Daily Routine Talk: Ask, Explain, Connect

Classic Board Game Race: Daily Routine Talk: Ask, Explain, Connect (B1, Teens, 24 prompts)

Teams move through a day of breakfast, walking, personal training and home study, practising how to start conversations and clearly explain wants and needs.

A free Classic Board Game Race for Teens at CEFR B1 level. Topic: Conversations in daily routines, initiating conversation and explaining wants and needs throughout daily activities.

Speaking prompts on the board

  1. Ask your partner what they usually eat for breakfast and why they choose it.
  2. You want toast, but the bread is finished. Explain to a family member what you need. Try: 'Can you...?'
  3. Act out making your favourite breakfast, then your team guesses it and asks you one question about it.
  4. What is a friendly way to start a conversation at breakfast when someone in your family looks tired?
  5. Your team must agree on one healthy breakfast for a busy morning and explain why it helps.
  6. ⭐ Describe a morning when you were eating breakfast and something interrupted you. What did you need?
  7. Ask your partner where they like to walk and who they usually walk with.
  8. You are lost on a walk. Explain to a stranger where you want to go. Try: 'Excuse me, I need...'
  9. Stand up and mime a problem on a walk, like a sore foot, and your partner asks what you need.
  10. If it rains during your walk, what will you do, and what will you ask for when you get home?
  11. Describe how you start a friendly chat with a neighbour you meet while they are walking their dog.
  12. ⭐ Have you ever helped someone on a walk? Explain what happened and what they needed.
  13. Ask your partner what kind of exercise they enjoy and how it makes them feel.
  14. Your exercise is too hard. Explain to your personal trainer what you need. Try: 'Please can we...?'
  15. You have 60 seconds to present your ideal personal training session: when, where, and which exercises you want.
  16. During training you feel thirsty and tired. How do you politely ask your trainer for a break?
  17. Discuss with your group whether it is better to train alone or with a personal trainer, then explain your choice.
  18. ⭐ Compare a personal trainer and a friend as exercise partners. Which one helps you more, and why?
  19. Ask your partner where they like to study at home and what helps them focus.
  20. Your brother or sister is noisy while you study at home. Explain what you need without starting an argument.
  21. Explain how you ask for help online when you do not understand a task while studying at home.
  22. Your team must agree on what makes the best home study space and give reasons for your choice.
  23. Tell your partner one thing you need to study well at home, then ask what they need too.
  24. ⭐ Plan a perfect day with breakfast, a walk, training and home study. What will you need from others?

Printable worksheet

This Classic Board Game Race comes with a free printable worksheet: 3 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 Challenge sheet. Sign in free to print the whole sheet.

What's on the worksheet

  1. Say why · Answer in two sentences. Use "because" in one of them.
  2. Write your own card · A new card about Conversations in daily routines, initiating conversation and explaining wants and needs throughout daily activities for the class game.
  3. The board game on paper

Part 1: Say why

Answer in two sentences. Use "because" in one of them.

  1. Stand up and mime a problem on a walk, like a sore foot, and your partner asks what you need.
  2. Describe how you start a friendly chat with a neighbour you meet while they are walking their dog.
  3. Ask your partner what kind of exercise they enjoy and how it makes them feel.

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