Timesaver: Mind Twisters, Puzzles and Games

Published 2004.

The series of photocopiable resource books for English Language Teaching includes cross-cultural lessons, grammar, vocabulary or skill development, games, raps and communicative activities and everyday, practical English. Tried and tested by teachers around the world, these are full of imaginative, lively activities and perfect for introducing, consolidating or practising recently taught structures and lexical sets.

A collection of over 50 entirely authentic games and puzzles, adapted for the ELT classroom. Students will love the quirky activities which give them real motivation to communicate. Activities can be selected by language point, and are ideal for practising or consolidating new structures in a fun, informal way. Shorter activities are perfect as warmers or time-fillers while longer activities can be used as the basis for a whole lesson. Activity types include lateral thinking problems, quizzes, riddles, jokes, mazes and memory games.