Riddles

Animal Description Riddle Bingo

By saradavila  |  2011/06/02 20:15 Posted in Advanced, Bingo, Intermediate, Riddles, TBL Activities  |  Comments (0)

This is a bingo game designed for small groups of students, generally working in groups of three or four. This activity is designed for intermediate  or upper-intermediate EFL/ESL learners and is built different types of animals. The picture cards are cut up and place on a bingo grid. The caller card is laminated as one [...]

Jobs Riddles Reading Dictation

By saradavila  |  2011/05/17 14:08 Posted in Four Skills, Intermediate, Reading Comprehension, Reading Dictation, Riddles  |  Comments (0)

These activities are designed to help EFL/ESL learners in the classroom improve reading and reading comprehension while using all four language skills. This activity provides students with short riddles. Once students have all the information, the group must work together to use the clues to figure out which job the riddle is describing. This is [...]

Adjectives for Food Riddle Cards

By saradavila  |  2011/05/16 21:38 Posted in Cards, Intermediate, Riddles  |  Comments (0)

These are riddle type cards related to adjectives for describing foods and flavors. These cards are suitable for pre-intermediate or intermediate level EFL/ESL learners. These cards an be cut up to work with. Students read the card and name food that is described by the card. These cards are also appropriate for the 10 step [...]

Making Requests Things Cards

By saradavila  |  2011/05/16 21:34 Posted in Board Games, Cards, Intermediate, Requesting Card Games, Riddles  |  Comments (0)

These are riddle type cards for helping students express request. These cards are suitable for pre-intermediate or intermediate level EFL/ESL learners. These cards an be cut up to work with. Students read the question and must determine what to ask for using the appropriate requesting phrase. For example “May I have, Do you have, May [...]

Jupiter Riddle Running Dictation

By saradavila  |  2011/05/12 17:43 Posted in Beginner, English for Specific Purpose, Four Skills, Intermediate, Reading Comprehension, Riddles, Running Dictation, Science  |  Comments (0)

This is a running dictation activity for beginner or  pre-intermediate  EFL/ESL learners. This is an English for Specific Purposes activity (ESP) focused on language related to science and astronomy. This is a great four skills activity that incorporates reading comprehension with a task activity that has kinesthetic movement and interpersonal communication at the core. Cut [...]

Trees Riddle Running Dictation

By saradavila  |  2011/05/12 17:34 Posted in Beginner, English for Specific Purpose, Four Skills, Intermediate, Reading Comprehension, Riddles, Running Dictation, Science  |  Comments (0)

This is a running dictation activity for beginner or  pre-intermediate  EFL/ESL learners. This is an English for Specific Purposes activity (ESP) focused on language related to biology or science. This is a great four skills activity that incorporates reading comprehension with a task activity that has kinesthetic movement and interpersonal communication at the core. Cut [...]

Movies Riddle Running Dictation

By saradavila  |  2011/05/12 17:22 Posted in Beginner, Four Skills, Intermediate, Reading Comprehension, Riddles, Running Dictation  |  Comments (0)

This is a running dictation activity for beginner or  pre-intermediate  EFL/ESL learners. This is a great four skills activity that incorporates reading comprehension with a task activity that has kinesthetic movement and interpersonal communication at the core. Cut the sentences out as strips and place on the wall. Pair up students and have students go [...]

Books and Reading Riddle Running Dictation

By saradavila  |  2011/05/12 16:59 Posted in Beginner, Four Skills, Intermediate, Reading Comprehension, Riddles, Running Dictation  |  Comments (0)

This is a running dictation activity for beginner or  pre-intermediate  EFL/ESL learners. This is a great four skills activity that incorporates reading comprehension with a task activity that has kinesthetic movement and interpersonal communication at the core. Cut the sentences out as strips and place on the wall. Pair up students and have students go [...]

Jobs Running Dictation

By saradavila  |  2011/05/12 15:48 Posted in Four Skills, Intermediate, Reading Comprehension, Riddles, Running Dictation  |  Comments (0)

This is a running dictation activity for beginning or pre-intermediate EFL/ESL learners. In this activity students will work with vocabulary  related to types of jobs. This is a great four skills activity that incorporates reading comprehension with a task activity that has kinesthetic movement and interpersonal communication at the core. In this activity there are [...]

Comic Book Riddle Running Dictation

By saradavila  |  2011/05/12 15:08 Posted in Four Skills, Intermediate, Reading Comprehension, Riddles, Running Dictation  |  Comments (0)

This is a running dictation activity for pre-intermediate or upper intermediate EFL/ESL learners. This is a great four skills activity that incorporates reading comprehension with a task activity that has kinesthetic movement and interpersonal communication at the core. Cut the sentences out as strips and place on the wall. Pair up students and have students [...]

The Atoms Riddle Running Dictation

By saradavila  |  2011/05/12 14:18 Posted in English for Specific Purpose, Four Skills, Intermediate, Reading Comprehension, Riddles, Running Dictation, Science  |  Comments (0)

This is a running dictation activity for pre-intermediate or upper intermediate EFL/ESL learners. This activity uses English for Specific Purposes (ESP) specifically in the area of science. This is a great four skills activity that incorporates reading comprehension with a task activity that has kinesthetic movement and interpersonal communication at the core. Cut the sentences [...]

Clue Trivia Cards

By saradavila  |  2011/05/12 01:51 Posted in Board Games, Cards, Riddles  |  Comments (0)

This is a trivia card game for EFL/ESL students using a series of five graduated clues. These cards can be used with any of the board games with card slots, or used separately without a board game. To use the cards have students pick one. The student holding the card reads the clues until a [...]

Rebus Card Activity

By saradavila  |  2011/05/09 22:03 Posted in Cards, Intermediate, Rebus, Riddles, TBL Activities  |  Comments (0)

This is a Rebus card activity designed for intermediate or upper-intermediate level EFL/ESL students. This activity is structured around vocabulary related to the classroom. The first three cards are single vocabulary words only. The last two cards are simple sentences. This is a fun activity that can be used as a warm up, as part [...]

Rebus Puzzles Two

By saradavila  |  2011/05/09 21:57 Posted in Beginner, Cards, Intermediate, Rebus, Riddles, TBL Activities  |  Comments (0)

In this second Rebus puzzle type activity where words are represented by pictures. This activity is designed for high beginners or intermediate level EFL/ESL students. This is a training exercise for learning how a rebus puzzle works. Here students choose one sentence as a group. Each student in the group makes a picture or pictures [...]

Rebus Puzzle Construction

By saradavila  |  2011/05/09 21:41 Posted in Beginner, Intermediate, Rebus, Riddles, TBL Activities  |  Comments (0)

In this activity students learn how to construct a Rebus puzzle type activity where words are represented by pictures. This activity is designed for high beginners or intermediate level EFL/ESL students. This is a training exercise for learning how a rebus puzzle works. Here students choose one sentence as a group. Each student in the [...]

Hobbies Riddles

By saradavila  |  2011/05/09 20:08 Posted in Intermediate, Riddles, TBL Activities  |  Comments (1)

These are riddles related to hobby activities that are designed for use with intermediate EFL/ESL learners.  Each riddle is on a separate card.This can be matched to pictures cards in the Hobbies Flash Card Activity Set. There are a number of ways to use riddle cards in the classroom. This can be used as a [...]

Family and the Home Riddles

By saradavila  |  2011/05/07 19:57 Posted in Beginner, Cards, Intermediate, Matching, Riddles, TBL Activities  |  Comments (0)

These are riddles related to family and the home that are designed for use with high beginner and intermediate EFL/ESL learners.     Each riddle is on a separate card. A second card includes picture answers. There are a number of ways to use riddle cards in the classroom. This can be used as a concentration or [...]