Requests games and activities
for ESL kids lessons

Games and activities for teaching “Requests” to ESL kids

Can/May I have some juice, please?

Bring a small bottle of juice (e.g. orange juice) to class. At some point during the lesson take out the bottle and have a sip. This almost certainly will cause a mini-riot of kids asking for some. Here’s an ideal opportunity to teach “Can/May I have some juice, please?”.

Say this sentence to the first student and get him/her to repeat it – only give him/her some if the sentence is said correctly. Bring juice along every week, and before long your students will be requesting a drink in perfect English! (If you don’t want your students to be drinking out of the same bottle as you bring along a few plastic cups).