A classic game for vocabulary review.
How to play (credit: https://eslgames.com/esl-taboo/):
Make a list of vocabulary items you want to review, five to ten words per student depending on how long you want to play. Write each word on separate small squares of paper. Fold up each square and put them in a large easily accessible container such as a box or a hat.
Put students into groups of four or five and get them to think up team names, write them on the board.
The first group elects a team member who comes to the front of the class where the box of words is.
The player takes a word from the container and tries to describe it to their teammates without actually saying the word or using their native language. If the word is successfully guessed then students put it to one side. If not the word goes back in the hat and the player takes another.
After 90 seconds sound a buzzer count how many words were successfully guessed and mark them up on the board under the team name.
Continue until every team member has taken a turn (or two) in the describing role.
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Normally, I write the word on the chalk board while a representative for each team are in front of the class and have their backs to the word. Meanwhile, all their classmates stew up how to describe the word in English, and raise their hands to take turns explaining it to their representative. Older kids love the competition!
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