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Who Are You and What Do You Know? #3 - A Man in a Bar
A man entered a bar, asked the bartender for a drink, and left much happier than when he came in. Why?
This is the third in my series of "Whodunit?" conversation games, based on lateral-thinking puzzles. In this one, there are 13 character cards, although the game can be played with as few as 9 students. (Two sets of cards are here in case you ...
Level: intermediate
Age: 11-100
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 18
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Who Are You and What Do You Know? #1 - Death at the Circus
I had been searching for a long time for some simple to set up yet challenging "Whodunit"-type conversation puzzles, and finally came up with an idea of how to do them myself, by basing them on lateral-thinking problems. They�ve been really popular with my teenage conversation classes. This, Death at the Circus, is the first in a series. There are ...
Level: intermediate
Age: 11-100
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 7
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Instant Conversation #1 - Alien Cocktail Party
The is the first in a series of "Mad Lib"-type role plays I call Instant Conversations. In it, the students write the answers to simple questions, using vocabulary they�ve recently learned - not realizing they�re creating something for the upcoming role play.
In Alien Cocktail Party, the students are creating alien characters for themselves, whi...
Level: intermediate
Age: 7-100
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 10
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Family Find Out Who
Type: Full-class mingle
Ability: Elementary
Time: 30 minutes
This is pretty self-explanatory. I usually start off by drawing my family tree, and it might be helpful to have the students do the same before beginning, as it�s not always easy to count off cousins and aunts and uncles off the top of your head.
Pass out the cards, one per studen...
Level: elementary
Age: 7-100
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 4
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Travel Agent Mixed-Up Conversation
This is a mixed-up conversation to accompany a role play between travel agents and customers, in which the customers try to book all-inclusive holidays. Cut the slips, mix them up, and hand one or more to each student (there are 21 slips). Set up a table in the center of the room for students to arrange them into the proper order. When they�re done...
Level: intermediate
Age: 11-100
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 29
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