Q&A - Games and activities for all levels

39 ESL Vocabulary Activities: For Teenagers and Adults - Jackie Bolen, Jennifer Booker Smith 2015

Q&A
Games and activities for all levels

Skill: Speaking/Listening/Reading/Writing

Time: 10 minutes

Materials: Nothing

This is a simple variation on having students make example sentences using their vocabulary list. Students work in pairs of teams, creating a list of WH questions (to avoid yes/no answers) using their vocabulary words. When they have five questions, teams should alternate asking a question to another team and answering the other team’s questions.

You can extend the activity with some reported speech practice, which will give teams an incentive to listen to the responses to their questions.

Procedure:

1. Divide students into an even number of teams of 2-4. Then pair two teams together.

2. Give students a few minutes to create five WH questions using their vocabulary words.

3. Have the paired teams alternate asking and answering each other’s questions.

4. Optionally, extend the activity by having teams briefly report the other team’s answers.