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Last Man Standing
Age/Level: Any Time: 25 minutes Players: 4 Teams Preparation: None

Aim: To guess words by inserting letters into blank spaces

This ESL hangman game is a great adaptation of the original hangman. Teams race to get
the highest number of points by guessing letters and words.

Procedure

Divide the class into four teams.

Explain that each team has 50 points and that the objective of the game is to get the highest
number of points.

You may need to elicit or pre-teach the words: consonant, vowel and clue.

Set up the whiteboard as follows:

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ

Correct consonant = 20pts

Vowel = -10pts

Correct answer = 50pts

Wrong answer = -50pts

A. 50 B. 50 C.50 D. 50

Clue - It's big and green.

___/______

Write the letters of the alphabet at the top of the board.

Each team starts with 50 points.

A correctly guessed consonant wins a team 20 points for each occurrence of the letter.

If a team chooses a vowel, it will cost them 10 points.

Teams take it in turns to play.

A correct answer is worth 50 points (The answer in the example is The Amazon.). However,
an incorrect guess will cost a team 50 points.

The clue is there to help the teams think of the answer.

Good topics: movies, famous people, idioms, slogans, famous places, etc.

As an extension, students can think of their own words and clues and run the game
themselves.

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