EFL Elementary Teachers: Routine Verbs Small Cards for ESL/EFL learners

lunes, 28 de julio de 2025

Routine Verbs Small Cards for ESL/EFL learners

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Games make the lesson an engaging learning experience. Children will practice the verbs and you can listen how much they know. They might get creative as they make up their rules for the games. Teams will be formed and they will have to communicate in English.

Play Slap with the small cards. Spread out the cards on the floor or a table face up. One student can be the caller, give him /her the slap caller badge and the other players will be the slappers, who will slap the correct card. The one that does it first keeps the slapped card. Continue until all the cards have been called. The winner is the one with most cards.

For the game I made these slap caller necklace. I cut and glued them onto fun foam, punched a hole and thread yarn into the hoop. I use them to have the group respect the caller and be more organized at playing the game. You can play with any set of word and use the necklace but change the caller every time. You can even write on the back of the necklace the caller´s name so you choose a different child every time.

Cut-and-Paste Routine Verbs Activity. This activity includes two matching sets: One set with routine action words cards with the word on it, another set with pictures of each action. Students cut out the pictures and paste them on top of the correct verb word. Use it to recognize and read routine vocabulary.

Picture + Word Matching Activity. This version flips the challenge. Each card shows a picture of a routine action, and there’s correct verb word to match. This activity helps English language learners to focus on visual comprehension first.

Spelling Verb Bingo Game. Place all the verb small cards on the board. Have the children select only 6 and write them down on their paper. Call out a word and place a tick on the flashcard. Use the small cards for calling the verbs. Children cross the words as they have it on their spelling bingo grid.

Print the camera for any game in a bright construction paper. Have several more printed as well.

Students of all ages like the camera. Use the camera to have the children name each verb as you pass the picture, you can make the strip as long as you want.

I also included the photo clip art, children either draw the verb, look them up in magazines and cut them or simply cut them from the small cards here. They can also write the verb or write complete sentences.

They can make a photo album using their own pictures and write sentences under each photo.