My Word List Challenge

Classic Board Game Race: My Word List Challenge (A2, Teens, 24 prompts)

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

  1. Ask your partner what technology they use every day and why they like it. Try: "I use... because..."
  2. Describe your favourite app to the group and explain what you do with it.
  3. Your team must agree: which is more useful for teens, a phone or a laptop? Give two reasons.
  4. Act out using a piece of technology, and your team guesses what it is and how you use it.
  5. Which country in the world do you want to visit, and what are you going to do there?
  6. Ask your partner: "Have you ever been to another country?" Then ask what they saw and did there.
  7. ⭐ You have 60 seconds to present one big problem in the world and one idea to help.
  8. How do you keep your room clean? Describe what you do and how often you do it.
  9. Discuss with your group: is your school clean? Agree on one way to make it cleaner.
  10. Stand up and mime cleaning something at home, and your partner guesses the job and asks how often you do it.
  11. Do you drink milk? Explain when you drink it and what you like to have with it.
  12. Ask your partner what they had for breakfast today and whether there was milk in it.
  13. Compare milk and fizzy drinks: which is better for teens, and why? Use: "...is better than... because..."
  14. Healthcare workers help people every day. Describe one healthcare job and explain why it is important.
  15. Ask your partner which healthcare job they think is the most interesting, and why.
  16. ⭐ Your team must agree on one new idea to make healthcare better in your town, then explain it to the class.
  17. What does a healthy day look like for you? Describe your food, sleep and sport.
  18. Show with your hands and body your favourite healthy activity, and your team guesses it and asks you questions.
  19. Explain one healthy habit you want to start. What are you going to do, and when?
  20. Compare healthy food and fast food: which do you eat more often, and why?
  21. Describe a natural disaster you saw in the news. What happened, and how did people help?
  22. Ask your partner what people can do to stay safe in a disaster like a flood or an earthquake.
  23. ⭐ Discuss with your group: can technology help people in a disaster? Agree on one real example.
  24. 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

  1. Answer the card · Answer with a full sentence.
  2. The board game on paper

Part 1: Answer the card

Answer with a full sentence.

  1. Compare milk and fizzy drinks: which is better for teens, and why? Use: "...is better than... because..."
  2. Ask your partner which healthcare job they think is the most interesting, and why.
  3. ⭐ Discuss with your group: can technology help people in a disaster? Agree on one real example.

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