A warm up activity is a short, fun game which a teacher or trainer can use with students.

1. 1. Famous People Identity
 Materials: Adhesive tags and market
 Level: Low to intermediate
 Procedure: The teacher writes names of famous
people on tags (at least 5 names for the group)
and then, the tag is placed on the back of a
student. Consequently, the student comes to the
front and has to guess who famous person is
placedonhis/herback throughaskingquestions to
his/her classmates, such as “Where Am I from?,”
“Am I female orman?,” “What do I do for living?,”
etc. When the student has guessed the name of
the famous person, he/she has to pick another
one to do same activity with another name of
famous person.
2. Guess the Picture
 Materials: Whiteboard, marker
 Level: Low
 Procedure:one person comestothe front and starts
to draw a picture. Then, the students must try to
guess what the picture is before the person has
finisheddrawingit.Finally, the person who guesses
correctly comes to the front to draw another
picture.
3. Shopping Bag
 Materials: None
 Level: Intermediate to advance
 Procedure: the teacher puts the students in
groupsof 8-10 people.Then,the firstpersoninthe
group starts by saying the following sentence:
“Yesterday I went to the market and I bought
some fish. The next person in the group repeats
the first sentences and adds another thing that
they bought. For example: ”Yesterday I went to
the market and I bought some fish and some
bananas.” Each person in turn repeats the
sentence and adds another item. The students
have to concentrate hard to remember all the
things in the correct order.
4. Throw the Ball
 Materials: A small ball
 Level: Low
 Procedure: The teacher introduces himself/herself
givinghis/hername,age,place of birthandhobbies.
For example: “My name is Adam and I’m 21 years
old. I come from Sevilla and I enjoy playing tennis
and reading novels.” Then, the teacher throws the
ball to a student with the purpose that he/she
introduces himself/herself as the same as the
teacher and, thus, throwing the ball to another
student. The activitycontinuesuntil all the students
introduce themselves.
5. Kim’s Game
 Materials:15-20 small objects and a cloth to cover
them, paper and pencils
 Level: Low
 Procedure: The teacher collects 15-20 small
objects,example:apencil,aleaf,arubber,a book,
a paper clip, a stone, etc. Then, the teacher picks
one objectupat a time andholdsthemup and the
students call out what it is. When the teacher has
shown all the objects he/she cover them with a
cloth. Consequently, the students must write
downall the objects they can remember. The one
who has remembered the most objects is the
winner.
6. Never Have I Ever
 Materials: None
 Level: Intermediate to advance
 Procedure:The teachergetsall the students to sit in
chairs in a circle except one person who does not
have a chair. Thispersonstandsin the middle of the
circle. The person in the middle has to say an
experience which he/she has never done before
beginningthe sentence with“neverhave Iever.”For
example: “Never have I ever driven a car.” All the
people whohave done the phrase mentionedby the
person in the middle must stand up and change
places. The last person left standing without a chair
gives another experience never done before.