I have a game for teaching vocabulary. I call it KING SAYS game. I also collected some other games that I had applied in my class.

KING SAY game is better played out door. Sit around in a grassy field, under a shady tree. A little bit cookies can be served with drinks and snacks. All students sit around in a circle with a teacher in the center. This game explores some words, considered important, for beginning up to intermediate level.

Purpose

:- To introduce some words.
- To help students memorize certain words.
- To recover students’ bank of words.
 

For instance:

Theme of play: kitchen

Robert renamed into PAN
Emil renamed into KNIFE
James renamed into STOVE
Tom renamed into SPOON
Etc.

The theme of play can be changed in accordance with our needs.

- Focus of this play is mention him/herself name then mention another name.
- The teacher or “The King” begins this play by saying: “The King says Pan!”
- In a second, Robert that now named Pan shouts: “Pan says Spoon!”
- Then immediately, Tom, now spoon, shouts: “Spoon says Stove!”
- And so on.
- One who misses or forgets his/her new name must be punished. May be they must be out of the circle to perform a task or punishment. The funnier the punishment, the more interesting is this game.