LANGUAGE GAMES

"Games increase motivation and desire for self-improvement." – Constantinescu

(1) CROSSWORD PUZZLES

(2) Match the Collocations!!

('A Tale of Two Cities' by Charles Dickens) (Generated with Mike Capstick's Quiz Maker)

[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]

(3) 6_Letter Crosswords

[1] [2]

(4) Hidden words

(4.1) Newspaper English

[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

(4.2) Word Families (N.B. A Word Family is a group of words that share a common base word.)

[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

(5) Synonyms (crossword puzzles)

[1] (Bilingual (French-English)) [2]

(5.9) Jigsaw Text Puzzles

'The Giraffe'(The Penny Magazine 11 August 1832 (Project Gutenberg))[1] [2]

'Maternal Education'(The Penny Magazine 11 August 1832 (Project Gutenberg))[1]) [2]

'On the Meanings of Words'(The Penny Magazine 11 August 1832 (Project Gutenberg))[1]) [2] [3]

'Olive'(The Penny Magazine 11 August 1832 (Project Gutenberg))[1]) [2] [3] [4]

Crossnumbers

[1_30_numbers] [1_30_words] [31_50_numbers] [31_50_words]


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Matching

[Match the words with the numbers they represent]

Crossword

[Synonyms]

DICTATION

[WORDS
N.B. First, listen to the word. Next, click on PAUSE and then type the word.]

WordSearch Puzzles (Hidden Words)

How Good is your Business Vocabulary?

[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]

How Good is your Business Vocabulary? - FREE TRADE

[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]

WORDS used in book blurbs

[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]

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How good are you at typing?

(1) THE TYPING OF THE GHOSTS (This game has been licensed from NOVEL GAMES)

Destroy the ghosts by typing the words on them.
Use the 'Backspace' key to cancel typing. Click the TOP RIGHT button (||) to:
- Pause the SOUND
- Pause the MUSIC
- Turn FULL SCREEN ON or OFF

[Days, Months and Seasons]
[Everyday life 1] [Everyday life 2] [Everyday life 3] [Everyday life 4]
[Everyday life 5] [Everyday life 6] [Everyday life 7]
[General English 1] [General English 2] [General English 3]
[Numbers]
[Irregular Verbs (Infinitive forms)]

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(2) TYPING TEST SPEED (This game has been licensed from NOVEL GAMES)

Type the text as quickly and accurately as possible.
"A passage will be presented when the test starts, and you need to use your keyboard to type the text.
The time you have spent, your typing speed in terms of "words per minute "(wpm) and the average accuracy will be counted at the top of the screen.
When you have completed the task, a rank will be given based on your result.
Accept the challenge now and rise to the throne which belongs to the world-class typist!!

(With thanks to Novel Games for the ten fables)


Click the TOP RIGHT button (||) to:
- Pause the SOUND
- Pause the MUSIC
- Turn FULL SCREEN ON or OFF

 IF THE TEXT DOES NOT APPEAR IN "SAFARI"", PLEASE REFRESH THE PAGE OR TRY USING "FIREFOX" OR "GOOGLE CHROME" INSTEAD.

[1. The Ant and the Grasshopper]
[2. The Crow and the Pitcher]
[3. The Dog in the Manger ]
[4. The Fox and the Grapes]
[5. The Frogs desiring a King]
[6.The Goose with the Golden Eggs]
[7.The Hare and the Tortoise]
[8.The Lion and the Mouse]
[9.The Miser]
[10.The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing]

(2) TYPING TEST SPEED: "Anarchism is not enough" by Laura Riding, Jonathan Cape 1928 (Gutenberg free books)

Click the TOP RIGHT button (||) to:
- Pause the SOUND
- Pause the MUSIC
- Turn FULL SCREEN ON or OFF
 IF THE TEXT DOES NOT APPEAR IN "SAFARI"", PLEASE REFRESH THE PAGE OR TRY USING "FIREFOX" OR "GOOGLE CHROME" INSTEAD.
[1. Language]
[2. Prose]
[3. Poetry]
[4. Literature]
[5. Dreams 1]
[6. Dreams 2]
[7. Poem 1]
[8. Poem 2]
[9. Poem 3]
[10. Poem 4]
[11. Words]

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READ AND TYPE

(This Typing Test Game has been licensed from NOVEL GAMES)

Giving yourself a dictation is an excellent way to improve your
MEMORY, PRONUNCIATION, and WRITING SKILLS.
In this exercise the text appears in a faded (dimmed) form. As you type, your cursor will REPLACE THE TEXT on the screen.
If you type correctly , the text will turn BLUE.
If you make a mistake, the letter will turn RED.

How to work:

  1. Read the first part of the sentence aloud.
  2. Look away from the screen.
  3. Type what you remember.
  4. Check your answer.
  5. Then read the next part of the sentence.

A Useful Tip: Divide long sentences into 2–4 parts.

Optional: Write the sentences on paper to help memorisation.

CEFR English LEVELS A2 (Pre-Intermediate), B1 (Intermediate),
and B2 (Upper Intermediate)
[Simple Present - Sentences - Every day 1]
[Simple Present - Sentences - Every day 2]
[Simple Present - Sentences - Sometimes 1]
[Simple Present - Sentences - Sometimes 2]
[Simple Present - Sentences - Always 1]
[Simple Present - Sentences - Always 2]

WORD TRANSFORMER (This game has been licensed from NOVEL GAMES)

The aim of this game is to transform one word into another by changing one character at a time.
At the start of a level, you will be given a word and a target word. Each time you can click a character to change it into another character in such a way that the characters still form of valid word.
Continue changing the characters until you arrive at the target word, and then you can proceed to the next level.
In some levels you can also add or remove characters at the end or beginning of the word.
If you cannot reach the target word within the time limit, then you lose and the game is over.
There are a total of 20 levels and the words will be longer and the steps required will be more for later levels. The fewer the steps and the faster the time you take to arrive at the target word, the higher your score.

Click the TOP LEFT button to:
- Pause the SOUND
- Pause the MUSIC
- Turn FULL SCREEN ON or OFF
[The Word Transformer game]

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WORD SCRAMBLER III (This game has been licensed from NOVEL GAMES)

The letters are scrambled and you need to unscramble them to get a correct word.
You always need to use all the characters to form a word, and there are no hints.
If you cannot figure out how to form a valid word, you can skip the word and try the next.
You can always see the characters of the next few words, so if you are confident that you can solve the next word,
you can skip the current word and complete the next one.
The more characters there are in a word, the higher the score you will get if you can unscramble that word.
There is a 5-minute time limit in the game, try to solve as many long words as possible within those 5 minutes.

Click the TOP RIGHT button to:
- Pause the SOUND
- Pause the MUSIC
- Turn FULL SCREEN ON or OFF
[The Word Scrambler III game]

IF THE GAMES DON'T START IN SAFARI, PLEASE REFRESH THE PAGE OR TRY USING FIREFOX OR GOOGLE CHROME INSTEAD.

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