feelings and sounds

Rather than miming, students keep their hands still and just make noises to show the feeling, e.g. yawning for “tired”, sighing for “bored”, growling for “angry” and groaning for “disappointed”. You could also do longer phrases with this game, e.g. roaring then screaming for “I am scared because there is a lion”.

This game could be followed up with a lesson on how sounds are represented in English, e.g. with words like “ouch”, “wow” and “phew” (all of which have a connection to feelings). The fact that these are different in L1 is usually fascinating for students.