Noughts and crosses

Game for teaching English grammar

Practise Present, Past and Future tenses while playing this popular game.

Instructions — 3 pages, Worksheets — 5 pages.

Focus of the game

• Present Simple
• Present Continuous
• Present Perfect
• Future Simple
• Past Simple
• Past Continuous
• ‘to be going to’

Or any other construction. See Extra ideas.

Suitable for:

• Pair work
• Group work
• Whole class

How to play

You can print a worksheet per each pair of students (or every two groups). If you play the Whole Class variant, the number of printed worksheets should be equal to the number of students minus one. If you decide not to print the worksheets, make sure your students can see the computer screen well. They will also have to copy the playing field onto their pieces of paper.

The full playing instructions are included.

The flexibility of the games

The games have several worksheets which you can play all in one lesson or divide the activities between several lessons. There are instructions for each game, although you don’t have to follow the rules strictly and can change anything about the game if it suits you and your students better.

Instructions include variants for playing the game individually, in groups, in pairs or whole class. (Exceptions: Numbers—pair work, group work, Noughts and crosses—pair work, whole class or group work, Questions with and without auxiliary verbs—pair work, whole class, group work or individual work.)

How to get the game

This game is included in the Language Burger Games collection. The collection has 12 games which you can use as time fillers or extra exercises for your students. Eight games are for practising grammar, four games are for practising vocabulary.

The games are mainly for students of A2–B1 CEFR levels. (Pre-Intermediate – Intermediate levels).

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