A student is given a word. The student must think of a word that begins with the same letter that the first word ended with i.e. hand > door > red > desk There is a time limit (e.g. 5 seconds). All students stand and the shiritori goes around the class. Students who do it in the time limit stay standing, students who miss it must sit down. Good with English Resource s Bomb . Can also be done on paper. Each row gets a piece of paper. The first student writes a word then passes to the next person in the row. There is a time limit and the paper keeps going up and down the row until time is up. Teachers check the answers and award prizes for the most number of words (with no spelling mistakes). This can also be done with syllables. The first person must say a one-syllable word, then the second person says a two-syllable word, the third a three-syllable word, and the fourth a one-syllable word again.