Free ESL Stop the Bus Games
Roll a letter, fill every category, and ring the bell to stop the bus. Unique words score 10. Every Stop the Bus 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 Stop the Bus games
- Stop the Bus: We Had a Concert 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. - Stop the Bus: Comparatives and Superlatives 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. - Stop the Bus: Daily English CEFR A2 · Topic: daily use English sentence or English vocabulary
A fast-paced vocabulary game where adult A2 learners race to write common English words across five everyday categories. Players hear a letter, write one word per category starting with that letter, and the first team to complete all five categories rings the bell and scores points. - Stop the Bus: Education CEFR B2 · Topic: Education
A fast-paced word game where teen learners race to fill categories related to education with words starting with a randomly drawn letter. First team to complete all five categories rings the bell and wins. - Stop the Bus: Education CEFR B2 · Topic: Education
A fast-paced word game for teens learning English at B2 level. Players race to fill five education-themed categories with words starting with a randomly selected letter. First team to complete all categories rings the bell and wins the round. - Stop the Bus: Travel CEFR B2 · Topic: Travel
An ESL Scattergories game for B2 learners. Players race to fill six travel-themed categories with words starting with a randomly rolled letter. First team to complete all categories wins.
Other 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.
- 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.