ESL Speaking Activities
This section is packed with ESL speaking activities that actually get adults talking. Each task is built around real situations your learners can relate to. You’ll also find fun speaking activities that break the ice without feeling childish. Perfect for teachers who want practical lessons with great conversations.
Reverse Storytelling
Reverse Storytelling is a 10-minute ESL activity for B1-C2 students. Start with the story's end and work backward, enhancing creativity, and sequencing skills.
Email Preposition Challenge
Email Preposition Challenge is a fun ESL activity for intermediate and upper-intermediate students to practice using prepositions in professional email writing.
Small Talk Taboo
Engage in small talk on a given topic, but avoid the taboo words! Be creative, ask follow-up questions, and keep the conversation going smoothly!
Critical Choices
A 10-slide group activity where teams rank objects to solve scenarios. Discuss, decide, and explain—creativity and teamwork are key! Great for discussion!
Never Have I Ever (18+)
In this 18+ "Never Have I Ever" ESL game with 130+ slides, adults take turns reading statements, sharing stories, and earning points.
Emoji Stories
Craft stories using emojis in this ESL activity, starting with 3 emojis and progressing to 10. Suitable for all levels, online or offline, with 20 slides total.
Connections
This ESL activity has 15 slides, each with 16 words to categorize into 4 themes. It’s perfect for all levels and works well online and offline.
What’s This? (medium)
Identify and list items in a picture, then compare and discuss with classmates. Perfect for building vocabulary and sparking conversation in A2-B1 ESL classes.
What’s This? (easy)
Identify items in a picture in this A1-A2 ESL warm-up. Compare answers with classmates, discuss, and build vocabulary. Perfect for online and offline use!
20 Medium Riddles
Test B2-C2 students with medium-level riddles! A fun warm-up activity featuring challenging questions and clever answers to enhance critical thinking skills.
20 Easy Riddles
Engage B1-C2 students with 20 fun riddles! Perfect warm-up activity with tricky questions and simple answers to boost critical thinking and problem-solving.
Shag, Marry, Kill
Engage adult ESL students with "Shag, Marry, Kill"—16 pages of famous people and musicians for fun debates. Perfect for online or offline classrooms!
Tongue Twisters
Practice pronunciation with this ESL activity for all levels. Start slow, then speed up to master tongue twisters, improving fluency and accuracy!
Would you rather
Engage students with this ESL speaking activity! "Would You Rather" features 10 fun questions, emojis, and creative scenarios to spark lively discussions.
Secret Word
In this ESL activity, B1-C2 students speak on a topic while sneaking in a secret word. Others must detect it, boosting creativity, listening, & speaking skills.
Jumbled Words
Jumbled Words is a fun ESL activity where students unscramble mixed-up words, boosting vocabulary and spelling skills. Perfect for A2 and B1, online or offline.
Mystery Word Challenge
ESL activity Mystery Word Challenge: B2-C2 students create fake definitions for a word. Definitions are shuffled, read aloud, and students guess the real one.