Students take turns describing the faces and others guess who it is . One guess / person so they have to be sure!

Good for practicing, He’s got… / She’s got…..

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1.  Put the names of some celebrities on the board. Describe one and the students will guess who it is. Erase that name and continue until all are erased.

2. Give students a blank piece of paper. Give them one minute to write down the name of all the celebrities they can think of (they can write in their native script)

3. In pairs students describe and guess who their partner is describing. Continue until finished and all are crossed out.

You can also use this prepared worksheet of celebrity names!

You can even play Indian poker with celebrities. Give each student a post it note. They write one celebrity’s name on it and stick it on a classmates forehead. Students wander the class asking questions to find out who they are.  Ex. Am I a musician? Am I alive? Am I beautiful? etc…. If they guess who they are, they can sit back down!

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Sample Questions

1. How many windows / tables / chairs / students are there?

2. What are their names?

3. Who is sitting next to Z / between X and Y / opposite X / on the left / on the right?

4. What is (s)he wearing? / What colour is Z’s shirt.

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In pairs or as a whole class, discover the VERB through QUESTIONS.

The nonsense word “BLIP” should be substituted for the target VERB.

Write sample QUESTIONS on the board

When / Where / Why / How do you blip?

Can you blip someone / something / somewhere?

Do you often blip?

Did you blip yesterday?

Are you blipping now?

Are you going to blip this weekend?

Have you blipped since you arrived in England?

Do you like blipping?

Do you blip with your hands?

If I saw you blipping, would you be embarrassed?

The aim of the game is not to guess the meaning of the word “Blip” straight away. When you think you know the meaning of the word “Blip”, you could ask further questions which make the meaning of the word “Blip” clear to the rest of the class or which amuse the student who is answering the questions.

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1. Choose an object and students ask questions about it.  Give them question prompts to help, written on the board. For example;

Is it ….. heavy/light/big/small/young/old/(color)/hard/soft/

Can you ……… with it?

Can it ……..it?

Does it have ….?  Does it ……?

Students guess and have 20 questions to figure it out.

Another version is to give students a handout with many pictures. They ask questions and try to guess which picture it is (under 10 questions).

If you have a computer, try 20 Questions online. Click Classic 20Q  . I recommend starting with thinking about a “chopstick” and see if the computer will guess it! It will! Make sure to have a student as the MC, asking questions for the computer…

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This is an activity in observation and inference, so don’t answer questions. Just write down descriptions and guesses until someone figures it out or you reveal the mystery.

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