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Playing Board:
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Different ways of ending an email (typical last lines) |
Different ways of finishing an email (signing off) |
Different ways of starting an email (typical first lines) |
Different ways of starting an email (the greeting) |
START Different ways of answering your work phone |
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Different ways of saying a graph is going up |
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Different kinds of business documents |
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Different ways of softening your position in a negotiation |
Persuade your partner to do as many different to prepare for an office party |
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Different ways of insisting |
Different white collar crimes |
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Different ways of saying “It will go up” is possible or probable |
Differences between British and American English |
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Different sporting idioms used in business |
Different ways of saying you are sorry |
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Different ways of saying a graph isn’t going up or down |
Persuade your partner to do many different things to prepare for a presentation |
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Different things your partner had completed by the end of the day yesterday |
Different reasons why they can’t speak to the person they want to on the phone |
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Different things you were doing at the same time as your partner yesterday |
Different ways of politely complaining about a delayed delivery |
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Personality words about your partner that they agree with |
Different true sentences about your partner’s company, department or section |
Make different accusations about what your partner was doing when you saw them that they can’t think of an innocent explanation for |
Different believable excuses for a delayed delivery |
You have agreed the price with your supplier (your partner). Try to get as many other good conditions as you can. |
Rules of the Game:
Summary of the game
Players go round and round the board (anticlockwise), scoring 1 point for each complete circle. You move by the number of true sentences you make.
Detailed rules
You need one board for each group of two to four people, and one counter (for example a coin or an eraser) each. The board first needs to be photocopied onto two pieces of A4 paper and then sellotaped together.
When it is your turn, try to make as many true sentences as you can about the topic in the box your counter is on. After each sentence your partner(s) will tell you if the sentence is true or not. If your partners say one of your sentence(s) is false, stop speaking and move on one square for each correct sentence you said, for example:
Student A “You passed a test last week”
Student B “That’s right, one square”
A “You checked your homework this morning”
B “That’s correct, two squares”
A “You played tennis last week”
B “Sorry, that’s not right. I never play tennis and ‘played’ has a /d/ sound, not a /t/ sound”
Play now passes to the next person.
When you reach the “Special Challenge” square, stop there until you next turn (you can never go straight past). When your turn comes again, you partners can ask you any question about a classmate, for example “How old is she?” If your answer is correct, you can move back to the “Start” square, score one point for a complete circle, and continue the game. If your answer is wrong you have to stay on the “Special Challenge” square until your next turn.
Continue playing until your teacher tells you to stop. The person who has the most points (has been around the board most times) is the winner.
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