Free ESL Classroom Games
Browse free, ready-to-play ESL classroom games made by teachers on LessonVibe. Every game is sorted by format and CEFR level, and works on any device you can project.
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- Me, My Interests & Abilities WordVibe Vocabulary Game · CEFR A1 · Topic: me my interests and my abilities
A Wordle-style game to help teens learn basic English words about likes, dislikes, personality, and action verbs. - Greetings & Time of Day Penalty Shootout Penalty Shootout Quiz Game · CEFR A1 · Topic: Greetings & Time of Day
A word search about Greetings & Time of Day. - Floor Is Lava - Shopping Floor Is Lava Spelling Game · CEFR A2 · Topic: Shopping
A spelling game for young A2 learners featuring 10 common shopping words. Students see pictures, hear words read aloud, and practice spelling everyday items found in shops and markets. - My Name, My Age, My Numbers! Millionaire Quiz · CEFR A1 · Topic: My name is how are you how old are you and numbers from 1-10
A whole-class Millionaire-style game for young A1 learners to practise names, greetings, ages, and numbers 1-10. - Daily Routines Battleship Battleships Game · CEFR A1 · Topic: Present Simple
A fun battleship grid where teens practice forming Present Simple sentences about everyday routines and habits. - Stop the Bus: We Had a Concert Stop the Bus Vocabulary Game · CEFR A2 · Topic: we had a concert
An A2-level vocabulary game where teams race to write words starting with a rolled letter across five concert-themed categories. Perfect for pre-teaching Unit 2 vocabulary from Family and Friends 4. - Water Guns, Bombs & Angels: Action Words Edition Water Guns, Bombs & Angels Quiz Game · CEFR A1 · Topic: climb (Remix)
A fast-paced team quiz where young learners practise action words like swim, jump, run, and dance. Right answers open mystery boxes on the game board! - Healthy Habits Jeopardy Jeopardy Quiz · CEFR A1 · Topic: Healthy habits
An interactive ESL Jeopardy game for young learners at CEFR A1 level. Students explore five categories of healthy habits: Personal Hygiene, Food and Drink, Exercise and Sleep, School Health, and My Healthy Habits. Questions progress from simple vocabulary recognition to communicative tasks… - Escape the Grammar Lab Escape Room · CEFR A2 · Topic: Past simple present perfect present simple present continues
A 9-puzzle escape room for A2 teen learners practicing past simple, present perfect, present simple, and present continuous with irregular verbs. - Stop the Bus: Comparatives and Superlatives Stop the Bus Vocabulary Game · CEFR A2 · Topic: comparatives and superlatives
A fast-paced game where teen learners find words starting with a random letter that fit five categories related to comparing and describing things. Teams race to complete their word lists and ring the bell first. - Floor Is Lava – Jobs Floor Is Lava Spelling Game · CEFR A2 · Topic: Jobs
Young learners see pictures of common jobs and spell the words. A1–A2 level vocabulary: simple, concrete job titles and tools they can visualize and hold. - Jobs Spin the Wheel Spin the Wheel for Kids · CEFR A2 · Topic: Jobs
A vocabulary wheel about Jobs. - Water Guns, Bombs & Angels Water Guns, Bombs & Angels Quiz Game · CEFR A1 · Topic: Adjective: old, new, tall, short, long, short, happy, sad, clean, dirty, ugly, beautiful, old, young, big, small
A fun team quiz game where young learners practise animal, clothes and adjective words before opening mystery boxes on the board. - EF 3A-3B Intermediate Taboo Game Taboo Word Game · CEFR B1 · Topic: ef 3A-3B vocabulary intermediate 3rd edition
An interactive Taboo game for B1 learners featuring essential vocabulary from EF English File 3A-3B. Players describe target words without using forbidden words, encouraging natural speech and vocabulary reinforcement through team competition. - Personality Puzzle WordVibe Vocabulary Game · CEFR B1 · Topic: péonality
Guess five-letter words that describe different personality traits. Perfect for B1 learners expanding their descriptive vocabulary. - Vacation Adventure Board Game Classic Board Game Race · CEFR A1 · Topic: vacation
Teens travel around a 24-space board answering questions about vacation activities, destinations, and experiences. Players use present simple to talk about what they like, where they go, and what they do on holiday. Built on Unit 1 Family & Friends themes with easy vocabulary and real communicative… - Night at Sunshine Travel Agency Live Quiz for Teens · CEFR A1 · Topic: Vacation
Sneak through a travel agency at night to find lost vacation tickets, passports, and photos for kids waiting for their trip! - Wonders of the Natural World WordVibe Vocabulary Game · CEFR C2 · Topic: english
A sophisticated vocabulary game exploring the landscapes, ecosystems, and phenomena of the natural world, designed for advanced English learners. - Natural World Word Hunt WordVibe Vocabulary Game · CEFR A2 · Topic: english
A Wordle-style vocabulary game for A2 teens to learn and review key English words about nature and the natural world. - English Class Word Challenge WordVibe Vocabulary Game · CEFR A2 · Topic: english
A Wordle-style game to help teens learn common English-language and school vocabulary through fun 5-letter word guesses. - Night Heist at Sunny Trails Travel Live Quiz for Teens · CEFR A1 · Topic: Holiday vocabularies
Students sneak through a travel agency at night, reading signs and notes to learn holiday vocabulary and find the stolen brochure. - Water Guns, Bombs & Angels Water Guns, Bombs & Angels Quiz Game · CEFR B1 · Topic: verb pattersn for B1 and B2 level
A team quiz game that drills B1 and B2 verb patterns (infinitive, gerund, object + infinitive, and meaning-change verbs) through quick questions before teams open mystery boxes on the board. - The FEFWF Archive Escape Room · CEFR C2 · Topic: fefwf
A five-puzzle C2-level escape room for adult learners focused on close reading, inference, and precise vocabulary, set in a mysterious archive called Project FEFWF. - Word Detectives: Mastering C1 Word Formation Millionaire Quiz · CEFR C1 · Topic: Word Formation Type questions
A whole-class Millionaire-style challenge where teens practise transforming root words—like fashion, persuade and complex—into the correct part of speech for C1 exam-style sentences. - Penalty Shootout: animals Penalty Shootout Quiz Game · CEFR A1 · Topic: animals
Teams kick the ball at the right answer to questions about animals. - Penalty Shootout: animals Penalty Shootout Quiz Game · CEFR A1 · Topic: animals
Teams kick the ball at the right answer to questions about animals. - The Transport Terminal Escape Escape Room · CEFR A2 · Topic: Motorway
A travel-themed A2 escape room reviewing motorway, airport, train and boat vocabulary through 9 varied puzzles. - Travel Remix Jeopardy Jeopardy Quiz · CEFR B1 · Topic: Travel (Remix)
An interactive ESL Jeopardy game for young learners at B1 level covering four travel modes: car, airplane, train, and ship. Questions progress from basic vocabulary recognition to communicative tasks requiring full sentences, comparisons, and personal experiences. Designed to consolidate travel… - Millionaire Mix: Food, History, World & Sports Millionaire Quiz · CEFR B2 · Topic: trivia about food, history, world and sports
A whole-class trivia challenge spanning tasty dishes, famous explorers, record-breaking athletes and world geography, with questions that get tougher as the prize grows. - Go On To - ESL Jeopardy Game Jeopardy Quiz · CEFR B1 · Topic: Go on to
An interactive Jeopardy game for B1-level teens exploring phrasal verbs and education vocabulary, with focus on 'go on to' and related expressions. Players discuss education choices, career paths, and personal experiences through communicative questions. - FCE Speaking Part 1 Challenge Classic Board Game Race · CEFR B2 · Topic: First Certificate Speaking Part 1 questions
A 24-space board game where B2 learners practise authentic FCE Speaking Part 1 questions through pair work, team discussions, presentations, and interactive tasks. Players move around the board answering real-world personal and opinion prompts that mirror the official exam format. - Mixed Conditionals Challenge Jeopardy Quiz · CEFR B2 · Topic: Mixed conditionals
An interactive Jeopardy-style game for B2 teen learners exploring mixed conditionals through real-life scenarios involving personality traits, relationships, and personal growth. Players form three teams and compete across four categories: Hypothetical Relationships, Personality & Consequences,… - The Vault of Unbreakable Bonds Escape Room · CEFR B2 · Topic: Captivating
A 7-puzzle ESL escape room for B2 teen learners reviewing character trait vocabulary, phrasal verbs about relationships, and collocations about devotion and connection. - The Vault of Captivating Tales Escape Room · CEFR B2 · Topic: Captivating
A vocabulary and grammar review escape room for teen B2 learners, focused on idioms and expressions about relationships, personality traits, and captivating storytelling. - Grammar Quest: B2 Speaking Board Game Board Game · CEFR B2 · Topic: My word list
A 24-space board game where B2 teens engage in authentic pair and group speaking tasks anchored to real-world scenarios. Players ask questions, negotiate opinions, act out situations, and present ideas—all designed to reinforce target grammar structures through genuine communicative gaps. - My Word List Game Classic Board Game Race · CEFR A1 · Topic: My word list
A classic A1 speaking board game where young learners talk about their daily routines, animals, school objects, and families. Players move around the board answering questions and acting out prompts to build speaking confidence. - Food Word Search Word Search for Kids · CEFR A1 · Topic: food
A word search about food. - General Knowledge Jeopardy - Young Learners B1 Jeopardy Quiz · CEFR B1 · Topic: easy general knowledge questions one or two word answers
An interactive Jeopardy game with 5 categories of easy general knowledge questions designed for young ESL learners at B1 level. Questions progress from simple recall to communicative tasks requiring full sentences and personal responses. - Drop Zone: Memory & University Drop Zone Quiz · CEFR B1 · Topic: Memory & University (Remix)
A fast-paced ball-drop quiz reviewing key vocabulary about university life and memory expressions for B1 teen learners. - The Great Trophy Heist Live Quiz for Teens · CEFR B2 · Topic: Mixed conditionals
A live quiz where students sneak through a rival school's trophy hall at midnight, reading signs, texts and radio calls that all use mixed conditionals. - Basketball Shootout: Action Words Basketball Shootout Quiz Game · CEFR A1 · Topic: climb
A fast quiz game about everyday action verbs (swim, jump, run, dance and more) for young beginners, based on the Cambridge YLE Starters wordlist. - Penalty Shootout: Hang Out With Penalty Shootout Quiz Game · CEFR B1 · Topic: Hang out with
A fast-paced vocabulary shootout practising friendship phrasal verbs and descriptive clothing adjectives for teens at B1 level. - Present Perfect Showdown: Style & Personality Millionaire Quiz · CEFR B1 · Topic: present perfect
A whole-class Millionaire-style game that reviews present perfect and present perfect continuous using clothes vocabulary and personality adjectives. Perfect for teen B1 learners who need real-life context for grammar practice. - Survive the First Day: A Grammar Challenge Millionaire Quiz · CEFR C1 · Topic: First Day at work
A five-round quiz game for adult C1 learners that uses the story of a chaotic first day at work to practise narrative tenses (past simple, past continuous, past perfect simple and continuous). - Me & My World Taboo Game Taboo Word Game · CEFR A2 · Topic: My word list
An interactive Taboo game for A2 teens focusing on personal identity, family, hobbies, and places. Players describe target words without using forbidden words, building confidence in speaking about themselves and their world. 20 cards covering nouns, verbs, and adjectives with varied difficulty. - Word Explorers: Millionaire Vocabulary Challenge Millionaire Quiz · CEFR A2 · Topic: vocabulary
A whole-class Millionaire-style game that teaches 11 key vocabulary words about jobs, places, and actions, from easy warm-ups to tricky challenge rounds. - Word Search Crossword for Kids · CEFR A2 · Topic: at school
A word search about at school. - at school Crossword Crossword for Kids · CEFR A2 · Topic: at school
A word search about at school. - Word Search Word Search for Kids · CEFR A2 · Topic: at school
A word search about at school. - at school Word Search Word Search for Kids · CEFR A2 · Topic: at school
A word search about at school. - Food at School: Millionaire Challenge Millionaire Quiz · CEFR A1 · Topic: food, at school
A whole-class Millionaire-style game that teaches key food and lunchtime vocabulary: apple, bread, cheese, drink, lunch, plate, snack, spoon, and water. - food, at school Word Search Word Search for Kids · CEFR A1 · Topic: food, at school
A word search about food, at school. - The Secret of Sky School Escape Room · CEFR A1 · Topic: Reading S-blend word
An A1-level escape room for young learners practicing S-blend words like scarf, school, smile, and snow through five short reading puzzles. - Water Guns, Bombs & Angels Water Guns, Bombs & Angels Quiz Game · CEFR A2 · Topic: Comparatives & Superlatives, Past Simple, Present Simple & Present Continuous
A team quiz game reviewing Present Simple, Present Continuous, Past Simple, and Comparatives & Superlatives for A2 teens. - Water Guns, Bombs & Angels Water Guns, Bombs & Angels Quiz Game · CEFR A2 · Topic: Present Simple & Present Continuous, Past Simple, Comparatives & Superlatives
A fast-paced team quiz reviewing Present Simple, Present Continuous, Past Simple and Comparatives/Superlatives for teen A2 learners. - Penalty Shootout: Animals Penalty Shootout Quiz Game · CEFR A1 · Topic: Animals
A1 young-learner quiz about farm and wild animals, built around Cow, Horse and Cat, with sounds, babies, plurals and simple grammar. - Don't Wake the Giant: My word list Don't Wake the Giant Speaking Game · CEFR A1 · Topic: My word list
Teams climb a snoring giant by answering speaking prompts about My word list. - World Words Race Don't Wake the Giant Speaking Game · CEFR A1 · Topic: My word list
Young learners travel around a 24-space board answering questions about nationalities, countries, and continents. Each prompt uses present-simple language and concrete, personal connections to geography. Players move forward by producing correct sentences about where people are from, what continent… - Around the World: Nationality Remix Board Game · CEFR A1 · Topic: Nationality (Remix)
A 25-space speaking board game where teen learners (A1) practice talking about nationalities and countries. Players answer prompts about where they are from, describe people from different countries, and build confidence using 'Where are you from?' and 'I'm from...' / 'I'm...' structures. Includes… - Around the World: Nationality Game Board Game · CEFR A1 · Topic: Nationality
Teens travel around a 24-space board answering speaking prompts about nationalities, countries, and continents. Players must ask partners, act out, and present information about where people are from using present-simple language (I am / I'm from, He/She is from, They are from).
Game formats
- Live Quiz: A free live ESL quiz for teens and adults. Students join on their phones with a QR code, answer at their own pace inside a heist story, and the class board shows crews racing to open their vaults. No logins, no names. Printable quiz sheet included.
- Word Search: A free word search for young learners. Mystery words hide in the night sky: children see a picture or hear the word, find it, say it, then remember it at sunrise. Printable worksheet included.
- Spin the Wheel: A free ESL vocabulary wheel for young learners. Spin Mr Moon to pick a word, then the big reveal shows the task: say it, spell it with letter tiles, mime it or draw it. Printable paper spinner included.
- Crossword: A free ESL crossword for young learners. Every word is a row of windows in Moon Town: children read or hear a short story clue, say the word and spell it from memory to light up the town, then name every word again when the lights go out. Printable crossword worksheet included.
- Penalty Shootout: A free ESL penalty shootout. Teams kick the ball at the right answer: a safe shot shows two words, a power shot four, and the top corner is answered from memory. Ties go to sudden death. Printable match report worksheet included.
- Basketball Shootout: A free ESL basketball shootout. Teams shoot at the right answer: a layup shows two words for 1 point, a jump shot four for 2, and a three-pointer is answered from memory for 3. Ties go to overtime. Printable worksheet included.
- Classic Race: A free classroom board game race. Every team answers every speaking card, and each right answer rolls the dice. Star squares or snakes and ladders, team scores only, or the whole class against the sunrise. Printable board game worksheet included.
- Four in a Row: A free four in a row game for the classroom. Teams pick a column and answer a card: a right answer drops their counter in, a miss lets another team steal the spot. Or the whole class plays against Mr Moon. Printable board game worksheet included.
- Board Game: Speaking prompts with dice movement. Teams roll, land on a square and answer the prompt.
- Jeopardy: Categories and points for whole-class team review.
- Millionaire: Multiple-choice questions with lifelines and a prize ladder.
- Taboo: Describe words without using the forbidden terms.
- Don't Wake the Giant: Teams climb a snoring giant by answering speaking prompts. Weak answers wake him up.
- WordVibe: Guess 5-letter vocabulary words from clues.
- The Floor Is Lava: Spell each word to cross the lava before it rises, with listening and letter games too.
- Escape Room: Solve language puzzles to crack the master code before time runs out.
- Drop Zone: Answer correctly, then drop balls into score zones.
- Water Guns, Bombs & Angels: Right answers open mystery boxes: angels, squirt guns and bombs. The team with the most hearts wins.
- Stop the Bus: Roll a letter, fill every category, and ring the bell to stop the bus. Unique words score 10.
- Story Adventure: A choose-your-own-adventure story with vocabulary and comprehension checks.
- Battleships: Sink ships by making correct grammar sentences from a row and a column.