from one side of the grid to the other. This is a fairly strategic game and the students need to choose their moves carefully in order to win, blocking the other team when necessary.

The game starts with the center hexagon. Give the clue for the letter in the hexagon D , i. The first team to answer correctly wins the hexagon and it is coloured accordingly. The winning team then chooses the next hexagon. Give the clue for the letter or letters in that hexagon and both teams race to answer as before. The first team to connect their hexagons from top to bottom or left to right wins the game. Christmas Conversation Questions. In this free Christmas conversation questions activity, students complete Christmas questions with question words and then ask and answer the questions with a partner.

In two groups, students use question words in a box on the worksheet to complete a set of Christmas conversation questions. Students then pair up with someone from the other group and take it in turns to ask and answer the questions with their partner. When everyone has finished, students give feedback to the class on what they found out. Christmas Crossword. In this Christmas crossword activity, students complete a crossword by defining and guessing Christmas vocabulary. In two groups, students invent and write down clues for the Christmas words written on their crossword.

Students then pair up with someone from the other group and take it in turns to ask their partner for a clue to one of their missing words. Their partner reads out the clue for that Christmas word and the other student tries to guess what it is. If the student guesses the word successfully, they write it on their crossword.

If not, their partner continues to give more clues until the student is able to guess the word. Afterwards, students check their spelling by comparing crosswords. Christmas Mimes. This free Christmas miming game can be used to teach or review common Christmas traditions and activities as well as the present continuous tense. The aim of the game is to guess what Christmas traditions or activities students are doing from mimes. A student from one team comes to the front of the class and is given a mime card.

The student then asks the class 'What am I doing? When a member of either team thinks they know what Christmas tradition or activity the student is doing, they call out their answer by making a present continuous sentence, e.

The first student to correctly guess the sentence scores a point for their team. A student from the other team then comes to the front of the class and so on. Christmas Word Search. In this Christmas word search activity, students find Christmas vocabulary in a word search and then use the words in sentences.

First, students look for the Christmas vocabulary shown on the worksheet in the word search and tick the words off as they find them. When the students have finished, review the position and meaning of each Christmas word with the class. Next, put the students in teams and call out a Christmas word at random from the word search.

The first student to put up their hand and make an appropriate sentence with the word scores a point for their team. Guess what? One at a time, blindfold your student, spin them around three times, and then have them place their nose where they think it belongs on your bulletin board reindeer. You can either put tape on the back to make it stick or have your student use a push pin.

Remove the blindfold and let the student see where his nose ended up. After everyone in class has had a turn, have students return to their seats and get out a piece of paper.

Their sentence should use a preposition of place. You can put a list of prepositions of place on your board to help including above, below, next to, beside, under, and on top of. If necessary, review these prepositions with your students before they write their sentences. If you enjoyed this article, please help spread it by clicking one of those sharing buttons below. And if you are interested in more, you should follow our Facebook page where we share more about creative, non-boring ways to teach English.

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For, To, At, In Prepositions and Conjunctions. Please wait Try These 6 Fun Christmas Games for English Practice 1 Christmas Tongue Twisters Not only will tongue twisters give your students some pronunciation practice, they are sure to bring laughter to the class room. My whole family got into the car and drove to the Christmas tree farm. We picked out a tall, green tree. We brought the tree home and put it in our living room. We decorated the tree with lights, ornaments, and a star.

We put presents under the tree. We heard squeaks coming from the top of the tree. First, students will get 3 seconds, then 2 seconds, and then 1 second to answer. This Christmas quiz is a great online Christmas activity. Students should read the sentences and then try to guess the Christmas word. This Christmas quiz is also available as a printable worksheet and can be found on our Christmas worksheets page.

This fun online Christmas game is great to teach Christmas vocabulary and expressions. Although students can not really read minds, they love to pretend that they can while playing this game! Students will see two letters to Santa and must choose ONE. If students guess correctly, they get a point. Pause the video when you see the pause sign and ask your students to write down their guesses.

Then, play the video to reveal the answer. This activity is a simple and fun Christmas game you can play while teaching online. All you need is a Christmas stocking and some small funny items to place in the stocking.