ESL DRILLING ACTIVITY GAMES
ESL / EFL RESOURCES Lord of the Rings
Activity Type Introduction
Listening and speaking This fun ESL game is perfect for drilling question and answer
activity structures that you have recently covered in class.
Procedure
Language Focus
Start the game by selecting four students. These students are
Question and answer
hobbits. Their task is to ask questions.
structures
Have the four hobbits stand in a line in front of the board.
Aim
You are the King. You sit on your throne behind the hobbits.
To repeat and practice
question and answer Assign each of the four hobbits with a question, e.g. 'What's
structures. your name?' 'How old are you?' 'Where do you live?' 'What's your
favourite food?'
Preparation The remaining students are orcs. The orcs form a queue near the
first hobbit.
None
The first hobbit asks the first orc in the queue their assigned
Level question, e.g. 'What's your name?' The orc replies 'My name is...'
and the two students rock, paper, scissors.
Any
If the orc wins, they move on to the second hobbit, who asks the
orc the next assigned question, e.g. 'How old are you?'
Time
20 minutes The orc replies and the two students rock, paper, scissors. If the
orc wins, they proceed to the third hobbit and so on.
However, if at any time an orc answers incorrectly or loses at
rock, paper, scissors, they must return to the back of the queue
and repeat the whole process.
If an orc manages to get past all four hobbits, they have a
showdown with the King! You can ask the orc any question that
you have covered in class.
If the orc answers correctly, you rock, paper, scissors. If the orc
wins, you are dethroned and the orc is now the King.
You then rejoin the game with the other orcs in an attempt to get
past all the hobbits to reclaim your throne!
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