Places Around Us - Speaking Board Game
A 24-space board game where teens practice speaking about places and objects by identifying items in location images, matching nouns to pictures, and discussing real-world scenarios. Players move around the board completing speaking tasks anchored to the vocabulary: tree, beach, mountain, river, building, shop, car, park, room.
A free Board Game for Teens at CEFR B1 level. Topic: places noun.
Speaking prompts on the board
- Ask your partner: what is your favourite place to visit and why do you like it?
- Describe what you can see in a park. Include at least three objects or features.
- Act out someone shopping in a shop. Your team guesses what you are buying.
- Your team must agree: which place is better for a holiday—beach or mountain? Explain your choice.
- Ask your partner: have you ever been to a river? What did you do there?
- You have 30 seconds to present: describe your ideal room and explain why you like it that way.
- Stand up and mime driving a car. Your partner describes what you are doing.
- Explain: what objects can you find inside a building? Name at least four things.
- Ask your partner: if you could live anywhere, where would it be and what would you do there?
- Discuss with your group: what is the best place in your town to spend time with friends?
- Show with your hands: how tall is a tree compared to a building? Explain the difference.
- Compare a beach and a mountain. What activities can you do at each place?
- You have 60 seconds to convince your team: why should we visit a river instead of a park?
- Describe your favourite shop. What do they sell and why do you like shopping there?
- Act out someone getting out of a car and walking into a building. Your team guesses your destination.
- Ask your partner: what objects are in your room right now? Can you describe two of them?
- Your team must agree on three things you can see from the top of a mountain.
- Explain: why do people go to parks? Give at least two reasons with examples.
- Stand up and show with your body: how would you climb a tree? Describe what you are doing.
- You have 45 seconds to present: describe a beach scene with as many objects and details as possible.
- Ask your partner: if you could change one thing about your room, what would it be and why?
- Discuss with your group: which place in your neighbourhood is most interesting and what makes it special?
- Compare shopping in a small local shop and a big building with many shops. Which do you prefer?
- Describe a journey: you drive a car from a building to a beach near a river. What do you see?