Taboo game
The words in red are the ‘main’ words and they are the words that you will describe. The other four words below, on the contrary, are items that must be avoided during the description stage; let’s call them ‘taboo words’. You can have as many taboo words as you wish, but I’d suggest 3-5.1- Step 1 - Pairwork: Create 10 cards (20 minutes) 2- Step 2 - Groups of 4 - Play the game Students take turns in their groups as follows: S1 describes the main word while S2 keeps an eye on her/him --> S2 can see the card too but only has to watch out. If S1 accidentally uses one of the taboo words (or the stem/part of the main word), S2 grabs the card. If not, S3 and S4 try to guess the word and the faster one gets the card. If there is a group of 3, there’s simply no ‘guard’ in it – S1 describes the word and the other students try to guess. The winner is the student with most cards.