Infinitives of Purpose Adventure Board Game

Infinitive of Purpose Adventure Board Game

Thorny

bushes

blocking the

way

Town full of

enemies to

cross

Very soft

ground (e.g.

sinking sand

or a bog/

swamp)

Very thick

jungle

START

A shoe falls

apart

Sudden

heavy rain

Work in groups of at least four people and

divide each group into at least two teams.

Each team should look at the challenges that

you might have to overcome in the board

game and choose seven objects which you

want to take with you on your journey to help

with those things. It must be possible for the

two or three people in your team to carry all

the things that you choose, and you aren’t

allowed anything with (mechanical or

electrical) power. Your teacher will tell you if

you should use the list of objects below,

come up with your own ideas, or both.

When you have reported the objects that you

have chosen, place one counter per team

(e.g. a pen cap) on the START square. Roll

the dice. To move to the new square

suggested by the number on the dice, you

must explain how you can use one of your

objects to get past the challenge that is

written there. You can also use things that

are probably around you like rocks and

branches, but you must use at least one thing

from the selection of things you chose to

solve each challenge. You can combine

objects and reuse objects for more than one

challenge if you like.

If the other team(s) agree that solution which

you suggest is possible with the object(s)

which you mention and would work, you

move to that square. If not, you have to stay

on the square you were on when you rolled

the dice and try again when your turn comes.

Aggressive

dog

Snake bite

All lost your

way

Rapidly

flowing river

to cross

Alligator

infested

waters

People

chasing you

Barbed wire

One person

unable to

walk

Bored

Nothing to

drink

Broken leg

Need to

sleep

Cut hand

Need to

signal to a

plane flying

overhead

Dark woods

Need to

move silently

Deep snow

Need to hurry

up

Desert to

cross

Need to hide

Dogs

following your

scent

Need to

communicate

with people

at a distance

Fallen into a

deep hole

Lost one

member of

the group

Fever

Locked gate

Forest fire

Ice-covered

lake to cross

Hurricane

Hungry

High fence

Freezing cold

night

Written by Alex Case for UsingEnglish.com © 2014

Suggested things to take
Your teacher will tell you if you must choose only from the things below or if you can also
come up with your own ideas.

1

(Manual) drill

2

Bag of edible seeds

3

Balloons

4

Bed sheet

5

Black ink

6

Blanket

7

Bubble wrap

8

Bucket

9

Bulldog clips

10

Cardboard box

11

Chili powder

12

Clothes hanger

13

Clothes pegs

14

Coffee filters

15

Cotton wool

16

Disposable chopsticks

17

Drawing pins (= Thumbtacks)

18

Hammer

19

Magnet

20

Mirror

21

Nail file

22

Needle

23

Newspapers

24

Notebook

25

Pair of glasses

26

Plastic bin bag

27

Poster tube

28

Rubber bands

29

Safety pins

30

Salt

31

Scissors

32

Sellotape

33

Sewing thread

34

Shin pads

35

Shoe polish

36

Skateboard

37

Meat

38

Sleeping pills

39

Springs

40

Tennis rackets

41

Umbrella

42

Whistle

43

Winter scarf

Written by Alex Case for UsingEnglish.com © 2014