Grammar and Vocabulary Activities for the Classroom

Write sentences containing common grammar mistakes on the board. Students work in pairs to identify and correct the errors.

• Skill focus: Accuracy, noticing
• Level: A2 and above

Give students a sentence and ask them to rewrite it using a different grammatical structure while keeping the meaning the same.

• Example: "She started working here five years ago." → (Present Perfect) "She has worked here for five years."
• Skill focus: Grammar flexibility
• Level: B1 and above

Prepare a set of sentences — some correct, some incorrect. In small groups, students "bid" on the sentences they think are grammatically correct.

• Skill focus: Accuracy, engagement
• Level: A2 and above

Give students cut-up words from a sentence. They race to arrange the words into the correct order.

• Skill focus: Word order, syntax
• Level: A1–B1

Say a target word. Students call out the first word they associate with it.

• Skill focus: Word networks, fluency
• Level: All levels

Students fill a bingo grid with target vocabulary words. The teacher reads out definitions or example sentences — students cross off the matching word.

• Skill focus: Recognition, listening
• Level: All levels

Students match words with their definitions, synonyms, or example sentences.

• Skill focus: Meaning, recognition
• Level: All levels

Divide the class into teams. Each team receives a category (e.g., "verbs for communication"). Teams race to write as many words as possible on the board in 60 seconds.

• Skill focus: Word retrieval, fluency
• Level: A2 and above

Remove key words from a text and ask students to fill in the blanks using a word bank or from memory.

• Skill focus: Vocabulary in context, reading
• Level: All levels

Assign students a scenario and require them to use a set of target vocabulary words during the role play.

• Skill focus: Active vocabulary use, speaking
• Level: B1 and above