The donut game (aka circle game) is a fun way to practice vocabs or short phrases in a group.

Bingo game practicing birthdays, months and ordinal numbers.

A game of battleship to practice phonics and sounding out words.

A warm up/cool down activity where students need to find words that start with a particular letter.

Exploding Kittens is a class review game. Students are split into groups and they work to answer a question and recieve randomised points.

In lieu of the traditional introduction of teachers where teachers show pictures and talk at the students, teachers prepare a simple quiz to let the students practice the language they learned in previous years while learning about their teachers for the year. Especially good if the ALT is the same as the previous year.

This is a variation of the "classic" timer game but groups the numbers to increase the odds of students getting points. The particular worksheet is made to practice ordinal numbers.

Students play a janken game and try to get to their opponent's goal.

Students make pairs and check their cards. If they both have the same card, they get one point each.

Students make groups and answer questions to see how many points they win (or lose)!