Free ESL Battleships Games
Sink ships by making correct grammar sentences from a row and a column. Every Battleships game below was made by a teacher on LessonVibe and is free to play in class: open it, project it and play. No student logins needed.
Latest Battleships games
- Passive Patrol: Present, Past and Future CEFR B1 · Topic: present past and future passive
Students build passive sentences by joining a subject, a passive verb phrase and a time expression. The time expression shows whether the action happens now, happened before or will happen later. - Where Are They Going? Going To Battleships CEFR A1 · Topic: Going to
Young learners practise 'be going to + place' with affirmative and negative forms. They combine a person, a verb phrase, and a time expression to say where people are going. - Where Are You Going? Going To Battleships CEFR A1 · Topic: Going to...,
Students practise 'be going to + place' in affirmative and negative sentences. They combine a person, a place phrase and a time to say where people are or aren't going. - Classroom Objects Battleships CEFR A1 · Topic: Objects in a class: pencil, colored pencil, book, notebook, eraser, ruler.
Students make simple present sentences about classroom objects. They combine a subject, an action with a classroom object, and a time or place phrase. - Museum Mystery: Past Simple Question Battleships CEFR A2 · Topic: Past simple : Irregular verbs with questions
Students ask past simple questions about a school trip to a dinosaur museum with a robot guide. They join a question starter, a verb phrase and a time expression to make each question. - What Are You Doing? Present Continuous Battleships CEFR A1 · Topic: Present Continous
Young learners make present continuous sentences (am/is/are + -ing) about what people are doing now and what they are going to do. Each row has one 'going to' sentence (be + going to + place). - How Many Pencils Are There? Classroom Battleships CEFR A1 · Topic: how many pencils are there?
Young learners find hidden ships by asking 'How many ... are there?' questions about colourful school things in different places. Each guess is a full question. - Past Simple Battleships: What Did You Do? CEFR B1 · Topic: past simple and present simple
Students find ships by building past simple sentences about weekends, school days and holidays. Every sentence uses a past simple verb, with a mix of regular and irregular forms. - Word Wizards: Learning New Words CEFR B1 · Topic: My word list
Students build present simple sentences about how people learn and practise new words. Each sentence combines a subject, a verb phrase and a time or place expression. - Battleships with the Verb To Be: Am, Is, Are CEFR A2 · Topic: To be simple present
Students combine a subject, a form of the verb to be (am, is, are) and a time phrase to make true-to-life sentences about feelings and places in their day. Each correct sentence lets them fire at a square. - To Be Battleships: Where Are We? How Do We Feel? CEFR A2 · Topic: To be in present
Students combine a subject, a present form of 'to be' (am/is/are) and a time expression to describe feelings and places. They hit ships by saying full, correct sentences. - Now or Always? Grammar Battleships CEFR A2 · Topic: present simple and present continuous
Students say what people do regularly (present simple) and what they are doing now (present continuous). The column tells them which tense to use. - Yesterday's Adventures: Past Simple Battleships CEFR B1 · Topic: past simple
Students find hidden ships by building past simple sentences about weekends, birthdays and holidays. Each shot means saying a full sentence with a regular or irregular past verb. - Pronoun Battleships: Me, You, Him, Her! CEFR A2 · Topic: Subject and Object Pronouns
Students call out cells and build present simple sentences with a subject pronoun (row) and an object pronoun (cell). Every sentence practises the difference between I/me, he/him, she/her, we/us and they/them. - Christmas Plans Battleships: Be Going To CEFR A2 · Topic: Christmas plans
Students talk about Christmas plans with 'be going to'. They combine a subject, a verb phrase and a time expression to make each sentence. - Family Treasure Hunt: Whose Is It? CEFR A1 · Topic: possesive 's
Young learners make sentences about their family using possessive 's, such as 'My sister walks Grandpa's dog every day.' Each sentence names who owns something. - Past Times Battleships: What Happened? CEFR B1 · Topic: Talking about past
Students find hidden ships by building past simple sentences about real-life events. Each sentence uses a subject, a past simple verb phrase and a past time expression. - Teen Life Battleships: Present Simple Routines CEFR B1 · Topic: present simple
Students sink ships by building present simple sentences about teen routines and habits. Each shot combines a subject, a verb phrase and a time expression into one sentence. - Simple Present Battleships: Our Week CEFR A2 · Topic: Simple Present Tense
Students build Simple Present sentences about everyday routines by combining a subject, a verb phrase and a time expression. They practise the third-person -s/-es ending with he/she/it subjects. - Pancake Party: There is / There are CEFR A1 · Topic: Pancakes
Young learners use 'There is some', 'There are some', 'There isn't any', 'There aren't any', 'Is there any' and 'Are there any' with food words. They build sentences about pancakes, the kitchen and lunchboxes. - School Rules Battleships: Must and Mustn't CEFR A2 · Topic: School rules
Students sink ships by building school-rule sentences with must and mustn't. Each sentence joins a subject, a rule, and a place or time at school. - School Rules Battleships: Must and Mustn't CEFR A1 · Topic: MUST AND MUSTNT FOR SHCOOL ROUTİNES
Students sink ships by making sentences about school rules with must and mustn't. Each sentence joins a subject, a rule, and a school place or time. - Present Simple Battleships: My Week CEFR A1 · Topic: Present simple
Students combine a subject, a verb phrase and a time expression to make present simple sentences about everyday teen life. Rows mix I/we/they with he/she subjects so students practise the third-person -s. - Weekend Adventures: Past Simple Battleships CEFR A2 · Topic: Present simple, Past simple
Young learners build past simple sentences about yesterday, last weekend and last summer while hunting for hidden ships. Each guess means saying a full sentence with a regular (-ed) or irregular past verb. - School Rules Battleships: Must and Mustn't CEFR A1 · Topic: must and mustn't for 5th grade students using class or school rules or it can be daily routines
Students hunt for ships by building sentences about school and home rules with must and mustn't. Each hit is one rule they say out loud. - Irregular Verbs Battleships: My Day CEFR A1 · Topic: irregular verbs with base form
Young learners make present simple sentences with common irregular verbs like go, eat, drink and have. They combine a person, a verb and a time or place to find the hidden ships. - Time Travel Battleships: What Happened? CEFR A2 · Topic: Present simple and past simple
Students call a row and a column, then build a past simple sentence about weekends, holidays and school days. This practises regular and irregular past forms with clear past time expressions. - Past Simple Battleships: What Did You Do? CEFR A1 · Topic: Write the past simple forms of the regular verbs in brackets to complete these sentences.
Young learners build past simple sentences with regular -ed verbs and past time expressions. They practise -ed spelling such as watched, danced, tidied and phoned. - Feeling Sick? Should or Shouldn't! CEFR A2 · Topic: Should / Shouldn't, Illnesses
Students find hidden ships by building sentences that give health advice with should and shouldn't. Each row names an illness with have got, and each cell gives the advice. - Halloween Battleships: Present Simple CEFR A1 · Topic: Present Simple
Students build Present Simple sentences about Halloween traditions by combining a subject, a verb phrase and a time or place expression. They practise third-person -s (she/he/it) against the base form (I/we/they). - Past Simple Battleships: What Happened? CEFR A2 · Topic: Past simple regular and irregular verbs, affirmative and negative sentences, questions
Students build past simple sentences about school, weekends and holidays. They practise regular and irregular verbs in affirmative, negative and question forms. - Third Conditional Battleships: Would Have, Could Have, Should Have CEFR B2 · Topic: if type 3
Students build sentences about unreal past situations and regrets. They combine an if-clause or hindsight starter with a modal perfect verb phrase and a time or place expression. - Missed Chances: Third Conditional Battleships CEFR B2 · Topic: if type 3
Players imagine how past situations could have turned out differently. Each shot builds a full third conditional sentence about an unreal past. - Make My Bed: Morning to Night Battleships CEFR A1 · Topic: make my bed
Young learners build present simple sentences about daily routines, from making the bed to going to bed. They combine a subject, a routine verb phrase and a time expression to find the hidden ships. - Athlete's Routine Challenge: Frequency Battleships CEFR B1 · Topic: Create an engaging, interactive educational classroom game for 7th-grade EFL/ESL students.
Teams call coordinates to hit hidden ships. To claim a cell, they combine the subject, the verb phrase with its adverb of frequency, and the time or place phrase into one correct sports sentence. - Animal Life Battleships CEFR B1 · Topic: animals
Students build true sentences about how pets and wild animals live during the day, at night and through the seasons. Every sentence uses the present simple to describe habits and facts. - Past Simple Battleships: Yesterday and Last Weekend CEFR A1 · Topic: past simple, regular irregular verbs in sentences
Young learners make past simple sentences with regular verbs (helped, watched, tried, agreed) and irregular verbs (bought, was, were). Each column practises one target verb in the past. - Plural Nouns Battleships CEFR A2 · Topic: NOUNS
Young learners make sentences about everyday life with regular and irregular plural nouns. Each sentence practises plural forms like apples, boxes, cherries, scarves, teeth, mice and sheep. - Where Are You? Am, Is, Are Battleships CEFR A1 · Topic: To be , simple present tense
Students build sentences with am, is, and are to talk about feelings and places at different times of the day and week. They also practise the short negative forms isn't and aren't. - Word List Battleships: Gerunds, Infinitives, Adjectives and Adverbs CEFR B1 · Topic: My word list
Teens build present simple sentences using verb + gerund or verb + infinitive patterns, each with an adjective or adverb from their word list. They combine the subject, verb phrase and time or place phrase to call a square. - Used To: Life in the Past CEFR B1 · Topic: Used to
Students build sentences about past habits and past states with 'used to + base verb'. They describe how life was different for themselves, their families, and their friends. - Past Simple Battleships: What Did They Do? CEFR A1 · Topic: Past simple
Young learners build simple past simple sentences about yesterday, last night and last weekend. They combine a person, a past verb phrase and a time or place to find the hidden ships. - Likes and Loves: Preference Battleships CEFR A1 · Topic: Preference
Students talk about what people like, love, prefer, enjoy and hate. Each sentence joins a subject, a preference verb phrase and a time or place expression. - Number Ships: Counting from 0 to 50 CEFR A1 · Topic: Numbers 0 to 50
Young learners make simple present tense sentences that each include a number word from zero to fifty. They practise saying and understanding numbers in everyday contexts while hunting for hidden ships. - Past Simple Adventures: What Did They Do? CEFR B1 · Topic: Past simple tense
Students combine a subject, a past simple verb phrase and a past time expression to make sentences about weekends, holidays, parties and school days. Each sunk ship shows that students can use regular and irregular past forms. - Daily Routine Battleships: I do, She does! CEFR A1 · Topic: Daily routines, simple present, third person simple present (Remix)
Students build simple present sentences about daily routines by combining a subject, a verb phrase, and a time expression. Mixed rows practise the third person -s/-es (wakes, goes, does, brushes) against I/We/They. - Weekend Stories: Past Simple Battleships CEFR A2 · Topic: Present Simple, Present Continuous, Past Simple
Teens fire at the grid by combining a subject, a past simple verb phrase and a time or place expression to make a true-to-life sentence about what people did. Regular and irregular past forms are mixed throughout. - Verb Patterns Remix Battleships CEFR B1 · Topic: Verb Patterns (Remix)
Students find hidden ships by building present simple sentences with mixed verb patterns: verb + -ing, verb + to-infinitive, verb + object + to-infinitive, and let/make + object + base verb. - Slow Game, Strong Words: Sports Adjectives Battleships CEFR B1 · Topic: slow
Teens build present simple sentences that describe players, coaches and teams with sports adjectives. Each sentence joins a subject, a linking verb with an adjective, and a match situation. - Personality Power: Describing People CEFR B1 · Topic: slow
Students build present simple sentences that describe how people act and feel, using personality and quality adjectives such as kind, vain, humble and energetic. - Sports Habits Battleships: Who Plays What and When? CEFR B1 · Topic: slow
Students build present simple sentences about sports and sports personalities by combining a subject, a verb phrase and a time or place. Each sentence practises the target sports and character words. A few sentences use 'slowly' to link to the topic. - Adjective Adventure Battleships CEFR A1 · Topic: adjectives
Young learners make simple present sentences that use adjectives to describe people, things and feelings. Each sentence joins a subject, a verb phrase with an adjective, and a time or place phrase. - معركة السفن: الفعل المضارع في يومي CEFR A2 · Topic: انواع الفعل للمبتدئين في اللغة العربية
يتدرّب الطلاب على الفعل المضارع، وهو أحد أنواع الفعل الثلاثة (الماضي، المضارع، الأمر). يصرّفونه مع الضمائر والأسماء ليصنعوا جملًا عن حياتهم اليومية. - Daily Routines Battleship CEFR A1 · Topic: Present Simple
A fun battleship grid where teens practice forming Present Simple sentences about everyday routines and habits. - What Were They Doing? — Past Progressive Battleships CEFR A2 · Topic: Past Progressiv
Students combine subjects with time expressions to practice forming past progressive sentences about everyday activities. - Right Now! Present Continuous Battleships CEFR A2 · Topic: PRESENT CONTINUOUS
Teen learners practice forming present continuous sentences about everyday actions happening now, this week, or in specific places. - Numbers 0-30 Battleships CEFR A1 · Topic: Numbers 0 to 30
Practise present simple sentences about numbers 0-30 with everyday routines, school, and home life. Great for young learners building counting vocabulary. - Tourism Troubles Battleship CEFR B1 · Topic: tourism
A present-simple battleship grid where teen learners practise everyday tourism-related expressions about problems and pressures caused by travel and tourists. - Passive Voice Battleships: Everyday Things CEFR B1 · Topic: Passive voice
Practice present simple passive voice by combining everyday objects (bread, cars, songs, books) with time and place expressions. Great for B1 teens learning how things 'are made' or 'are done' without naming who does the action. - Sports Time Machine: Tenses Battleship CEFR B1 · Topic: Sports
A 6x6 grammar battleship grid where students combine sports subjects with time expressions to practice six different tenses in natural sentences.
Other game formats
- Survey Game: A free ESL survey game for kids. The class asks each other the question with a sentence frame, then two teams guess the top answers on a lit game-show board, and compare their class with Moon Town. Make your own boards at A1, A2 or B1. Printable worksheet included.
- 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.
- Guess the Picture: A free ESL guess the picture game for young learners. A blurry picture floats past Mr Moon's telescope and gets clearer with every look; teams say what it is in a sentence for up to 5 points. Every topic has its own pictures, the word read aloud and a printable worksheet.
- 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.