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Angry Swimming, Sleepy Dancing

Name of Game: 
Angry Swimming, Sleepy Dancing
Target Students: 
Elementary School
Target Students: 
Middle School
Duration: 
10-20 minutes
Number of Students: 
Any
English Skills: 
Grammar
Objective: 
Act out emotion and verb flashcards to create crazy combinations
  1. Prepare two sets of flashcards, half with ~ing verbs and half with emotions
  2. Nominate a student to come to the front and select one card from each set
  3. The student mimes the phrase and the class has to guess the emotion and ~ing verb
  4. For example: She is angry/swimming or He is sleepy/dancing

Have students come up and mime the cards as a group to make them feel more comfortable

Students are often reluctant to be the 'mimer' but will feel more comfortable if they can participate as a group. Correct the students as they shout out their answers.

A big thanks to Anna for this ESL/EFL game!

sounds like a great idea.

sounds like a great idea. going to try it asap! i'm going the feeling flashcards and action flashcards from barryfunenglish.com so i don't have to type or write out the words.

This can also be done with

This can also be done with adverbs students act in the manner of the adverb and others guess. It makes them think because they do not have a verb!