TEACHER’S NOTES

WORKSHEETS, ACTIVITIE S & GA ME S Guess the Word

Activity Type Introduction

Grammar and Speaking Here is a questions race game that helps students practice asking
Game: asking questions questions with a variety of question words. In the game, students
from prompts, guessing, have ten minutes to ask questions to their partner to elicit as
freer practice (pair work) many words as possible from their worksheet.

Procedure
Focus
Divide the students into pairs (Student A and B).
Question words

Wh questions Give each student a corresponding worksheet.

Tell the students not to show their partner the worksheet.

Aim
Explain that the students are going to work with their partner as
To race to elicit words by a team and that they have ten minutes to ask questions to elicit
asking questions. as many words on their worksheet as possible.

Give the students time to go through the words on their sheet

Preparation and think of some possible questions.
Make one copy of the two
worksheets for each pair When everyone is ready, give the students a ten-minute time limit
of students. and let them begin the game.

Student A asks questions to their partner to elicit as many words

Level from the box on their worksheet as possible.

Intermediate (B1) When Student B says a word from the worksheet, Student A puts
a tick next to the word.
Time If Student B cannot guess the word after a few questions, Student
25 minutes A puts a cross.

After ten minutes, students stop and swap roles.

The process is then repeated with Student B asking the questions.

When everyone has finished, pairs add up their points.

The pair with the highest combined score wins the game.

As an extension, pairs can play against each other. In pairs,

students write a new set of words, according to criteria set by
you. Students then follow the same procedure as above.

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 QUESTION WORDS

WORKSHEETS, ACTIVITIE S & GA ME S Guess the Word

Student A

A. Ask Student B questions to help him or her guess the words in the boxes, e.g.
'What colour is the sky?' (blue)

When Student B says the correct word, put a tick in the box next to the word. If Student B
cannot guess the word after a few questions, put a cross. You have ten minutes to ask your
questions.

1. 2. 3. 4.

blue eighteen sushi uncle

5. 6. 7. 8.

button textbook salt German

9. 10. 11. 12.

winter espresso park pounds

13. 14. 15. 16.

doctor school spoon Beyonce

17. 18. 19. 20.

car queen London July

21. 22. 23. 24.

midnight fishing ear wedding

25. 26. 27. 28.

square half mountain waitress

B. Now, answer Student B's questions.

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 QUESTION WORDS

WORKSHEETS, ACTIVITIE S & GA ME S Guess the Word

Student B

A. Answer Student A's questions.

1. 2. 3. 4.

key cinema Australia jacket

5. 6. 7. 8.
Leonardo
Thai spaghetti midday
DiCaprio

9. 10. 11. 12.

football summer English wife

13. 14. 15. 16.

teacher dollars kilometer telephone

17. 18. 19. 20.

Eiffel
tea red December
Tower

21. 22. 23. 24.

bus round hair quarter

25. 26. 27. 28.

designer lake morning planet

B. Now, ask Student A questions to help him or her guess the words in the boxes, e.g.
'What do you use to open a locked door?' (key)

When Student A says the correct word, put a tick in the box next to the word. If Student A
cannot guess the word after a few questions, put a cross. You have ten minutes to ask your
questions.

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