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I'm teaching middle school and these are the games I use.

Chinese whispers- Simply take the student from the front of the row or the rear outside. Whisper in his or her ear and have them return to their rows and whisper it on until it reaches the other side. Double check to see if they get it right.

Alphabet Bingo- Make a standard 4 by 4 bingo grid on the board. Randomly place letters in each square. Give each team a chance to choose a letter. After choosing the letter ask a question that has an answer that begins with the letter that they have chosen. If they get the question right they claim that square and get their icon X or O placed in that square. The first team to claim an entire row without being blocked by an opponent wins the game.

Consentration- This is another Bingo style game. Simplly think off eight pairs for example irregular verbs or questions and answers

do-did
eat ate
see-saw
drink drank
go-went
write-wrote
make-made
run -ran

Write these on the cards and randomly write numbers on the other side. Stick them to the board so the number side faces the students. Give each team a chance to choose two numbers. If the choices make a correct pair they claim both cards. The team to get the most cards wins. Or the team to get a bingo wins.

Directions- Change the seating plan so all the desks are in small groups. Give each student a flashcard with the name of a shop.Blinfold one student and have all the other students direct him or her around.

Fly swatters game- This can be used to teach Body parts days of the week
months of the year or tag questions.

Put the students into groups and give each team a flyswatter.If you happen to be teaching the days of the week. Have the days of the week written on the board. Call out the day and the first student to hit the correct day gets a point for his team.

Speed quiz- Make some catagories such as food and list ten kinds of food. Have one student choose the card. He or she is given a time limit to describe each thing on the card using only English. He or she cannot say the words on the cards. After the time has expired each team is awarded points according to how many correct guesses their class made.

Drawing game- Have one student leave the room. Make a drawing using simple shapes. Erase the drawing and have the absent student return. Have the students tell the returned student how to draw the picture.

If you know any good game please tell me.