Categorise Activities
Students drag each word into the category it belongs to. Two or three boxes keep the page easy to scan, and an activity can use up to five.
The activities below are ready to open with a class. Need your own categories? The categorise maker lets you name the boxes and type the words that belong in each one.
Verbs: Preposition or No Preposition?
Does the verb need a preposition before the object? Sort the phrases. Example: call a client (no preposition) / listen to the radio (preposition).
Open activitySpace, Mining or Money?
Sort the words about asteroid mining into three groups. Which ones do you already know?
Open activityAlready Here or Science Fiction?
Which of these things already exist in 2026, and which are still science fiction? Drag each one into the right box.
Open activityAlready Here or Science Fiction?
Which of these things already exist today, and which are still science fiction? Drag each one into the right box.
Open activityFor or Since? Present Perfect Time Expressions
Sort the time expressions: for + a period of time, or since + a point in time.
Open activityPresent Perfect or Past Simple? Finished and Unfinished Time
Sort the time expressions: finished time (past simple) or unfinished time (present perfect).
Open activityPhone Bans: For or Against?
Is each argument FOR a phone ban or AGAINST it? Sort them, then pick the strongest argument on each side.
Open activityPhone Bans: True or False?
Before you read: guess if each sentence is true or false. Then read the article and check.
Open activityWaymo, Tesla or Uber?
Which company is it? Guess before you read, then check your answers after reading.
Open activityWaymo or Uber?
Which company is it? Guess before you read, then check your answers after reading.
Open activitySpy at OpenAI: True or False?
What do you think happened? Guess before you read, then check your answers after reading.
Open activityHorror Vocabulary: Monsters, Places and Feelings
Sort the scary words into three groups.
Open activityMan City: True or False?
What do you know about the Manchester City case? Guess before you read, then check your answers after reading.
Open activityFerrari or Lamborghini?
Which company is it? Guess before you read, then check your answers after reading.
Open activityAdidas or Puma?
Which company is it? Guess before you read, then check your answers after reading.
Open activityUniversal Basic Income: For or Against?
Is each sentence an argument for or against a basic income? Sort them into the two groups.
Open activityBruce Lee: True or False?
What do you know about Bruce Lee? Guess before you read, then check your answers after reading.
Open activityCompany Vocabulary: People, Money and Products
Sort the business words into three groups.
Open activityKeanu Reeves: True or False?
What do you know about Keanu Reeves? Guess before you read, then check your answers after reading.
Open activityWorking from Home: Advantages and Disadvantages
Sort the ideas: advantage or disadvantage?
Open activityFood containers: a bottle of, a jar of...
Which container goes with each food or drink? Sort them, then say them out loud: a carton of milk, a jar of jam...
Open activityGerman Articles der, die, das: Compound Nouns
Drag each German compound noun into the correct article group. Tip: the last word in the compound decides the article.
Open activityGerman Articles der, die, das: School and Office
Drag each German noun into the correct article group: der, die or das.
Open activityGerman Articles der, die, das: Noun Endings
Drag each German noun into the correct article group. Look at the ending: it often tells you if the noun is der, die or das.
Open activityGerman Articles der, die, das: The Body
Drag each German noun into the correct article group: der, die or das.
Open activityGerman Articles der, die, das: Places in Town
Drag each German noun into the correct article group: der, die or das.
Open activityGerman Articles der, die, das: Animals
Drag each German noun into the correct article group: der, die or das.
Open activityGerman Articles der, die, das: Food and Drink
Drag each German noun into the correct article group: der, die or das.
Open activityGerman Articles der, die, das: Clothes
Drag each German noun into the correct article group: der, die or das.
Open activityGerman Articles der, die, das: Home and Furniture
Drag each German noun into the correct article group: der, die or das.
Open activityGerman Articles der, die, das: Family and People
Drag each German noun into the correct article group: der, die or das.
Open activityFull English breakfast: yes or no?
Which foods are part of a traditional full English breakfast? Sort them, then talk about what a typical breakfast is like in your country.
Open activityCars or people? Adjectives for comparing
Which adjectives describe cars, which describe people, and which can describe both? Then use them to make comparisons: Which car is faster? Who is more interesting? Who is the funniest person you know?
Open activityAlphabet sounds: which letters sound alike?
Say each letter out loud in British English. Which letters have the same vowel sound? (O and R are not included because they each have a sound of their own: O as in go, R as in car.)
Open activityA or an?
Do these words take a or an? Listen to the first sound, not the first letter!
Open activityWhere's the stress? Three-syllable words
Say each word out loud. Is the stress on the first, second or third syllable?
Open activityPast simple -ed endings: /t/, /d/ or /ɪd/?
Say each verb out loud. Does the -ed ending sound like /t/, /d/ or /ɪd/?
Open activityWho's on whose side? Reporting verbs by stance
What does the reporter think of the claim? Sort the reporting verbs by the stance they show. Some are borderline, so be ready to explain your choice.
Open activityTrick or treat? Halloween vocabulary
Is each one a trick or a treat? Sort the Halloween words into the right box.
Open activityFact or myth?
Are these statements facts or myths? Sort them, then talk about which ones surprised you.
Open activityBritish or American English?
Is each word British English or American English? Can you match the pairs that mean the same thing?
Open activityGo, play or do? Sports and exercise
Which sports and activities go with go, play or do?
Open activityVerbs followed by -ing or to + infinitive
Which verbs are followed by -ing, which by to + infinitive, and which can take both with the same meaning?
Open activityCountable or uncountable? Food nouns
Can you count it? Sort the food words into countable and uncountable nouns.
Open activityStar signs and personality adjectives
In astrology, each star sign belongs to one of four elements. Which personality adjectives go with each element? Then talk about it: is your star sign like you?
Open activitySmall talk: appropriate or inappropriate?
Which topics are good for small talk with someone you have just met? Drag each one into the right box.
Open activity