Activate Games for Learning American English: Picture This
Picture This is part of the Activate: Games for Learning American English collection. Picture This cards are a set of cards that can be used for a variety of conversation and word games in English classes.
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ABCs provides students with vocabulary practice by asking them to think of vocabulary words that are related to many different topics. Students use Picture This cards as a starting point for each topic. Then they come up with related vocabulary items that begin with many letters of the alphabet. This game works well as a whole-class activity or as a competition among groups.
Same & Different provides students with the opportunity to use their background knowledge about the items on the Picture This cards to create descriptions that compare and contrast two items on a card. This game works well groups of 3, having one student select the two items and the other two students alternate comparing and contrasting the two items.
Questions, Questions gives students practice forming yes/no questions. Using a Picture This card, a player chooses one item, and the remaining players take turns asking yes/no questions to try and guess the ite