ELT classroom platforms

Lingadoo

ELT-specific

An ELT teaching toolkit with ready-to-run games, teacher tools, grammar support, video activities, and printable or digital worksheets.

Best for: Teachers who need a ready-to-teach ELT activity, worksheet, game, or classroom tool without first building material from scratch. Particularly strong for teacher-led speaking, grammar, and vocabulary work.

High-energy quiz competition where students join on their own devices and compete in real time.

Best for: End-of-unit review when the class is flagging and a competitive leaderboard is what they need. Everyone has a phone or tablet.

Self-paced quiz platform where students work at their own speed, with live class and assigned homework modes.

Best for: Assigning practice outside class time, or running in-class review without a shared countdown. Students who work at different speeds are not penalised.

Flexible activity creator where teachers build custom games from their own content. Works on shared screens or student devices.

Best for: Teachers who already prepare their own materials and want to turn a vocabulary list or grammar set into multiple interactive formats without rebuilding the content each time.

Student-device quiz platform with multiple distinct game modes, each with a different mechanic and level of competition.

Best for: Classes where you run review games regularly and want to vary the format so it does not go stale. Same content set, different mode each session.

Collaborative team-based class activity built from Quizlet flashcard sets, where teams race to match terms and definitions.

Best for: Vocabulary review where you want students talking to each other. Teams have to communicate to find who holds the right answer, and a Quizlet set is already available.

Interactive lesson platform where teachers present slides synced to student devices, with embedded activities and checks for understanding.

Best for: Delivering a structured lesson on devices where students follow along, respond to polls and questions inline, and the teacher keeps control of the pace throughout.

Student-device quiz game with an earning and spending mechanic that sustains engagement over longer sessions.

Best for: A 20–30 minute review slot with secondary students who get bored by straight quizzes. The earning and spending loop keeps them engaged longer than other formats.

Team-based quiz game designed for a shared classroom screen, with a large library of user-created sets.

Best for: A 10-minute team competition at the end of class using only the board or projector. No student devices needed, minimal setup.

Shared-screen classroom display tool with widgets for timers, noise meters, random pickers, polls, and work instructions.

Best for: Speaking activities that need structure: a visible countdown, a way to randomly select who answers next, and a prompt displayed on screen, all without switching between tools.

Simple activity creator that converts word pairs into matching, quiz, and word search games with minimal setup.

Best for: A shareable vocabulary activity built in minutes from a word list. Students open a link on their phones with no accounts or subscription needed.

Converts Google Sheets into classroom activities: flashcards, quiz shows, spelling bees, random name pickers, and more.

Best for: Teachers who already manage vocabulary or class content in Google Sheets and want to turn it into interactive activities without re-entering the data elsewhere.

Multimedia activity creator with a wide range of game types, including crosswords, video quizzes, and dialogue simulations.

Best for: Building a listening or video comprehension task around a YouTube clip. Overlay questions directly on the video without needing a separate platform.

A long-running collection of free classroom game templates including random name pickers, timers, arcade games, and quiz formats.

Best for: When you need a shared-screen activity today, have no budget, and cannot face setting up yet another platform. Functionality over polish.

A collection of ready-made ELT-specific online games covering grammar and vocabulary topics, aimed at younger learners.

Best for: Young learner grammar practice where you want a ready-made activity targeting a specific point (verb tenses, phonics, sentence structure) with no content to prepare.