Games and Puzzles

Games & Puzzles

As well as providing a wide range of quiz, MCQ and gap fill activities to support language learning, the VLC features the following language games and puzzles.

XWord crossword puzzles - available as both a Java applet version and with a CGI program interface
Crossword Puzzle Sample

Grammar Roulette - a Flash game for identifying common errors in English featuring a grammar "wheel of fortune"

WordTrap - a vocabulary matching game with links to the Net Dictionary implemented as a Java applet

Storyboard - a game where all words in a text are deleted but with an accompanying sound file. Implemented as a Java applet
Storyboard Sample

Word Shuffle - a drag'n'drop game which shuffles words taken from lines from some of the songs in RealAudio Jukebox
Word Shuffle Sample

Jumbler - a sentence reordering game which jumbles up the order of sentences in a text. Also with accompanying sound files featuring the Text-to-Speech narrator
Jumbler Sample

Idioms games - drag'n'drop puzzles in which idiom phrases are dragged into the appropriate contexts
Picture Book - drag'n'drop puzzles for matching pictures with words
Picture Book Sample
Vocabulary quizzes - more drag'n'drop puzzles for matching words with their meanings, grouped in topic themes such as medicine and occupations
Vocabulary Quiz Sample

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