[roja123]

I have 2 really simple warm-up activities that work well with older students and get a lot of laughs.

- Reciting the letters of the alphabet one after each other... if they get to Z they have to continue in reverse.

- Counting in 6s, 8s, etc one after each other. Gets the brain working and I especially like this one because it shakes things up so that it isn't necessarily the student who is strongest at English who wins, so it gives the others a confidence boost straight off.

For both of these I allow 5 seconds to answer, using my fingers as a visual timer. They have never failed yet and always get laughs.