Clothes, Colours and Categories Race
A classic classroom board game. Young learners ask what people are wearing, name colours, and talk about clothes, animals and food.
A free Four in a Row Classroom Game for Young learners at CEFR A1 level. Topic: Categories.
Speaking prompts on the board
- Ask a friend: What colour is your jacket?
- Act out putting on your socks!
- Point to a boy. Ask: What is he wearing?
- Say: My shoes are ___ (colour).
- Act out a cat. Team guesses!
- Ask a friend: Do you have a red scarf?
- Team: find something blue in the room.
- Point to a girl. Ask: What is she wearing?
- Draw trousers on the board. Say: trousers!
- Say: I like ___. Name a food!
- Act out putting on warm gloves!
- Ask a friend: What is your favourite animal?
- Point to two friends. Ask: What are they wearing?
- Say: My shorts are ___ (colour).
- Team: say three animals!
- Draw a shirt in the air. Say: shirt!
- Walk like a big elephant!
- Ask a friend: Do you like pizza?
- Point to a friend. Say: He is wearing ___.
- Team: find something green in the room.
- ⭐ Ask a friend: What are you wearing today?
- Act out eating a big banana!
- ⭐ Say one food, one animal, one colour!
- ⭐ Team: Who is wearing black? Point and say!
Printable worksheet
This Four in a Row Classroom Game comes with a free printable worksheet: 2 parts for students to do after the game, and an answer key for the teacher. It prints at three levels (Support, Core and Challenge); this is the Support sheet. Sign in free to print the whole sheet.
What's on the worksheet
- Answer the card · Answer with a full sentence.
- The board game on paper
Part 1: Answer the card
Answer with a full sentence.
- Act out a cat. Team guesses!
- Point to a boy. Ask: What is he wearing?
- Act out eating a big banana!