Games with Words

Charles Kelly, an English as a Second Language expert in Japan, has developed games and quizzes that use VOA Special English words.

Multiple-choice Vocabulary Quizzes

VOA Special English - Verbs (531)
VOA Special English - Nouns (601)
VOA Special English - Adjectives & Adverbs (268)
VOA Special English - Prepositions (16)
VOA Special English - All Words (1,446)

Matching Vocabulary Quizzes

VOA Special English - Nouns (70 Rounds)
VOA Special English - Verbs (69 Rounds)
VOA Special English - Adjectives and Adverbs (36 Rounds)
VOA Special English - Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives and Adverbs (185 Rounds)

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Spelling/Vocabulary Quizzes

Catch the Spelling Games

Hangman Games

Definitions are given as hints.

VOA Special English - Adjectives & Adverbs
VOA Special English - Nouns
VOA Special English - Verbs
VOA Special English - All Words (Adjectives, Adverbs, Nouns, Verbs, ...)

No hints are given.

Flash Hangman Using VOA's Special English Words

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Type in a word and see actual sentences used by VOA that include that word.
Study VOA's Special English Vocabulary List.
VOA Special English Word List Browser & Flashcards
VOA Special English Word List for Web-Capable Cell Phones
Charles Kelly's home page: www.aitech.ac.jp/~ckelly

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