ESL Play Your Cards Right

Play Your Cards Right – A Classic Game Show for Your Classroom!
If you remember the classic ” Play Your Cards Right” TV game show, you’ll love bringing all the fun and excitement into your classroom! Now, you can gamify your lessons and keep students engaged while they learn.
How to Play
✔️ Divide students into teams – Encourage teamwork and friendly competition.
✔️ Reveal a playing card – Students must guess if the next card will be higher or lower.
✔️ Get it right? Score points and continue playing!
✔️ Wrong guess? The next team gets a turn.
Why Use This Game in Class?
The Play Your Cards Right classroom game is perfect for rewarding students, reviewing grammar, and building engagement. Here’s how it helps:
✔️ Great for Teamwork – Encourages group participation and collaboration.
✔️ Fun Grammar Practice – Use it to teach comparatives (higher/lower, bigger/smaller, etc.).
✔️ Engages All Learners – The element of surprise keeps students excited.
✔️ Easy to Adapt – Customize the game to fit different subjects and topics.
Share Your Ideas!
How do you plan to use this game in your classroom? Share your ideas and suggestions in the comments below!
Enjoy and Have Fun!
More Fun ESL Games and Classroom Tools
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🎲 Classroom Dice – Roll virtual dice for activities and games.
📅 Date and Weather Interactive Chart – Practice dates and weather daily with this easy tool.
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🎮 5 Seconds Game – A fast-paced ESL game where students name 3 things in 5 seconds!
🔠 Random Letter Generator – Generate letters for spelling games and vocabulary challenges.
📖 Story Dice – Inspire students to create and tell stories with this fun storytelling tool.
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Polly
says:We love this game. We play it with “real” cards too!!!
misha
says:i don´t understand how you play. where are the rules? Please share
DavidM
says:Hi Misha,
In this game you divide the class into teams or play individually. A card is drawn by clicking on the card. The first team or player has to guess if the next card will be higher or lower than the card on the board. This game could be used to practice numbers or maybe probability with Math students.
I hope that helps
David
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says:How do you play it? oh, and it’s my first time using this website.
Fre
says:How do you play it? oh, and it’s my first time using this website.