ESL Games: Minesweep

5-10 minutes Groups of 2-4 Review vocabulary with flashcards

• Make the whammy card be a “safe” card, where everyone but the student who turned over the card has to perform the silly task
• Have players get one point for each card the say/answer correctly
• Play this game with regular playing cards to practice numbers, with one face card as the whammy
• Combine
  playing cards with a list, using numbers 1-6 or so and having a
  numbered list on the side with six vocabulary words/grammar structures
  • If a student turns over a 3, they say the item that is third on the list
• Use grammar structures and/or questions for more advanced students

1. Place a number of flashcards face down
2. Set one of the flashcards to be a whammy card
3. Students take turns flipping over and one card at a time and say the word/sentence
4. Whoever turns over the whammy card must perform a silly task
5. After someone pulls the whammy card, shuffle the cards and start again