Jobs Around Town
A colorful board game where young learners move along 24 spaces, each featuring a speaking task about jobs. Players practice 'He is' and 'She is' sentences, describe different workers, and act out professions. Four teams race to the finish while building confidence in job vocabulary and simple present-tense speech.
A free Board Game for Young learners at CEFR A1 level. Topic: jobs.
Speaking prompts on the board
- What is your favorite job? Why do you like it?
- Act out a farmer working in the field
- Describe a nurse. What does a nurse do?
- Is a pilot or a taxi driver more exciting?
- Do you want to be a doctor? Why or why not?
- Stand up and mime a firefighter putting out a fire. Act it out!
- What job does your mother or father do?
- Which job is the most important? Agree together.
- Can you be a pilot? Do you have the skills?
- Stand up and show with your hands: How tall is a firefighter? How strong?
- Explain: Why do we need nurses? Say one reason in a full sentence.
- Who has the most interesting job? Why?
- Describe a farmer. What does a farmer grow or do on a farm?
- You have 60 seconds to convince your team: Which job is the best for you?
- Act out a singer on stage. Show how a singer performs for people.
- What job do you want when you grow up?
- Compare a police officer and a firefighter. How are they the same or different?
- Do you like jobs that help people? Which ones?
- Show with your hands: How does a pilot fly a plane? Act it out!
- Say one sentence about your favorite job from the game. Why is it fun?