Archive for the ‘Games’ Category

What a statue!

Wednesday, August 12th, 2009

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Would you like to tour the world hand in hand with very special characters? Let’s go then!!

8-) Try it! How much do you know about art and statues around the world? Go ahead and start your tour here, there’s a game waiting for you! Play, learn and discover more than a mistery!

What’s his/her job? Play a board game!

Friday, July 31st, 2009

Teacher, policeman, secretary, pilot, fireman, actress, reporter, pop star… do you know all the jobs in English?

8-) Try it! Click on the matching game and review some of them. Then, you can print the board game, practise and play with your classmates. You need a dice and some markers to play this game. When finishing you can play a miming game in groups.

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Is Sudoku an American game?

Wednesday, July 29th, 2009

Milions of people are hooked on sudokus. In a sudoku you have to complete a puzzle of numbers from 1 to 9.

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8-) Try it! It is believed that Sudoku was originally an American game, not Japanese. If you want to know more about sudokus, listen and read this abstract. After listening and reading, try to answer the questions you’ll find in the comment attached. If you want to play a sudoku you only have to click on the picture above.

Sea animals

Tuesday, July 28th, 2009

Before going to the beach be sure you know all the animals you can find there, in and out the sea!

8-) Try it! First of all, click on the image and try to find all the animals in the word search. Then, try other online activities. Good luck!

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Sea animals jigword

Sea animals matchword (2 players)

Sea animals speedword

Summer time! Vocabulary time!

Thursday, July 23rd, 2009

It’s summer time! But don’t forget your English!

8-) Try it! Click on the link and try to improve your vocabulary by playing some games! You can choose between different types of games, topics and levels. If you need some help, use the Cambridge dictionary at the right corner of this blog.

Let’s playing with vocabulary!

Calvin’s funny faces

Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009

Calvin & Hobbes are the two main characters of the comic strip written and illustrated by Bill Watterson. Calvin is an imaginative six-year old boy and Hobbes, his energetic stuffed tiger. If you don’t know them, don’t miss the link in this post they’re really good!

8-) Try it! Look at Calvin’s funny faces and try to match them with their definitions. If you need any help click on the definitions. Once solved, you can check your answers in the comment attached. Good luck!!

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To be angry / To mock / To make a smile To be sadTo be surprisedTo give someone a wink  To scream To make slanting eyesTo pull a face To be tired To pick your nose To be scared

Popword: when you click on pop, the letters don’t stop!

Tuesday, July 14th, 2009

popword 

Popword is a game similar to tetris but with letters. You have to drag the mouse in order to create a word in English. Longer is the word, more points you’ll have.

8-) Try it! At first try to build simple words, you can repeat them and get extra points. It goes fast but if you try the game several times you’ll become an expert!