Personality Passport: A Speaking Game for Teens
Players move around a 24-space board, landing on prompts that require them to speak about personality traits, describe themselves and others, compare character types, and act out emotions. Each prompt has a clear communicative purpose: sharing opinions, gathering information from teammates, or performing for judgment. Correct, fluent responses earn ladder climbs; hesitation or incomplete answers may trigger snakes. Chance cards add surprise speaking tasks and board movement.
A free Don't Wake the Giant Speaking Game for Teens at CEFR B1 level. Topic: Personality Adjectives .
Speaking prompts on the board
- Ask your partner: which personality trait do you think is most important in a friend, and why?
- Describe a time when you were nervous. What happened and how did you feel?
- Your team must agree on three adjectives that describe the perfect party animal. Discuss and explain your choices.
- Act out someone who is shy meeting a new person for the first time. Show their body language and hesitation.
- Ask your partner: have you ever done something brave? What was it and how did you feel afterward?
- Compare an optimistic person and a pessimistic person. How would they react differently to losing a game?
- You have 60 seconds to convince your team that being sensible is more valuable than being dramatic in real life.
- Stand up and mime someone who is excited and happy. Your team guesses the emotion.
- Explain which personality trait from the list would make someone a bad friend, and give a reason.
- Ask your partner: do you think it is better to be generous or to be careful with money? Why?
- Your team must decide: is it possible to be both creative and sensible at the same time? Discuss your answer.
- Describe a person you know who is easy-going. What do they do that makes them relaxed and carefree?
- Act out someone who is bossy giving instructions to their team. Show how they speak and move.
- You have 30 seconds to present: which three personality traits do you have, and give one example of each.
- Explain why an honest person might sometimes hurt other people's feelings, even when they are kind.
- Ask your partner: have you ever felt proud of something you did? What was it and why were you proud?
- Compare a sociable person and a shy person. How would their Saturday nights be different?
- Stand up and show with your face and hands how someone surprised reacts when they get unexpected good news.
- Describe a situation where being naive could cause problems. What might happen to someone who is too trusting?
- Your team must agree: is it better to be down-to-earth or dramatic? Each person gives one reason.
- Explain the difference between being sensitive and being emotional. Can someone be one without being the other?
- Act out someone who is selfish refusing to share something with a friend. Show their facial expression and words.
- Ask your partner: which personality trait do you want to develop more in yourself, and what will you do about it?
- You have 60 seconds to describe your own personality using at least four adjectives from the list and real examples.