Landscape Explorers: The Big Outdoor Journey
A classic classroom board game where two teams travel through mountains, forests, deserts and countryside while talking about landscapes, sharing experiences, giving opinions and making plans together.
A free Classic Board Game Race for Teens at CEFR B1 level. Topic: Landscape.
Speaking prompts on the board
- Describe the landscape you can see from your bedroom window, and explain whether you like it or not.
- Ask your partner which landscape they prefer for a weekend trip: mountains, forest or desert. Find out why.
- Act out walking through a thick, dark forest. Your team guesses what is happening and describes your feelings.
- Have you ever climbed a hill or a mountain? Describe what happened and how you felt at the top.
- Your team must agree on the best landscape for a school camping trip. Give two reasons. Use: We think... because...
- Compare a city landscape with a countryside landscape. Which one is better for teenagers, and why?
- Ask your partner about the most beautiful place in nature they have ever visited and what made it special.
- Stand up and mime the weather changing in a landscape: sunny, then windy, then stormy. Your partner describes each change.
- You have 30 seconds to present your dream holiday landscape. Use: It has... You can... I love it because...
- If it is sunny this weekend, which landscape near your town will you visit, and what will you do there?
- Describe a desert to someone who has never seen one. Your partner then asks you two follow-up questions.
- Discuss with your group: should people build new houses in forests and fields? Agree or disagree, and explain why.
- Explain why some people love mountains but other people find them scary or boring. What is your opinion?
- Ask your partner what landscape photo they have on their phone, or would like to have, and why.
- ⭐ Describe how the landscape in your area has changed since you were a child. Do you like the changes?
- Show with your hands the shape of a landscape near your school. Your team guesses it, then describes it together.
- What is the most unusual landscape you have seen in a film or video game? Describe it in detail.
- ⭐ You have 60 seconds to convince the class that your town has the best landscape in the country.
- Your team must plan a one-day hike: choose a landscape, decide what to bring, and agree on one rule.
- Explain what teenagers can do to protect a forest or park when they visit it. Use: We should... because...
- Ask your partner about a time they got lost or very tired outdoors, and find out what they did next.
- ⭐ Compare one landscape in winter and in summer. Which season makes it more beautiful, and why?
- Which landscape do you think is the hardest place to live? Explain your reasons and give an example.
- Describe your favourite landscape so your partner can sketch it quickly. Then check the drawing together and discuss differences.
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
- Say why · Answer in two sentences. Use "because" in one of them.
- Write your own card · A new card about Landscape for the class game.
- The board game on paper
Part 1: Say why
Answer in two sentences. Use "because" in one of them.
- Ask your partner which landscape they prefer for a weekend trip: mountains, forest or desert. Find out why.
- Describe a desert to someone who has never seen one. Your partner then asks you two follow-up questions.
- What is the most unusual landscape you have seen in a film or video game? Describe it in detail.