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   In: English Teaching Forum 2004, Volume 42, Issue 1 Format(s): Text

   These are two vocabulary activities. “J-Words Crossword Puzzle” invites students to use clues to fill in a crossword with words that start with the letter “J.” "Postcards Word Search" uses vocabulary from the feature article, "A Postcard from America."

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   In: English Teaching Forum 2004, Volume 42, Issue 2 Format(s): Text

   There are two games in this issue. “Sights in the City: A Word Puzzle” is for high intermediate or advanced students who are familiar with tourist attractions in the United States. Clues about landmarks and their locations are provided, as are “hangman” type blanks to cue the number of letters in the answer. The second game is “Urban Renewal: A Word Search Puzzle.”

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   In: English Teaching Forum 2006, Volume 44, Number 2 Format(s): Text

   This is a word game. It presents three phrases, and challenges the student to make as many words as possible using the letters in the given phrases.

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   In: English Teaching Forum 2006, Volume 44, Number 3 Format(s): Text

   This is a word game using animal names to fill in spaces in a quilt-patterned chart.

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   In: English Teaching Forum 2006, Volume 44, Number 4 Format(s): Text

   This is a crossword puzzle that uses information and vocabulary from the Newspapers in America article.

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   In: English Teaching Forum 2007, Volume 45, Number 1 Format(s): Text

   “Coin Toss” provides clues and asks learners to unscramble words to find the answers.

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   In: English Teaching Forum 2007, Volume 45, Number 2 Format(s): Text

   This “Weather Word Search” gives learners practice with weather-related vocabulary.

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   In: English Teaching Forum 2017, Volume 55, Number 2 Format(s): Text

   This puzzle gives you a chance to transform the word note to the word song, one letter (and one word) at a time.

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   In: English Teaching Forum 2016, Volume 54, Number 4 Format(s): Text

   Enjoy these three puzzles. One puzzle is a “word search” with a twist, involving synonyms and antonyms of common feelings. Our second puzzle is based on synonyms and antonyms and is available online only. Our third puzzle is an antonym word search, also only available online.

10. English Teaching Forum 2023, Volume 61, Number 3

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    Find suggestions and encouragement for turning your teaching ideas into articles … discover ways to use nonnative speakers as role models for your students … try new dictogloss strategies to improve learners’ literacy … see how to run a MOOC camp … use student-generated videos productively … and explore creative ways to use emojis for speaking practice!

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