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“Player Talk” in In a Minute
Let’s Play!
The players choose the picture of a soccer ball:
1. Who is a famous soccer player?
2. How long is a soccer game?
3. How many players are on a soccer team?

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Activate: Games for Learning American English
Game 7: Question Quiz
In 
Question Quiz
, students practice creating questions that contain very specific infor-
mation about one item from a 
Picture This
card, so that there is only one correct answer 
to the question. 
Instructions
1. Have students (the players) sit in groups of 2–4. 
2. Invite someone from each group to take a card, carry it to his or her group, and put 
it on the table so that the picture side faces up.
3. Player 1 selects and names one of the pictures.
4. Player 2 tries to make a question for that picture. The item in the picture should be 
the only correct answer for the question.
5. Player 1 decides if the question is “good”—that the picture is the only correct answer 
to the question.
6. If Player 2 succeeds, he or she selects the next picture, and Player 3 makes a ques-
tion. If the player’s question is “no good,” Player 3 tries to make another question for 
the same picture.
7. When the group has created questions for all of the pictures on their card, one mem-
ber of the group can return the card and get another.
8. Remind everyone that speaking practice is the main goal. If they get stuck, they can 
help each other or ask you for help. 
9. End the game after the specified amount of time.
“Player Talk” in Question Quiz
A Trip to the Zoo
Player 1:
Elephant.
Player 2:
What animal lives in Africa?
Player 1:
No good. Several of these animals live in Africa.