Various Roleplays & Drama Games for ESL

Chef interview roleplay  worksheet (PDF)

Athlete interview roleplay worksheet (PDF)

Celebrity interview roleplay worksheet (PDF)

Pictures for short roleplays in random business
& everyday situations (PDF)

Finding a roommate discussion & speaking
exercise (PDF)

Husband-wife phrasal verb/request roleplay (PDF)

Relationship roleplays (PDF)

Personal Complaint Menu Roleplay (a step by step) roleplay lesson for ESL classes

8 short argument roleplay scenarios (PDF)

Lost friend roleplay (teach past tenses)

Interview a star roleplay lesson plan

Press conference lesson plan (word)

Imagine that you can travel through time into the
future! It is 2025: Imagine and answer some questions about“your future you." (PDF)

English course application roleplay (PDF)

Travel Roleplay

Jungle Survivor game for intermediate ESL students
(PDF)

Using Puppets

Housing project roleplay

Strangers on a train roleplay

Conflict roleplay

Business English Roleplays

Roleplays scenarios & dialoques for making
cancelling & rescheduling appointments (PDF)

Selecting a Venue for a Business Conference
& Selecting the Employee of the Year
speaking exercises (PDF)

Business introductions roleplay worksheet (PDF)

Other ESL Role Play Teaching Ideas

Buy a house

Check into a hotel

Museum roleplay

Stranded on an island & a volcano will erupt in 30-60 minutes roleplay lesson


Hospitality/tourism related roleplays
for ESL teachers

Consumer Complaint Menu Roleplay

ESL hotel reservations and booking roleplay worksheet (PDF)

Information/request role-play exercises and dialogues  airlines

Requesting Travel Information Roleplay

OUP Quick Work sample-invitations, offers and making arrangements roleplay (PDF)

Grammar: magazine interview role-play:
practising 'used to' with an interview roleplay

Roleplays for telephoning,restaurants,hotels and
dealing with enquiries (make sure
to click on PDF link for worksheets)

Roleplay technique

ESL roleplay websites/collections

Oral English Activities: resources for teachers

Eslsite.com roleplay ideas

Team Roleplaying


Setting up roleplays & drama activities

What is the nature of drama-based activities in the classroom?

Article on theater games for esl

Arts on the Move: drama games & activities for  children