Narrative Tenses
To view the activity on your current device, click the "Let's Go" button, or the activity title. Where you see a "PDF" button, you'll be able to click and grab the good old fashioned paper version of the activity. When you see a "QR" button, you may have just saved yourself some prep time! Hit it and show the code to your students. No printing or cutting for you!
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These activities all require zero prep, and can work with any level and just about about any topic or grammar point you want use them for. Just use a little imagination.
Prep = 15 mins (zero with QR)
Level = Pre - Upper Int
Class Time = 20 mins
This is our basic Chess Clock. Built for two players, it is a very simple one on one game that can be used as anything from simple a warmer to a full speaking activity, or in conjunction with our "Head to Head" board game. It is versatile enough to be used with absolutely any grammar point or topic. Your imagination is the only limit here, but to give you a little help we have included the "20 Chess Clock Ideas to Cover Anything" pdf below, to get you started with some ideas.
Prep = 15 mins (zero with QR)
Level = Pre - Upper Int
Class Time = 20 mins
Simple, fun, and works with literally any topic or grammar point. Get them on their feet and engaged in an instant. This one never fails to add a little excitement to any lesson.
Like our Simple Chess Clock, only it plays on multiple phones. Students simply need to scan the QR and input a game code to all join the same session. From pairs, to how ever many students you have in your class, their timers will be synced across their devices in real time.
To get started, download the instruction manual by clicking the button below, or watch our quick demo video to learn how to use this great warmer for anything.
Prep = 15 mins (zero with QR)
Level = Pre - Upper Int
Class Time = 20 mins
This is one of Englishable's original, and most useful, features.
Create your own text flashcards and use the automatically generated QR codes to have them on your student's phones in the blink of an eye. No more messy bits of paper, no more worry about losing them. Review vocabulary, write conversation questions, create your own activities. You are limited only by your imagination. Hit "Let's Go" to visit your flashcard page and get started right now!
Prep = 15 mins (zero with QR)
Level = Pre - Upper Int
Class Time = 20 mins
Not as scary as it sounds, but certainly a lot of fun. Our Time Bomb Timer is a classic of the ESL industry. Don't worry, nothing is going to explode other than your student's excitement levels.
Customisable to whatever time you wish to use
Prep = 15 mins
Level = Pre - Upper Int
Class Time = 20 mins
Create a crossword on absolutely any topic you like in no time at all.
All you need is a list of words and our Crossword Generator will do the rest. You'll be rapidly presented with a two page PDF, ready to download. One page will have "Up" answers blanked, the other the "Down" answers.
Students simply help each other by giving clues to what each answer is, until together they have completed the puzzle.