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This is a revision card game based on ‘Happy Families’. You will need to copy and cut up one set
of the playing cards for each group of three to four students. The aim of the game is for
students to collect as many complete ‘families’ (in this case, sets of six cards on the same topic)
as they can in the time available.
The dealer in each group should shuffle the pack and deal out five to ten cards to each
player, depending on the size of the group. Students need to hide their cards from their
fellow players.
Any remaining cards (the ‘baraja’) are placed face down in a pile in the middle of the table.
The dealer starts by asking another player for a card needed to complete a ‘family’. If the
other player has the card, it must be handed over.
The first player can continue asking anyone for cards until they ask a player who doesn’t
have a card from that ‘family’, at which point they can take a card from the ‘baraja’.
Play then continues in a clockwise direction.
Any player can retake the cards taken in previous rounds.
When a player gathers a set of six cards in the same topic ‘family’, the set must be placed
face down on the table in front of him/her. The player who collects the most sets is the
winner (within the time you have allotted to the game).
The following useful phrases can be projected to encourage students to play in Spanish:
Gracias. Thanks.
Ciudades de España
Madrid Madrid
Sevilla Sevilla
Barcelona Barcelona
Granada Granada
Córdoba Córdoba
Santander Santander
Madrid Madrid
Sevilla Sevilla
Barcelona Barcelona
Granada Granada
Córdoba Córdoba
Santander Santander
Madrid Madrid
Sevilla Sevilla
Barcelona Barcelona
Granada Granada
Córdoba Córdoba
Santander Santander
Países hispanohablantes
España España
Colombia Colombia
Venezuela Venezuela
Argentina Argentina
México México
Bolivia Bolivia
España España
Colombia Colombia
Venezuela Venezuela
Argentina Argentina
México México
Bolivia Bolivia
España España
Colombia Colombia
Venezuela Venezuela
Argentina Argentina
México México
Bolivia Bolivia
Monumentos de Madrid
Personas famosas
Comida y bebida
El chorizo El chorizo
Las tapas Las tapas
La paella La paella
La tortilla La tortilla
El rioja El rioja
La sangría La sangría
El chorizo El chorizo
Las tapas Las tapas
La paella La paella
La tortilla La tortilla
El rioja El rioja
La sangría La sangría
El chorizo El chorizo
Las tapas Las tapas
La paella La paella
La tortilla La tortilla
El rioja El rioja
La sangría La sangría
Costumbres y fiestas
El flamenco El flamenco
La corrida La corrida
La siesta La siesta
La tomatina La tomatina
San fermín San fermín
Las fallas Las fallas
El flamenco El flamenco
La corrida La corrida
La siesta La siesta
La tomatina La tomatina
San fermín San fermín
Las fallas Las fallas
El flamenco El flamenco
La corrida La corrida
La siesta La siesta
La tomatina La tomatina
San fermín San fermín
Las fallas Las fallas
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