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WORKSHEETS, ACTIVITIE S & GA ME S Fruit and Veg Game

Activity Type Introduction

Vocabulary Game: In this fun fruit and veg game, students describe fruit and
describing, guessing vegetables for other students to guess.
(group work)
Procedure
Focus Demonstrate the game by describing a fruit or vegetable to the
class, e.g. 'It's a fruit. It's small, green and round. It tastes bitter.
Fruit and vegetables
You can also make a shake with it', etc. Continue describing until
the students are able to guess the answer (lime).
Aim
Next, divide the students into groups of four.
To describe fruit and
vegetables for other Give each group a set of cards. Ask the students to shuffle the
students to guess. cards and place them face-down in a pile on the table.

Students then take it in turns to pick up a card and describe the

Preparation fruit or vegetable on the card to the other students in the group.
Make one copy of the
The student describing begins by saying whether the item on the
fruit and vegetable cards
card is a fruit or vegetable. The student then goes on to describe
for each group of four
what it looks like, tastes like, what it's used for or in, etc.
and cut as indicated.
The other students listen and try to guess the fruit or vegetable.
Level
The first student to guess correctly wins and keeps the card.
Pre-intermediate (A2)
The student with the most cards at the end of the game is the
winner.
Time
30 minutes This game can also be played as a class with two teams.

For lower-level classes, divide the students into pairs and have
them play against an opposing pair.

Split the cards equally between the two pairs. Students then write
a description for each fruit or vegetable.

The pairs then take it in turns to read a description of a fruit or

vegetable to the opposing pair.

If the opposing pair guesses the fruit or vegetable, they win and
keep the card. If not, the pair describing keeps the card.

The pair with the most cards at the end of the game wins.

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WORKSHEETS, ACTIVITIE S & GA ME S Fruit and Veg Game

Fruit cards

lime orange pear coconut

strawberry lemon banana pineapple

watermelon blueberry mango cherry

raspberry apple grape peach

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WORKSHEETS, ACTIVITIE S & GA ME S Fruit and Veg Game

Vegetable cards

carrot garlic beans pumpkin

broccoli potato peas pepper

onion tomato cabbage chilli

spring onion mushroom corn asparagus

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