Below you will find a full list of our online ESL games. These games are great for teaching face to face with an interactive digital board or teaching online classes with Zoom. We will have many more online games coming shortly, so make sure you check back often.

Online ESL Games

– A simple no prep warmer/cooler or quick break for students. In this activity students have to say a word from a category that begins with a letter.

– based in the popular English word game but with 8 categories to make the game easier to be played by language learners

– Practice describing people with this fun online game.

– In this game students need to work out what the 3,4,5 or 6 letter word is to get the highest score. Great for teens and adults A2+

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– A simple quick fire vocabulary game. How many words can you guess in 90 seconds?

– Get class started with this fun vocabulary challenge. In this game students try and guess what the nine letter word is while also making words using the letters and the key letter. The team with the most words and points will win!

– Practice reading the setting the time with this fun interactive game to practice telling the time.

– A classic quick thinking vocabulary where students need to think of vocabulary quickly to get the most words beginning with a letter.

– Now play with young learner and lower level students in this simplified version of our classic game.

– Name 5! is a simple no prep vocabulary warmer. In this activity students need to say a number of words based on a range of topics. Can your students beat the clock!

– Students need to say 3 words from a random category in 5 seconds to score a point.

– A fun game to practice reading, spelling and vocabulary. Students read the definition and try and guess what the word is. Ideal for A2 level students. 11 categories of words to practice with.

– Can you guess the closed compounds nouns from the pictures? Practice guessing the compounds nouns with this fun interactive game.

– Practice speaking, grammar and vocabulary with these interactive online board games. New board games added regularly.

– An online game for teens and adults that is a great way to practice vocabulary on a large number of topics.

– Who can find the words first? With this multiplayer word search game practice spelling, reading and much much more.

– Practice animals with these four interactive online games. These fun games are a great way to revise animal vocabulary with your students.

– Practice vocabulary, spelling and pronunciation with this fun interactive word game.

– Practice animal vocabulary, spelling and pronunciation with this fun interactive game.

– Get your students making and telling stories with this fun online story tool.

– Practice vocabulary and spelling with countdown.

– A simple word game. Suitable for teens and adults with an intermediate and above level of English.

– Practice vocabulary and spelling with this unscramble game for young learners.

– Generate categories to get your students practicing vocabulary. Great activity to be used with a ball or in online classes to get students thinking at the start of class as a warmer.

– Generate quizzes quickly with this simple tool. Ideal for teens and adults intermediate and above.

– Generate random letters from the alphabet with this simple letter generating tool.

– Generate over 100 of the most common English language idioms. Get students to draw or mime out the idioms as a way to introduce them to the most common idioms in English.

– Randomly generate over 200 of the most common nouns in the English Language. Great for Pictionary and other end of the class coolers.

– A quick fire word game where students explain as many words as they can within the time limit.

– Automatically generate words from three different levels of difficulty and play Pictionary with your students in a flash.

– Boggle is a great warmer that can be used in the classroom. With this online version get students writing words to be the top of the class.

ESL Quizzes – Our Quizzes are a great way to end class and practice key vocabulary for a wide range of themes. Check back regularly as we are adding new quizzes regularly.

– Practice grammar and speaking by unscrambling these questions which cover 15 different grammar topics.

– A simple no-prep warmer or cooler to get students speaking about what they would rather do in different situations. Ideal for students B1 (lower-intermediate +).

– Practice giving directions with your students with this interactive map or let students create their own map.

– Practice FCE Speaking Part 1 and 2 with this interactive tool. There are over 80 part 1 questions and 24 part 2.

– Practice describing people with this fun online game.

– In this speaking game students speak about a topic for 30/60/120 seconds to gain points for their team.

– Practice speaking, grammar and vocabulary with these interactive online board games. New board games added regularly.

– Practice for the Cambridge Movers Speaking exam with this free fun interactive online game.

– Do you want to get your students thinking? Practice lateral thinking and reading with this brain teasers for all ages and levels.

– Practice speaking about photos for B1 (PET) students.

– Get your students making and telling stories with this fun online story tool.

– Can you spot the differences? Levels 1 – 8 are now available, more levels coming soon.

– Practice grammar and speaking by unscrambling these questions which cover 15 different grammar topics. Would You Rather – A simple no-prep warmer or cooler to get students speaking about what they would rather do in different situations. Ideal for students B1 (lower-intermediate +). Directions Game – Practice giving directions with your students with this interactive map or let students create their own map. FCE Speaking Practice – Practice FCE Speaking Part 1 and 2 with this interactive tool. There are over 80 part 1 questions and 24 part 2. ESL Guess Who – Practice describing people with this fun online game.– In this speaking game students speak about a topic for 30/60/120 seconds to gain points for their team. Interactive Board Games – Practice speaking, grammar and vocabulary with these interactive online board games. New board games added regularly. Movers Spot the Difference – Practice for the Cambridge Movers Speaking exam with this free fun interactive online game. ESL Brain Teasers – Do you want to get your students thinking? Practice lateral thinking and reading with this brain teasers for all ages and levels. Describe the photo – Practice speaking about photos for B1 (PET) students.– Get your students making and telling stories with this fun online story tool. Spot The Difference – Can you spot the differences? Levels 1 – 8 are now available, more levels coming soon.

ESL Odd One Out – An online game that is a great way to practice vocabulary and speaking with young learners. This activity is great to help students practice for the Cambridge Movers exam.

– Practice irregular verbs with your students using this tool. This versatile game can be played in many different ways and is a great routine to master irregular verbs with your students.

– Practice speaking, grammar and vocabulary with these interactive online board games. New board games added regularly.

– Our Quizzes are a great way to end class and practice key vocabulary for a wide range of themes. Check back regularly as we are adding new quizzes regularly.

Irregular Verb Challenge – Practice irregular verbs with your students using this tool. This versatile game can be played in many different ways and is a great routine to master irregular verbs with your students. Interactive Board Games – Practice speaking, grammar and vocabulary with these interactive online board games. New board games added regularly. ESL Quizzes – Our Quizzes are a great way to end class and practice key vocabulary for a wide range of themes. Check back regularly as we are adding new quizzes regularly.

Fortune Teller – Practice “yes/no” and “will” + future question forming with your students with this fortune teller.

 – Bomb is an engaging scoring system that adds excitement to any game.

– Are your students football mad? Then this might be the game for you. Which team will win in this fantastic football game.

– Rev your engines and get ready to win it big with this fun car race themed board game. Ideal to use with your own questions and help keep the score.

– The American football version of our Football Kick off game. A quick no fuss way to gamify your lessons with no printouts.

– Spin the wheel and win points for up to five teams.

– In this game students need to answer questions set by the teacher and try and find the hidden treasure before the others. The first to find it wins!

– Who will win in this turn based based game? The student or the teacher?

– Battleship is another engaging scoring system that will have students wanting more! How quickly can your students find all the ships and win?

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– Gamify your online and face to face lessons with Blockbuster. Use this game to practice vocabulary, word formation or just about any activity. Students work in teams and have to get across the board.

– A simple game you can use to gamify you classes. This basketball themed game allows you to use your own material but use this fun game to allow students to use their skill to score a point. Great with mixed ability sports crazy classes.

– Battle your students in an epic match of ‘Rock, Paper, Scissors’.

– A fun higher or lower game.

– Bring your students to the horse races with this simple interactive game. Have students choose a horse and see who wins! Great to gamify your class and make everyone have a chance of winning big.

– Play this classic versatile game with our interactive board game and gamify you lessons quickly and easily.

Tic Tac Toe – Dragons vs Unicorns – Play the ultimate tic tac toe battle in class. Who will win? Dragons or Unicorns?

– Practice addition, subtraction, division and multiplication with this fun online game.

– Practice counting, numbers and ‘there are’ / “there is” with this fun interactive counting game.

– A quick fire addition maths game that will help your students practice quick thinking with numbers and addition in English or any target language. A fun no prep warmer/cooler for class.

– A simple multiplication challenge to get students thinking and multiplying in English. A great warmer to get your students thinking and focused!

Count Your Chickens! – A simple counting and Math problem game for kids. Can your students decide how many chickens to put across the fence?

– Test your test young learners multiplication skills with this interactive tool

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– In this mini game students need to touch the letters of the alphabet in order. Ideal for young learners.

– A fun game to practice reading, spelling and vocabulary. Students read the definition and try and guess what the word is. Ideal for A2 level students. 11 categories of words to practice with.

– Now play with young learner and lower level students in this simplified version of our classic game.

Count Your Chickens! – A simple counting and Math problem game for kids. Can your students decide how many chickens to put across the fence?

– This game is a great way to practice and reinforce vocabulary with young learners. Covering 12 different themes found in most young learner course books this game is sure to be popular with your students.

– Practice animals with these four interactive online games. These fun games are a great way to revise animal vocabulary with your students.

– Practice counting, numbers and ‘there are’ / “there is” with this fun interactive counting game.

– Practice for the Cambridge Movers Speaking exam with this free fun interactive online game.

– Can you spot the differences? Levels 1 – 8 are now available, more levels coming soon.

 Online interactive word search (word soup) puzzles for Young learners with target vocabulary for Cambridge Young Learner Exams (Starters, Movers and Flyers A1 & A2. A Fun way to practice spelling with students in class, on their own or online with Zoom.

– Practice vocabulary and spelling with this unscramble game for young learners.

– Hangman is a no-prep way to practice spelling and vocabulary recall with your students.

– A fun way to introduce a topic, unit or just revise vocabulary with your students. These preprepared picture reveals will save you time and have students reviewing vocabulary in a fun and interactive way.

– Review vocabulary with young learners with these interactive memory match game.

– Get your students making and telling stories with this fun online story tool.

– An entertaining way to practice writing with young learners and even teens.

More online ESL games coming soon! (Last updated 1 January 2023)

Online ESL Classroom Tools

– A simple virtual dice that can be used on any device

 (New) – Our no fuss interactive date and weather chart is a great way practice the date and weather each day with your students.

This tool helps teachers manage classroom transitions with simple sounds that they can assign to different classroom tasks e.g listen to the teacher, change groups, go back to your desk etc.

 – Make secret ciphers quickly and easily with our new Cipher tool.

– Practice telling the time with this free online tool for teens and adults.

– Get your students making and telling stories with this fun online story tool.

– Generate random letters from the alphabet with this simple letter generating tool.

– Play bingo, practice numbers or pick who goes first, all with this random number generator.

– Generate categories to get your students practicing vocabulary. Great activity to be used with a ball or in online classes to get students thinking at the start of class as a warmer.

– A random name selector for you to use in your classroom when choosing a student to complete a task, answer a question, or participate in an activity.

Spin the wheel is a simple way of awarding points to students in a fun and interactive way.

– Flip a virtual coin to decide teams, who’s first and much more.

– Keep score with this interactive classroom score board.

– Keep a track of time with this handy timer.

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