Begin by splitting your classroom into teams, if there are 30 students in your class then 3 teams of 10 should work well. Explain that they must line up in order using only English to communicate with each other, teams caught cheating will be disqualified from that round (giving them a little leniency of course).
When a team finishes, the person at the front of the line puts their hand up and you walk down the line checking that they are indeed in the correct order. You can alternatively assign each team with a captain who is in charge of organizing the team, making sure they don't cheat and signalling to you when they have finished.
Give one point to the first successful team and start the next round using different criteria, here's some I use:
Height
Shoe size
Birthday
Time they woke up this morning
Time they went to bed last night
Number of brothers and sisters
Number of pets
Number of times out of the country
For fun you can try a round where they're not allowed to communicate verbally at all, limiting them to just hand movements and physical gestures.
Add up the final points at the end of the game and see which team wins!
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