LET’S TALK ABOUT HEALTH

GAME BOARD

ACTIVITY PROCEDURE
Group-work: speaking 1. Ask the students to work in groups of up to four or five.

AIM 2. Give each group one copy of the game board, dice and counters.
To play a board game by talking about health.
3. Before the students start playing the game, explain how to play.
GRAMMAR AND FUNCTIONS
Talking about health: have + illness (a cold, a black eye, etc)
get + illness (sick, headaches, etc) HOW TO PLAY THE GAME:
A. Put the game board in the middle of the table.
VOCABULARY
Vocabulary related to health and health problems: needles, catch a cold, get B. Each player puts their counter on the square marked START and throws
headaches, suffer from migraines, keep fit, allergies, scars, false teeth, be the dice.
hospitalised, have a black eye, get sleep, reduce stress, health service,
alternative health therapies, donate organs, have temperature, blood type, C. The first player to throw a six starts the game.
accidents
D. Player A throws the dice and moves their counter along the board
AGE AND LEVEL according to the number on the dice.
Adults / Teenagers
Intermediate + E. When they land on a square they read the question and need to talk about
for 30 seconds to 1 minute.
PREPARATION
Make a copy of the game board for each group of up to 4-5 students. For F. The game continues until the first player reaches the FINISH.
this activity you will also need dice and counters for each group.

TIME
20-25 minutes 4. Students are ready to play the game. While they are playing, go round to
each group and check they are playing correctly. Answer questions and
offer help.