Conversation Gambits - Eric Keller, Sylvia T Warner 1988

16. Guessing
1. Opening Gambits

Work in groups of 3 or 4. Take it in turns to guess the answers to the questions. Do not think about your answers. Just try to guessand use the phrases in the list.

1. What do the following pictures show?

2. How long is this line?

3. How many dots are there in this heap?

I’d say ...

Could it be ...

Perhaps it’s ...

I think it’s ...

It looks like ...

It’s difficult to say, but I’d guess ...

5 Which of these two circles is larger?

4 Which of these is the longer?

6. Each of these lines says I speak English

In which language?

a. Ik praat engels   e leg taler engelsk

b. Eu falo ingles    f. Eigo-ga dekimasu

c. Beszelek angolul   g. Ninasema kiingareza

d. Linguam anglicam loquor h. Ana kalam al inglise

Possible choices

Sudanese Dutch Japanese Hungarian Latin Swahili Danish Portuguese

I’d say ...

Could it be ...

Perhaps it’s ...

I think it’s ...

It looks like ...

It’s difficult to say, but I’d guess ...