Here you can find a range of short activities to use in your secondary classroom with students at pre-intermediate level. All of our activities are designed around themes engaging and relevant to secondary learners and can be used to complement your school curriculum, giving students an opportunity to develop their English language and skills in motivating and enjoyable ways. Written by young learner experts from around the world, our activities are easy to use and aim to give your students the skills and confidence they need to enjoy learning English.

Games for question practice 2

Here are some more ideas for activities to practise making questions. These activities can be used with a whole range of levels.

Games for question practice 1

Here are some ideas for activities to practise making questions. These activities can be used with a whole range of levels.

The tongue twister game

All levels and ages enjoy tongue twisters. They work well as a warm up to get students speaking, and they help students to practise pronouncing difficult sounds in English.

Songs, symbols and lyrics

This activity consists of writing the lyrics of a song or even a story using symbols, code or pictures instead of some of the words.

Research and insight

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