Have and Want- Personalised Guessing Game

A LESSON PLAN FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHERS

Students guess other students' real possessions and desires in a fun card game, with useful vocabulary for describing objects.

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Have and want personalised guessing game

Choose a card from below. Try to make a true (personal, positive or negative) sentence with “have” about your partner (or people they know), then a true sentence with “want” about the same person (e.g. “Your dad doesn’t want…”).

Possible have and want statements

“You have a …”/ “You have some …(s)”/ “You have a lot of …(s)”

-       “You want to keep that …”/ “You want more …s/ a new …”

-       “You don’t want that …/ those …s/ a new …/ any more …(s)”

“You don’t have a…/ any …(s)/ many …s”

-       “You want…”/ “and you don’t want…”

Possible reactions

“That’s true”

“That’s not true. (I…)”

 

 Cards to cut up

 

baseball bat

 

 

bicycle

 

pet bird

 

black T-shirt

 

blue cup

 

camera

 

 

cat

 

CD

 

CD player

 

boat/ ship

 

comic

 

 

computer game

 

cousin

 

dog

 

brother

 

doll’s house

 

 

DVD player

 

fish

 

green pen

 

brown hat

 

helmet

 

 

horse

 

kite

 

little sister

 

handbag

 

long boot

 

 

long coat

 

long sock

 

lunchbox

 

hamster

 

mouse

 

 

white jacket

 

pencil case

 

piano

 

grey shoe

 

pink trousers

 

 

purple tie

 

radio-controlled car

 

smartphone

 

green shorts

 

snake

 

 

teddy bear

 

TV

 

umbrella

 

violin

 

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