TEACHER’S NOTES

ESL / EFL RESOURCES Likes and Dislikes Board Game

Activity Type Introduction

Speaking activity, group In this compelling activity, students play a board game where
work they talk about likes and dislikes for 30 seconds.

Procedure
Language Focus
Divide the students into groups of three or four.
Likes and dislikes
Give each group a copy of the game board, a dice and counters.
Aim
Have one student keep the time in each group.
To talk about likes and
dislikes. Students place their counters on the start square.

Preparation
Make one copy of the
game board for each
group of three or four.
Enlarge the game board
to A3 if possible. You
will also need to prepare
some dice and counters.
Students then take it in turns to roll the dice and move their
counter along the board.
When a student lands on a square, they have to talk about the
topic on the square for 30 seconds without stopping.
If a student can't think of anything to say or stops talking before
the 30 seconds are up, they go back to their previous square.
The first student to reach the finish wins the game.

As an alternative, you could have the students miss a turn instead

Level of going back to their previous square.

Elementary

Time
30 minutes

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 LIKES AND DISLIKES

ESL / EFL RESOURCES Likes and Dislikes Board Game

Where you'd A TV program Your favourite A topic you

Finish like to eat you like to type of love talking
tonight watch weather about

A sport you Your favourite

Miss a turn
like playing animal

Somewhere Something
A place you'd A car you'd
you'd like to you hate
love to visit like to buy
live doing

The day of Something Super skip

the week you you like doing Move
like the most at the beach ahead

What you
Jobs you
like about
Miss a turn hate doing at
learning
home
English

Something
Move
you'd like Your favourite
ahead
to do this food
weekend 3 Spaces

Another
language you A sport you A job you'd
would like to dislike like to have
learn

Your favourite
A website Oh no! Music you like
actor or
you like Go back listening to
actress

Something
Move Activities at
you'd like
forward
to do more
home you Start
2 Spaces enjoy doing
often.

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