My Word List Challenge
A classic classroom board game where teens talk about technology, the world, keeping things clean, milk, healthcare, healthy living and disasters through pair talk, team decisions, miming and short presentations.
A free Classic Board Game Race for Teens at CEFR A2 level. Topic: My word list.
Speaking prompts on the board
- Ask your partner what technology they use every day and why they like it. Try: "I use... because..."
- Describe your favourite app to the group and explain what you do with it.
- Your team must agree: which is more useful for teens, a phone or a laptop? Give two reasons.
- Act out using a piece of technology, and your team guesses what it is and how you use it.
- Which country in the world do you want to visit, and what are you going to do there?
- Ask your partner: "Have you ever been to another country?" Then ask what they saw and did there.
- ⭐ You have 60 seconds to present one big problem in the world and one idea to help.
- How do you keep your room clean? Describe what you do and how often you do it.
- Discuss with your group: is your school clean? Agree on one way to make it cleaner.
- Stand up and mime cleaning something at home, and your partner guesses the job and asks how often you do it.
- Do you drink milk? Explain when you drink it and what you like to have with it.
- Ask your partner what they had for breakfast today and whether there was milk in it.
- Compare milk and fizzy drinks: which is better for teens, and why? Use: "...is better than... because..."
- Healthcare workers help people every day. Describe one healthcare job and explain why it is important.
- Ask your partner which healthcare job they think is the most interesting, and why.
- ⭐ Your team must agree on one new idea to make healthcare better in your town, then explain it to the class.
- What does a healthy day look like for you? Describe your food, sleep and sport.
- Show with your hands and body your favourite healthy activity, and your team guesses it and asks you questions.
- Explain one healthy habit you want to start. What are you going to do, and when?
- Compare healthy food and fast food: which do you eat more often, and why?
- Describe a natural disaster you saw in the news. What happened, and how did people help?
- Ask your partner what people can do to stay safe in a disaster like a flood or an earthquake.
- ⭐ Discuss with your group: can technology help people in a disaster? Agree on one real example.
- Tell the class which topic from today you enjoyed talking about most, and explain why.
Printable worksheet
This Classic Board Game Race 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 Core 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.
- Compare milk and fizzy drinks: which is better for teens, and why? Use: "...is better than... because..."
- Ask your partner which healthcare job they think is the most interesting, and why.
- ⭐ Discuss with your group: can technology help people in a disaster? Agree on one real example.