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Activity Village
Colouring pages, crafts, puzzles, sudoku, games, jigsaws, holiday and educational activities to enjoy with your kids.
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Free games, worksheets, flashcards, songs and many other resources for those who teaching English to children. NO registration required.
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Barry Fun English
Fun ESL games for ESL teachers in elementary schools. Free flashcards, and printable worksheets.
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LanternFish
Worksheets, flashcards, jobs, lesson plans, and activities for teaching ESL and EFL.
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Worksheets, lessonplans, printables, crafts, games, flashcards and other free resources for preschoool, primary and elementary school teachers and esl learners.
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MES English
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Board games to learn English vocabulary

Board games to learn English vocabulary

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Index: Printable Board and Card Games

English Expressions activities to download and printThis section contains printable board and card games for teachers and parents to copy for their students and kids. All of the worksheets on this site are in pdf format. To download them, you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is available free of charge from www.adobe.com.

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Board and card games for learning vocabulary to download and print

Below you will find a listing of all our printable board and card games. Look through the titles, language items, topics and vocabulary. Choose from the simple board games (sbg), board games with cards (bcg) and card games (cd). To download and print the sbg files, click on Game set; to download and print the bcg and cd files, click on Game set first, then on Set of cards.

ABC walking (sbg) :: Game set
Language items: The alphabet.
Topics and vocabulary: Spelling letters and first words.
A cup of coffee, please (sbg) :: Game set
Language items: A piece of cheese, a slice of bread, ...
Topics and vocabulary: Talking about food and small quantities.
Can Game 1 (cg) :: Game set :: Set of cards
Language items: He can play the guitar.
Topics and vocabulary: Talking about ability.
Can Game 2 (cg) :: Game set :: Set of cards
Language items: Can he dance? Yes, he can. No, he can't.
Topics and vocabulary: Talking about ability.
Clothes and colours (bcg) :: Game set :: Set of cards
Language items: Have you got a blue coat? Yes, I have. No, I haven't.
Topics and vocabulary: Talking about clothes and their colours.
Days of the week (sbg) :: Game set
Language items: On Mondays they play chess.
Topics and vocabulary: Talking about regular activities.
Drinks (cg) :: Game set :: Set of cards
Language items: Can I have a cup of tea, please? Yes, you can. No, you can't.
Topics and vocabulary: Drink containers. Polite requests.
Food Game 1 (cg) :: Game set :: Set of cards
Language items: Can I have some cheese, please? Yes, you can. No, you can't.
Topics and vocabulary: Talking about food (countable and uncountable nouns). Polite requests.
Food Game 2 (bcg) :: Game set :: Set of cards
Language items: Can I have a cherry pie, please? Yes, you can. No, you can't.
Topics and vocabulary: Talking about meals (countable and uncountable nouns). Polite requests.
Four seasons (cg) :: Game set :: Set of cards
Language items: Have you got a flower? Yes, I have. No, I haven't.
Topics and vocabulary: Basic words related to the seasons.
Greetings (sbg) :: Game set
Language items: Good morning, good afternoon ...
Topics and vocabulary: Greeting each other.
How are you? (bcg) :: Game set :: Set of cards
Language items: Hello, Lion! How are you?
Topics and vocabulary: Greetings and responses. Naming animals.
How old is the teddy bear? (sbg) :: Game set
Language items: How old is the teddy bear? It is two.
Topics and vocabulary: Talking about age. Numbers 1-9.
Let's count! 1-20 (bcg) :: Game set :: Set of cards
Language items: One plus two is three. Three take away two is one.
Topics and vocabulary: Numbers 1-20. Adding, subtracting.
Let's count! 20-100 (bcg) :: Game set :: Set of cards
Language items: Twenty-one plus two is twenty-two. Ninety take away ten is eighty.
Topics and vocabulary: Numbers 20-100. Adding, subtracting.
Let's go shopping! (bcg) :: Game set :: Set of cards
Language items: Where can you buy toys?
Topics and vocabulary: Going shopping. Names of shops and products.
Merry Christmas! (bcg) :: Game set :: Set of cards
Language items: The Christmas quiz.
Topics and vocabulary: Special days in the year: Christmas.
Months of the year (sbg) :: Game set
Language items: The first month of the year is January.
Topics and vocabulary: Specifying days and dates. Ordinal numbers (1st-12th)
Occupations (bcg) :: Game set :: Set of cards
Language items: What's his job? What does he do?
Topics and vocabulary: Talking about people's jobs.
Opposite race (bcg) :: Game set :: Set of cards
Language items: It is the opposite of good.
Topics and vocabulary: Words and their opposites.
Our great battlebees (sbg) :: Game set
Language items: Is there a bee in the basket? Yes, there is. No, there isn't.
Topics and vocabulary: Describing situation. Specifying location.
People: faces and hair (bcg) :: Game set :: Set of cards
Language items: Has he got curly dark hair? Yes, he has. No, he hasn't.
Topics and vocabulary: Describing people.
People: names (bcg) :: Game set :: Set of cards
Language items: His name is Andy. No, it isn't. Yes, it is.
Topics and vocabulary: Asking someone's name.
Possession (bcg) :: Game set :: Set of cards
Language items: Have you got Goldie's pen? Yes, I have. No, I haven't.
Topics and vocabulary: Talking about possession.
Saying goodbye (sbg) :: Game set
Language items: Good night, See you, ...
Topics and vocabulary: Saying farewell.
Special days (sbg) :: Game set
Language items: New Year's Day is on the first of January.
Topics and vocabulary: Special days in the year. Ordinal numbers (1st - 31st).
Star commands (bcg) :: Game set :: Set of cards
Language items: Touch your nose! Blink your eye!
Topics and vocabulary: Giving commands.
Star questions (bcg) :: Game set :: Set of cards
Language items: Touch your nose! Blink your eye!
Topics and vocabulary: Yes/No questions in the Simple Present tense.
Superbee race (sbg) :: Game set
Language items: My bee likes apples. It doesn't like pears. Does it like bananas?
Topics and vocabulary: Talking about likes and dislikes.
Transport (bcg) :: Game set :: Set of cards
Language items: Have you got a blue car? Yes, I have. No, I haven't.
Topics and vocabulary: Means of transport.
Weather forecast (sbg) :: Game set
Language items: Is it sunny on Monday? Yes, it is. No, it isn't.
Topics and vocabulary: Talking about the weather.
What's this? What are these? (sbg) :: Game set
Language items: It is a pen. They are dolls.
Topics and vocabulary: This, that, these, those.
What's your favourite ...? (sbg) :: Game set
Language items: My favourite colour is red.
Topics and vocabulary: Talking about favourite things.
What time is it? (bcg) :: Game set :: Set of cards
Language items: It's half past twelve.
Topics and vocabulary: Asking and telling the time.
Where is my teddy bear? (sbg) :: Game set
Language items: My teddy bear is on the table.
Topics and vocabulary: Prepositions. Talking about location.
Who is this? (sbg) :: Game set
Language items: This is Goldie.
Topics and vocabulary: Introducing others.
Word hunter (bcg) :: Game set :: Set of cards
Language items: The alphabet.
Topics and vocabulary: Words that start with the selected letter.