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What's in the bag?
This is a simple speaking game for your students to practice talking about future
arrangements using 'going to'.

You will need a bag to play this game.

Procedure

Have the students sit in a circle.

Tell the class that they have to pass a bag around from student to student.

The student who receives the bag has to look inside and then reply to a question from the
other student.

The student who has just passed the bag invents something that could be in the bag and
asks 'Why have you got a ... in your bag?'

The student with the bag then has to quickly think of an appropriate reply using 'I'm going
to...'

Example:

Student A passes the bag to Student B

Student B looks in the bag
Student A: "Why have you got a monkey in your bag?"
Student B: "I'm going to take it to the zoo."
Student B then passes the bag to Student C and so on.

Emphasise that each student should try to think of something unusual or bizarre inside the
bag. This will make it harder for the other student to think of a reason for having it in their
bag.

Students are out of the game if they can’t think of an appropriate reason or they take too
long to reply. General formulas such as 'I’m going to sell it' or 'I’m going to throw it away' are
not allowed.

Play a trial round first to give everybody a chance to get used to the game.

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