Do You Like Animals- Personalised Random Pelmanism Card Game

Do you like animals personalised random pelmanism card game

Instructions for teachers

The game is usually played with the worksheet cut up into cards, but is also possible with students just crossing words off the worksheet. If the cards are cut up, each group of two to four students should spread them across the table. The game can be played with the cards face up or face down. One student chooses two cards and asks one person in their group “Do you like…?” questions about both. If you give them the cards without plural -s, insist that they add it when they make the questions.

If they get the same answer about both (in other words “No, I don’t” x 2 or “Yes, I do” x 2), they get two points and can keep those two cards. If they get different answers (i.e. one “Yes, I do” and one “No, I don’t”), they don’t get any points and have to put the cards back in (exactly) the same places. If students ask, tell them that “Do you like…?” doesn’t mean “Do you like eating...?”

If the game gets too easy and/ or they finish the whole pack and you want to extend the game, you can get them to ask third person questions like “Does your sister like…?” and “Does your English teacher like…?” With this variation, two “I don’t know” answers also count as two points (as well as the usual two yes answers or two no answers). If they don’t have any ideas for who to ask about, you can give them a copy of the list of suggested people below.   

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Suggested people to ask about

• art teacher
• aunt (= father’s sister or mother’s sister or uncle’s wife)
• (oldest/ big/ middle/ little/ youngest) brother
• coach
• cousin
• dad/ father
• daughter
• English teacher
• grandfather (= father’s father or mother’s father)
• grandmother (= father’s mother or mother’s mother)
• mother/ mum
• music teacher
• nephew
• niece
• school teacher
• (oldest/ big/ middle/ little/ youngest) sister
• son
• sports teacher
• uncle

 

Pelmanism cards to cut up

ants	bats	bees
birds	butterflies	cats
cockroaches	cows	crocodiles
dogs	dolphins	ducks
elephants	fish	giraffes
hippos	horses	kangaroos
lions	monkeys	mosquitoes
octopuses	pandas	pigs
rabbits	sharks	snakes
spiders	tigers	zebras

Pelmanism cards without plural –s for more challenging practice

ant	bat	bee
bird	butterfly	cat
cockroach	cow	crocodile
dog	dolphin	duck
elephant	fish	giraffe
hippo	horse	kangaroo
lion	monkey	mosquito
octopus	panda	pig
rabbit	shark	snake
spider	tiger	zebra