Speaking and listening word games

A selection of word games which could be used as starters or ice-breakers.
Games revolve around developing vocabulary, choosing specific words, using words accurately, playing with words and speaking continuously. The games are:
- What's my word?
- The neighbour's cat
- Pass the bomb
- Games without rules
- Just a minute
- Following instructions
These versatile games could work well as filler activities, starters, plenaries, in tutor time, or as part of literacy across the curriculum initiatives.
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Review this resource10/06/2021
This is good resource, I haven't tried yet with my students, hoping to in the future. I think this would help to get dialogue going and improve their vocabularies.
21/03/2020
02/01/2019
Some fun games for lively and challenging revision of learned vocabulary.
12/04/2016
Interesting and useful for revision or motivation.
31/12/2015