Read this paragraph out loud to your class to demonstrate pronunciation of and introduce context for the given vocabulary words. You might also use this as a cloze activity and have class members read each vocabulary word or repeat each...

Children learn vocabulary, using character dolls from the popular TV series on PBS stations, Caillou, as learning tools. Use Caillou and Rosie dolls and an assortment of outfits to talk about clothing, the verbs that go with dressing,...

This is a set of Reading games, of which the matching games are more for the elementary, and the multiple choice exercises are more for middle school. Some references are made specifically to Canadian locations.

How many words do YOU know? Choose from 20 different hangman games, each with its own themed vocabulary set. Fun for one or to play with friends!

This interactive activity offers a practice for using the prefixes post-, pre-, dis-, in-, and un- that keeps track of score.

Vocabulary and grammar activities for secondary English Language Learners (ELLs) are the main focus of this free site. Students select their proficiency level and then are provided a menu of grammar and vocabulary activities to choose...

This is an interactive site intended to teach English as a foreign language to young children. It is a helpful multimedia resource for EFL teachers. There are ten themes, each with two levels of difficulty, that allow children to...

Practice matching antonyms, synonyms, and homonyms, with Word Frog, an animated self-scoring activity, with three different levels of difficulty.

Here are ten interactive mystery match games to play online. Match parts of sentences, similes, professions, colors, famous sayings, etc. Good practice for ELL students.

Interactive and fun activity to drill vocabulary related to sports, adventure and musical instruments. Children choose the language (English or Spanish). Engaging activity for ELL learners and students of Spanish.

English language learners and beginning readers can listen as they read this wonderfully animated story about Peg the Hen. Excellent drill for learning to pronounce the short E sound with excellent reinforcement of basic vocabulary...

A commendable teacher-created site by an American ESL educator based in Japan. Includes a nice variety of ESL/EFL games for younger students for learning the past tense or verb usage playing basketball, punctuation playing golf, or new...

Several preschool online stories, activities, games, and extension activities with Spanish and English vocabulary words, organized by theme.

Those familiar with ESL web sites will probably recognize this comprehensive site. On this page, the editors helpfully highlight a dozen or so word games and vocabularly activities geared to beginning ESL students and newcomers to the...

Listen to a song about pirates and read along. Do the puzzle and print out an activity sheet that not only uses pirate vocabulary, but is also an anagram activity.

Play a game of match with homonyms. The game refreshes with new words at the completion of each round, and automatic scoring and self-checking provide instant feedback.

A series of word search puzzles that refreshes with new words at the completion of each round. Automatic scoring and self-checking provide instant feedback.

Fast-paced game of concentration that refreshes with new words at the completion of each round. Automatic scoring and self-checking provide instant feedback.

There are ten levels of interactive phrasal verb matching games on this site, starting at the elementary level, and going to more advanced level words to help English language learners practice their skills.

There are ten levels of interactive synonym matching games on this site, starting at the elementary level, and going to more advanced level words to help English language learners practice their skills.

Interactively increase students understanding and use of vocabulary with an activity that highlights the concepts of suffixes and base words.

Teach pre-school and early primary ELL students animal names and numbers with this fun activity. Instructions and a downloadable copy of the the 'fortune teller' tool (a variation of a cootie catcher) are included.

Online flash cards let students test their knowledge of homonyms by flipping through a 40-card stack.

Short, fun game younger English learners can use to practice colors. Ocean creatures say (in writing) what color they are and students indicate the correct color (two different rounds; total of 2-4 minutes for the whole game).