Tower Builder
Each question is one block. A crane brings a block for every answer; the student picks one and the crane drops it on the tower. A right answer lands square and becomes a new floor, and at the end the roof goes on and the camera pulls back to show the whole tower.
How to play Tower Builder
- Press Play and the crane brings in the first set of blocks.
- Read the question and pick the block with the right answer: click it, or press 1 to 4, A to D, or T and F.
- Watch it land, then answer the next question to keep building.
Right and wrong answers
A right block lands square and the tower grows. A wrong block lands off-centre, rocks the tower and tumbles off while the right block flashes, so students see the correct answer before moving on.
Levels and classroom ideas
Works from A1 to B2. The calm pace suits careful readers, including younger learners and classes reviewing grammar rules.
- Question types
- Multiple choice and True / false
- Length
- 5 to 20 questions
- Text fits
- Questions up to 80 characters, answers up to 20
- Build one tower per unit and screenshot it: a visual record of how the class did.
- Use it for collocations and phrasal verbs, where each question has one clear right block.
- Have pairs predict how many floors they will build before they play.
Sample set: Make and do
B1 Open the generator to play these, edit them, or make your own.
- Please don't ___ a noise in the library.make · do · take · haveAnswer: make
- Can you ___ me a favour?make · do · give · getAnswer: do
- I need to ___ a decision soon.do · make · take part · getAnswer: make
- "Do your homework" is a correct collocation.True / FalseAnswer: True
- Let's ___ a cake for her birthday.make · do · take · haveAnswer: make
- I always ___ the washing-up after dinner.do · make · take · getAnswer: do
Tower Builder: questions teachers ask
What does a wrong answer do to the tower?
The block lands off-centre, rocks the tower and falls off. The tower does not lose floors, and the right block flashes so students see it.
How many questions are in a game?
Between 5 and 20, with 10 by default. Each right answer is one floor.
How long can the answers be?
Up to 20 characters per answer and 80 per question.
