Global Moves: Travel, Sports & News Board Game
A 24-space speaking board game for teen B1 learners. Players move around a classic game board answering questions and completing speaking tasks about travel, airports, sports, news, and criminal lifestyle. Topics integrate phrasal verbs and expressions (agree with, believe in, care about, focus on, happen to, wait for, carry on, come up with, get along with, look forward to, put off, cut down on, defend, expand, deal with, predict). Four teams compete by discussing, presenting, acting, and pair-talking their way to the finish.
A free Board Game for Teens at CEFR B1 level. Topic: Travel, airport , sports , criminal lifestyle , news .
Speaking prompts on the board
- Ask your partner what sport they look forward to watching or playing this season.
- Describe the most interesting airport experience you have ever had.
- Your team must agree on which travel destination you all care about most.
- Act out checking in at an airport — your team guesses what you are doing.
- Ask your partner: do they believe in fair play in sports? Why or why not?
- What news story happened to affect your family or community recently?
- You have 60 seconds to convince your team that one sport is better than another.
- Stand up and mime packing a suitcase — your partner describes what you put in it.
- Discuss with your group: what crimes do you think are most serious and why?
- Ask your partner what they focus on when choosing a holiday destination.
- Explain how you would deal with losing an important game or competition.
- You have 30 seconds to predict what sport will be most popular in ten years.
- Describe a news story about crime you have read or heard about recently.
- Your team must come up with rules for a new sport and explain them.
- Act out arriving at a hotel and asking for a room — your partner is the receptionist.
- Ask your partner: who do they get along with best on a team or in a group?
- Compare two athletes you know — explain who you think is better and defend your choice.
- You have 30 seconds to present one reason why you would put off travelling abroad.
- Discuss with your group: what should society do to cut down on crime?
- Stand up and show with your hands how to play your favourite sport.
- Ask your partner: what news story made them happy or sad this month?
- Explain how athletes who carry on training despite injuries inspire you.
- Your team must expand on one idea: how can travel make people better citizens?
- Describe what you would do if you had to wait for a delayed flight for six hours.