Name: Maria Name: James

Age: 40 Age: 30
Job: Restaurant chef Job: Business man
Home: Kuala Lumpur
Home: Pahang
Hobby: reading novels
Hobby: fishing
Family: married, 1 son, 1
daughter Family: married, 1 son
Pet: cat Gizmo Pet: cat Molly
Shoe size: 40 Shoe size: 45
(1) (2)
0)

Name: Trisha Name: Haris

Age: 36 Age: 41
Job: Doctor Job: Judge
Home: Kuala Lumpur Home: Negeri Sembilan
Hobby: listening to music Hobby: playing golf
Family: married, 2 daughters Family: divorced, no kids
Pet: dog Max Pet: no
Shoe size: 40 (3) Shoe size: 45
(4)

Name: Lana Name: Elizabeth

Age: 30 Age: 19
Job: Scientist Job: Student
Home: Johor Home: Melaka
Hobby: dancing Hobby: watching movies
Family: married, no kids Family: single, no kids
Pet: no Pet: turtle Lucky
Shoe size: 40 Shoe size: 38
(6)
(5)

Name: Jenny Name: Siti

Age: 15 Age: 22
Job: Student Job: teacher
Home: Perak Home: Kelantan
Hobby: swimming Hobby: playing scrabble
Family: single, no kids Family: married, 1 daughter
Pet: hamster Fiffy Pet: hamster Gugu
Shoe size: 38 Shoe size: 40
(7) (8)
Name: Nini Name: Zaquan
Age: 19 Age: 30
Job: student Job: contractor
Home: Terengganu Home: Pulau Pinang
Hobby: go swimming Hobby: watching movies
Family: single, no kids Family: married, 2 daughters
Pet: cat Charlie Pet: cat Sam
Shoe size: 40 Shoe size: 45
(9) (10)

Name: Juriah Name: Luqman

Age: 73 Age: 22
Job: grandma Job: professional hockey player
Home: Selangor
Home: Melaka
Hobby: reading novels
Hobby: go skiing
Family: married, 1 son, 2
grandchildren Family: single, no kids
Pet: hamster Jill and Joe Pet: no
Shoe size: 40 Shoe size: 42
(11) (12)

Name: Mona Name: Danial

Age: 36 Age: 41
Job: housewife Job: Journalist
Home: Pahang Home: Kedah
Hobby: dancing Hobby: playing scrabble
Family: married, 2 sons Family: divorced, 1 son
Pet: horse Simba Pet: no
Shoe size: 40 Shoe size: 45

(13) (14)

Name: Fariz Name: Adam

Age: 55 Age: 36
Job: musician Job: artist
Home: Pulau Pinang Home: Sabah
Hobby: hiking Hobby: listening to music
Family: divorced, no kids Family: married, no kids
Pet: no Pet: dog Misty
Shoe size: 45 Shoe size: 45
(15) (16)
Name: Chong Wei Name: Lilly Damia
Age: 22 Age: 22
Job: college student Job: clerk
Home: Putrajaya
Home: Perlis
Hobby: hiking
Hobby: watching movies
Family: boyfriend, no kids
Family: single, no kids Pet: cat Princess
Pet: no Shoe size: 40
Shoe size: 42
(18)
(17)

Name: Jalaludin Name: Shirley Wong

Age: 59 Age: 30
Job: actor Job: accountant
Home: Johor Home: Sarawak
Hobby: playing scrabble Hobby: dancing
Family: married, 2 sons Family: married, 1 son
Pet: tortoise Duke Pet: hamster Jonny
Shoe size: 45 Shoe size: 40
(20)
(19)

Name: Jeffri Name: Iskandar

Age: 36 Age: 26
Job: tailor Job: unemployed
Home: Kuala Lumpur Home: Kuala Lumpur
Hobby: listening to music Hobby: swimming
Family: single Family: girlfriend, no kids
Pet: no Pet: cat Gizmo
Shoe size: 45 Shoe size: 42
(21) (22)

Name: Hairi Name: Brenda

Age: 55 Age: 16
Job: scientist Job: student
Home: Negeri Sembilan Home: Melaka
Hobby: playing golf Hobby: reading novels
Family: married, no kids Family: single, no kids
Pet: white mouse Skippy Pet: cat Rupert
Shoe size: 45 Shoe size: 38
(23) (24)
 Name: Amy Name: Khairul
Age: 25 Age: 36
Job: fire fighter Job: woodcutter
Home: Perak Home: Terengganu
Hobby: listening to music Hobby: hiking
Family: boyfriend Family: married, no kids
Pet: no Pet: no
Shoe size: 40 Shoe size: 45
(25) (26)

Name: Sarah Name: Budin

Age: 14 Age: 41
Job: student Job: cleaner
Home: Kuala Lumpur Home: Terengganu
Hobby: watching movies Hobby: playing scrabble
Family: single, no kids Family: divorced, 1 son
Pet: cat Gizmo Pet: turtle Tom
Shoe size: 38 Shoe size: 45
(27) (28)

Name: Harry Name: Mohammad Azman

Age: 20 Age: 41
Job: graduated student Job: news caster
Home: Kuala Lumpur
Home: Kuala Lumpur
Hobby: reading novels
Hobby: reading
Family: married, 1 son 1
Family: engaged, no kids daughter
Pet: hamster Spike Pet: cat Gizmo
Shoe size: 42 Shoe size: 45
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You
You are
are the
a civilian
burglar
This is a conversation game for elementary to lower intermediate students. Practise simple present
QUESTIONS and ANSWERS. Set of 30 cahracter cards (numbered 1-30).

How to play:

1) Tell the class that there has been a robbery and they will interview their fellow students to
find out who the robber is.

STORY: Yesterday at 10:00 pm there was a robbery in the Bank in Central Lane. The police
was called immediately to investigate the crime scene and found some evidence. It
had snowed yesterday (or rained) there were footprints on the ground in the snow
(or mudd)...

2) Give each student a character card. Each card has a small number in the lower right corner (1-
30) so to identify them easily. Make sure that you choose a number to be the burglar before
you hand them out and know the personal info on the card.
3) Tell the students to look at their card and notice the number, but don’t show anyone.
4) “Identifiy” the burglar by saying “Number 12 (or any other number) is the murderer” so only one
person (and you) knows he is the burglar but should be secretive so that the others don’t notice
 You could also give out one “Burglar Card” and “Civilian Cards” for the rest of the students (see
bottom of page 4) to assign the burglar...

5) Now give some information about the burglar

STORY: ...The police found some evidence at the crime scene. The footprints are in shoe
size EUR 45, US 11,5 (pick your shoe size according to the burglar character).
And they also found...  insert some more information, choose two, or three from
the list of personal info on the card and write it on the board:

Name: Terry Coleman  don’t give this info

Age: 41 A birthday card saying “Happy 41st birthday”
Job: news caster A paycheck for a news caster (although all jobs are different and may
not evoke enough “confusion”)  maybe don’t give this info
Home: California A postcard from California
Hobby: reading novels A big novel book
Family: married, 2 sons A photo of two little boys
Pet: dog Gizmo some dog hair

6) Tell your students to go round the class and ask/answer questions about the personal
information and take notes (What’s your name? What’s your job? Where are you from? What
are your hobbies? Are you married? Do you have any children? Do you have a pet?)
7) After a couple of minutes they should figure out whose personal information match the
evidence on the board.

Have fun! 
by littlesunshine11 at ESLprintables

NOTE: You could leave the „burglar story“ out and just
have the students take on the characters and ask
questions to practise speaking.