How Questions- Card Games
A LESSON PLAN FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHERS
Small talk questions with how review with card games.
Lesson Plan Content:
How questions card games
Brainstorming how questions card game
Using the “question starter cards”, “one-word question starter cards” and/ or the “key words for questions cards”, ask as many suitable “How…?” questions as you can to your partner, thinking about your relationship, the day, the time of day, what you already know about that person, etc. If the question is okay and answered, you can discard any connected card or cards. Your partner can reject a question and make you take any connected card back if they think the question is unsuitable for some reason. Your teacher will tell if you should use the situation and/ or relationship cards to decide a roleplay situation, or if you should just ask questions that are really suitable for your partner.
How questions roleplay cards
Play one of the games described here with a situation and/ or relationship from cards that you take from the roleplay cards pack.
Answers to how questions bluffing card game
Answer a “How…?” question with one of the responses on your answer cards and give more details (e.g. “Terrible. I…” if you have a “Terrible” card), even if none of those things are true for you. After asking for more details, your partner will guess if your answer (and connected story) were true or not. If you are playing with the kinds of answer cards, “no answer” means an answer like “I’d rather not say if you don’t mind” and “I’m afraid I can’t remember” because your answer to that question is too personal.
Answers to how questions Answer Me card game
Ask your partner a “How…?” question. If they answer with something that is written on one of the cards in your hand, you can discard that card and score one point. The winner is the first person to discard all their cards or the person who has discarded most cards when the teacher stops the game. If you are playing with the kinds of answer cards, “no answer” means an answer like “I’d rather not say if you don’t mind” and “I’m afraid I can’t remember”.
How question starter cards
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How is/ How’s
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One-word how question starter cards
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Key words for how questions cards
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be |
break
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business |
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Christmas
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cold |
cope |
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daughter/ son/ children
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day |
do |
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evening
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family |
flight
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get
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go |
hangover |
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holiday
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hotel
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journey |
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leg
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life |
lunch |
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meal
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meeting |
new |
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off |
on
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party |
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presentation
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project
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since |
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stay
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summer |
things |
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traffic
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trip |
vacation |
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visit
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weather
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week |
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weekend
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winter
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work |
How questions roleplay cards
Relationships cards
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acquaintances
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boss and team member
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colleagues
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customer and vendor/ supplier
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family friends
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foreign visitor and host
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the same friends/ friends of friends
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old friends
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acquaintances
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boss and team member
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colleagues
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customer and vendor/ supplier
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family friends
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foreign visitor and host
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the same friends/ friends of friends
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old friends
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acquaintances
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boss and team member
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colleagues
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customer and vendor/ supplier
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Situations cards
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after a day off
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after a long time
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after a sporting event
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after drinking together
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afternoon
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arriving at work
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arriving home after work
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beginning of January
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beginning of September
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drinking after work
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end of the week
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evening
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in different countries
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Monday
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morning
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office
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see each other often
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Wednesday
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weekend
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while eating
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How questions answer cards
Standard answer cards
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(Really) great/ (Absolutely) wonderful/ fantastic/ perfect
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(Pretty) good/ Very well/ Not (so/ too) bad
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Okay/ Alright/ Nothing special
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So-so |
Not so good/ Not so great
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(Absolutely) terrible/ awful/ A (real) nightmare
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(Really) great/ (Absolutely) wonderful/ fantastic/ perfect
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(Pretty) good/ Very well/ Not (so/ too) bad
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Okay/ Alright/ Nothing special
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So-so |
Not so good/ Not so great
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(Absolutely) terrible/ awful/ A (real) nightmare
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Busyness cards
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Absolutely hectic/ Really busy
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Fairly busy |
Not too busy/ Not so busy
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Other answer cards
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Really well
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Pretty well/ Fairly well |
Not so well |
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(Oh, you know) same ole same ole. |
Don’t ask!/ You don’t want to know! |
I’d rather not say (if you don’t mind).
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Nine levels version
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Absolutely wonderful/ fantastic/ superb/ perfect
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Wonderful/ Fantastic/ Superb
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(Really) great
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Good/ Very well/ Not (so/ too) bad
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Okay/ Alright/ Nothing special
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So-so
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Not so good/ Not so great
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Terrible/ Awful
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Absolutely terrible/ awful
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Absolutely wonderful/ fantastic/ superb/ perfect
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Wonderful/ Fantastic/ Superb
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(Really) great
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Good/ Very well/ Not (so/ too) bad
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Okay/ Alright/ Nothing special
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So-so
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Not so good/ Not so great
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Terrible/ Awful
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Absolutely terrible/ awful
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Absolutely wonderful/ fantastic/ superb/ perfect
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Wonderful/ Fantastic/ Superb
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(Really) great
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Good/ Very well/ Not (so/ too) bad
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Okay/ Alright/ Nothing special
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So-so
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Not so good/ Not so great
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Terrible/ Awful
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Absolutely terrible/ awful
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Individual expressions version (for bluffing only)
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Absolutely wonderful
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Absolutely fantastic
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Absolutely superb
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Absolutely perfect
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Wonderful
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Fantastic
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Superb
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Excellent
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Really great
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Great
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Very well
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Good
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Not bad
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Not so bad
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Not too bad
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Pretty good
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Okay
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Alright
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Nothing special
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So-so
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Not so good
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Not so great
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Terrible
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Awful
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Absolutely terrible
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Absolutely awful
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Absolutely horrible
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Superb
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Excellent
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Really great
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Great
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Very well
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Good
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Not bad
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Not so bad
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Not too bad
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Pretty good
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Okay
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Alright
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Nothing special
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So-so
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Not so good
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Not so great
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Terrible
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Awful
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no answer
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no answer |
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no answer |
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