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Small talk questions with how review with card games.

By: Alex Case
Level: All Levels
Theme: General
Study Area: Questions
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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 

 

How is/ How’s

 

 

How are

 

 

How was

 

 

How did

 

 

How has

 

How have

 

How is/ How’s

 

 

How are

 

 

How was

 

 

How did

 

 

How has

 

How have

 

How is/ How’s

 

 

How are

 

 

How was

 

 

How did

 

 

How has

 

How have

 

How is/ How’s

 

 

How are

 

 

How was

 

 

How did

 

 

How has

 

How have

 

How is/ How’s

 

 

How are

 

 

How was

 

 

How did

 

 

How has

 

How have

 

How is/ How’s

 

 

How are

 

 

How was

 

 

How did

 

 

How has

 

How have

 

How is/ How’s

 

 

How are

 

 

How was

 

 

How is/ How’s

 

 

How are

 

 

How was

 

 


One-word how question starter cards

 

How

 

 

How

 

 

How

 

 

How

 

 

How

 

 

How

 

 

How

 

 

How

 

 

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How

 

 

How

 

 

How

 

 

How

 

 

How

 

 

How

 

 

How

 

 

How

 

 

How

 

 

How

 

 

How

 

 

How

 

 

How

 

 

Key words for how questions cards

 

be

 

break

 

 

business

 

Christmas

 

 

cold

 

cope

 

daughter/ son/ children

 

 

day

 

do

 

evening

 

 

family

 

flight

 

 

get

 

 

go

 

hangover

 

holiday

 

 

hotel

 

 

journey

 

leg

 

 

life

 

lunch

 

meal

 

 

meeting

 

new

 

off

 

on

 

 

party

 

presentation

 

 

project

 

 

since

 

stay

 

 

summer

 

things

 

traffic

 

 

trip

 

vacation

 

visit

 

 

weather

 

 

week

 

weekend

 

 

winter

 

 

work

 

How questions roleplay cards

Relationships cards

 

acquaintances

 

 

 

boss and team member

 

 

colleagues

 

 

customer and vendor/ supplier

 

 

family friends

 

 

foreign visitor and host

 

 

the same friends/ friends of friends

 

 

old friends

 

 

acquaintances

 

 

 

boss and team member

 

 

colleagues

 

 

customer and vendor/ supplier

 

 

family friends

 

 

foreign visitor and host

 

 

the same friends/ friends of friends

 

 

old friends

 

 

acquaintances

 

 

 

boss and team member

 

 

colleagues

 

 

customer and vendor/ supplier

 

 

Situations cards

 

after a day off

 

 

after a long time

 

 

after a sporting event

 

 

after drinking together

 

 

afternoon

 

 

arriving at work

 

 

arriving home after work

 

 

beginning of January

 

 

beginning of September

 

 

drinking after work

 

 

end of the week

 

 

evening

 

 

in different countries

 

 

 

Monday

 

 

morning

 

 

office

 

 

see each other often

 

 

 

Wednesday

 

 

weekend

 

 

while eating

 

 

How questions answer cards

Standard answer cards

 

(Really) great/ (Absolutely) wonderful/ fantastic/ perfect

 

 

(Pretty) good/ Very well/ Not (so/ too) bad

 

 

Okay/ Alright/ Nothing special

 

 

So-so

 

Not so good/ Not so great

 

 

 

(Absolutely) terrible/ awful/ A (real) nightmare

 

 

(Really) great/ (Absolutely) wonderful/ fantastic/ perfect

 

 

(Pretty) good/ Very well/ Not (so/ too) bad

 

 

Okay/ Alright/ Nothing special

 

 

So-so

 

Not so good/ Not so great

 

 

 

(Absolutely) terrible/ awful/ A (real) nightmare

 

Busyness cards

 

Absolutely hectic/ Really busy

 

 

Fairly busy

 

Not too busy/ Not so busy

 

Other answer cards

 

Really well

 

 

 

Pretty well/ Fairly well

 

Not so well

 

(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).

 

Nine levels version

 

Absolutely wonderful/ fantastic/ superb/ perfect

 

 

Wonderful/ Fantastic/ Superb

 

 

(Really) great

 

 

Good/ Very well/ Not (so/ too) bad

 

 

Okay/ Alright/ Nothing special

 

 

So-so

 

 

 

Not so good/ Not so great

 

 

 

Terrible/ Awful

 

 

Absolutely terrible/ awful

 

 

Absolutely wonderful/ fantastic/ superb/ perfect

 

 

Wonderful/ Fantastic/ Superb

 

 

(Really) great

 

 

Good/ Very well/ Not (so/ too) bad

 

 

Okay/ Alright/ Nothing special

 

 

So-so

 

 

Not so good/ Not so great

 

 

 

Terrible/ Awful

 

 

Absolutely terrible/ awful

 

 

Absolutely wonderful/ fantastic/ superb/ perfect

 

 

Wonderful/ Fantastic/ Superb

 

 

(Really) great

 

 

Good/ Very well/ Not (so/ too) bad

 

 

Okay/ Alright/ Nothing special

 

 

So-so

 

 

Not so good/ Not so great

 

 

 

Terrible/ Awful

 

 

Absolutely terrible/ awful

 

 

Individual expressions version (for bluffing only)

 

Absolutely wonderful

 

 

Absolutely fantastic

 

 

Absolutely superb

 


 

Absolutely perfect

 

 

Wonderful

 

 

Fantastic

 

 

Superb

 

 

Excellent

 

 

Really great

 

 

 

 

Great

 

 

Very well

 

 

Good

 

 

Not bad

 

 

Not so bad

 

 

Not too bad

 

 

Pretty good

 

 

Okay

 

 

Alright

 

 

Nothing special

 

 

So-so

 

 

Not so good

 

 

Not so great

 

 

Terrible

 

 

Awful

 

 

Absolutely terrible

 

 

Absolutely awful

 

 

Absolutely horrible

 

 

Superb

 

 

Excellent

 

 

Really great

 

 

Great

 

 

Very well

 

 

Good

 

 

Not bad

 

 

Not so bad

 

 

Not too bad

 

 

Pretty good

 

 

Okay

 

 

Alright

 

 

Nothing special

 

 

So-so

 

 

Not so good

 

 

Not so great

 

 

Terrible

 

 

Awful

 

 

Kinds of answer cards

 

strong

 

 

weak

 

positive

 

negative

 

strong

 

 

weak

 

positive

 

negative

 

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weak

 

positive

 

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negative

 

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positive

 

negative

 

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negative

 

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negative

 

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negative

 

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positive

 

negative

 

strong

 

 

weak

 

positive

 

negative

 

strong

 

 

weak

 

positive

 

negative

 

no answer

 

 

no answer

 

no answer

 

no answer

 

 

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