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57 Free ESL Games Online

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There are a lot of ESL games available online, but as a beginning English speaker, they may be hard to search for. Here is a list of 57 ESL games organized by type. Do you know of any more ESL games? Leave them in the comments section below.

fill in the blank esl games

Fill in the Blank

  1. Fill in the blank
  2. Fill in the blank (by topic)
  3. Global Warming article game (Advanced)
  4. Irregular past-tense verbs fill in the blank
  5. Arkansas Traveler Song

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Hangman

  1. Hangman games
  2. Farm Animals Hangman
  3. Words and Adjectives Hangman
  4. Parts of the body hangman
  5. University Level words hangman
  6. Most common words hangman
  7. Ogden’s Basic English Word List hangman

crossword games esl

Crosswords

  1. Crosswords 
  2. More crossword games
  3. 17 Everyday words crossword puzzle (beginner)
  4. Medical Terms crosswords (intermediate)
  5. Physics crossword (Advanced)
  6. Countries where English is spoken crossword
  7. Animal similes crossword

Listening and speaking esl

Listening

  1. Listening maze game
  2. Comic Book listening game
  3. Listening Prompt
  4. Dictation: Listen, then type what you heard
  5. American Stories, listen and read

Vocab Games for ESL

Vocabulary and Pronunciation

  1. Which word doesn’t belong?
  2. Matching homophones (Elementary to Advanced)
  3. Rhyming Pairs
  4. -ed pronunciation matching game
  5. Matching similes
  6. Jumbled Words (by topic)
  7. More scrambled words
  8. Word Match
  9. Family Tree Vocab Game
  10. Colors vocab matching game (beginner, intermediate and advanced)
  11. Learn food vocab with Moonshot
  12. Food Vocab Game
  13. Clothes Vocab Game
  14. Catapult Food and Drinks Vocabulary game
  15. Car Racing Vocab Game
  16. Text Twist 2
  17. Word Roundup (advanced)
  18. Vocab card game

Grammar Games

Grammar

  1. Guess the adjective game
  2. Action Verbs game
  3. Prepositions of place and “home” vocab
  4. Action Verb game (one or two player)
  5. Adjective synonyms
  6. Adjective Antonyms
  7. Sentence Monkey, Prepositions 

Holiday Themed ESL Games

American Holiday Themed

  1. Halloween flash game
  2. Valentine’s Day Memory game
  3. Thanksgiving Crossword

Jeopardy Games

Jeopardy

  1. Capital Cities Jeopardy game
  2. Verb tenses Jeopardy game
  3. Irregular Past Simple Jeopardy game

Misc Games

Miscellaneous

  1. Face Maker
  2. Numbers Game

Enjoy!

 

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6 Sources of ESL News Articles

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Daily_News

 

Using news articles as an student of ESL can help your reading and vocabulary skills, because news writing is usually very straight-forward (meaning uncomplicated) and succinct (meaning  short and to the point). Here are a few ESL resources for news articles:

http://esldivlabs.vcc.ca/news.html – This site has written and audio articles

http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/- Large collection of over 1800 articles and ESL resources

http://www.english-online.at/ – This site features a vocabulary list at the end of each article.

http://www.simpleenglishnews.com/ – This site offers articles that are 100 words or less.

http://www.elllo.org/ – This site has many videos for ESL students.

http://learningenglish.voanews.com/ – This site features news videos aimed at ESL students in level 1 and level 2.

Audio Learning: The Beatles’ Here Comes the Sun

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Lyrics:

Here comes the sun (doo doo doo doo)
Here comes the sun, and I say
It’s all right

Little darling, it’s been a long cold lonely winter
Little darling, it feels like years since it’s been here
Here comes the sun
Here comes the sun, and I say
It’s all right

Little darling, the smiles returning to the faces
Little darling, it seems like years since it’s been here
Here comes the sun
Here comes the sun, and I say
It’s all right

Sun, sun, sun, here it comes
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes

Little darling, I feel that ice is slowly melting
Little darling, it seems like years since it’s been clear
Here comes the sun
Here comes the sun, and I say
It’s all right

Here comes the sun
Here comes the sun, and I say
It’s all right
It’s all right

Audio Learning: Charlie Daniels Band “Devil Went Down to Georgia”

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Lyrics:

The Devil went down to Georgia. He was lookin’ for a soul to steal.
He was in a bind ’cause he was way behind. He was willing to make a deal
When he came across this young man sawin’ on a fiddle and playin’ it hot.
And the Devil jumped upon a hickory stump and said “Boy, let me tell you what.”

“I bet you didn’t know it, but I’m a fiddle player, too.
And if you’d care to take a dare I’ll make a bet with you.
Now you play a pretty good fiddle, boy, but give the Devil his due.
I’ll bet a fiddle of gold against your soul ’cause I think I’m better than you.”

The boy said, “My name’s Johnny, and it might be a sin,
But I’ll take your bet; and you’re gonna regret ’cause I’m the best there’s ever been.”

Johnny, rosin up your bow and play your fiddle hard.
‘Cause Hell’s broke loose in Georgia and the Devil deals the cards.
And if you win you get this shiny fiddle made of gold,
But if you lose the devil gets your soul.

The Devil opened up his case and he said, “I’ll start this show.”
And fire flew from his fingertips as he rosined up his bow.
And he pulled the bow across the strings and it made an evil hiss.
And a band of demons joined in and it sounded something like this.

When the Devil finished, Johnny said, “Well, you’re pretty good ol’ son,
But sit down in that chair right there and let me show you how it’s done.”

“Fire on the Mountain.” Run, boys, run!
The Devil’s in the house of the rising sun;
Chicken’s in the bread pan picking out dough.
Granny, does your dog bite? No, child, no.

The Devil bowed his head because he knew that he’d been beat.
And he laid that golden fiddle on the ground at Johnny’s feet.
Johnny said, “Devil, just come on back if you ever wanna try again,
‘Cause I’ve told you once–you son of a bitch–I’m the best there’s ever been.”
And he played:

“Fire on the Mountain.” Run, boys, run!
The Devil’s in the house of the rising sun;
Chicken’s in the bread pan picking out dough.
Granny, does your dog bite? No, child, no.

Audio Learning: Tracy Chapman’s Fast Car

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Lyrics:

You got a fast car
I want a ticket to anywhere
Maybe we make a deal
Maybe together we can get somewhere

Any place is better
Starting from zero got nothing to lose
Maybe we’ll make something
But me myself I got nothing to prove

You got a fast car
I got a plan to get us out of here
I been working at the convenience store
Managed to save just a little bit of money

We won’t have to drive too far
Just across the border and into the city
You and I can both get jobs
And finally see what it means to be living

You see my old man’s got a problem
He live with the bottle that’s the way it is
He says his body’s too old for working
His body’s too young to look like his

My mama went off and left him
She wanted more from life than he could give
I said somebody’s got to take care of him
So I quit school and that’s what I did

You got a fast car
But is it fast enough so we can fly away?
We gotta make a decision
We leave tonight or live and die this way

So remember we were driving, driving in your car
The speed so fast I felt like I was drunk
City lights lay out before us
And your arm felt nice wrapped ’round my shoulder

And I had a feeling that I belonged
I had a feeling I could be someone, be someone, be someone

You got a fast car
We go cruising entertain ourselves
You still ain’t got a job
And I work in the market as a checkout girl

I know things will get better
You’ll find work and I’ll get promoted
We’ll move out of the shelter
Buy a bigger house and live in the suburbs

So remember we were driving, driving in your car
The speed so fast I felt like I was drunk
City lights lay out before us
And your arm felt nice wrapped ’round my shoulder

And I had a feeling that I belonged
I had a feeling I could be someone, be someone, be someone

You got a fast car
I got a job that pays all our bills
You stay out drinking late at the bar
See more of your friends than you do of your kids

I’d always hoped for better
Thought maybe together you and me’d find it
I got no plans I ain’t going nowhere
So take your fast car and keep on driving

So remember when we were driving, driving in your car
The speed so fast I felt like I was drunk
City lights lay out before us
And your arm felt nice wrapped ’round my shoulder

And I had a feeling that I belonged
I had a feeling I could be someone, be someone, be someone

You got a fast car
But is it fast enough so you can fly away?
You gotta make a decision
Leave tonight or live and die this way..