Collection of games

Coffee-pot

Level: intermediate

Age: any

Group size: whole class and groups

Use: to brush up vocabulary: food, drink, clothing, tools, etc.

This is usually played as a vocabulary game. Somebody thinks of an object and others ask questions such as Where do you keep your coffeepot? Is your coffeepot big? What is your coffeepot made of? Can we see your coffeepot in the room? Can we eat your coffeepot? Do you wear your coffeepot? Both yes-no question why-questions can be asked.

The coffee-pot may be almost anything – somebody’s TV set, somebody’s stamp album, the local railway station, the post office, the teacher’s hat, somebody’s bicycle, your shoes, the moon, etc.

Coffeepot can also stand for a verb, and the questions might include Can everybody coffeepot? Do you coffeepot very often? Where do you go to coffeepot? etc. Almost any action verb is possible here, e.g. dance, swim, go for walk, climb, etc.

Word bag

Aims: Vocabulary practice, the development of attention, listening skill