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ESL / EFL RESOURCES Ability Bingo

Activity Type Introduction

Reading, listening and In this modal verbs of ability game, students play bingo by finding
speaking activity classmates who have certain abilities.

Procedure
Language Focus
Modal verbs of ability Give each student a copy of the bingo card. Tell the students to
keep their bingo cards secret at all times.
'Can you...?'
Go through the language on the card and check the students
'Yes, I can'. understand each ability.
'No, I can't'. Students then go around the classroom asking 'Can you...?'
questions in order to find classmates who have the abilities shown
on the bingo card, e.g. 'Can you wiggle your ears?'
Aim
To play a game of bingo When a student finds someone who answers 'Yes, I can', the
by finding classmates student asks the person to demonstrate their ability by performing
who have certain the task.
abilities.
If the person can demonstrate the ability, the student writes their
name in the square on the bingo card and moves on to talk to
Preparation another person.
Make one copy of the
The first student to get five names in a row, either horizontally,
worksheet for each
vertically or diagonally shouts 'bingo' and everyone stops.
student.
The answers are then checked by asking the five students to
perform their abilities to the class.
Level
Elementary (A1-A2) If they do this successfully, the student wins. If not, the game
continues.

Time Afterwards, have the students continue the game by trying to

25 minutes complete the entire bingo card with names.

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 MODAL VERBS OF ABILITY

ESL / EFL RESOURCES Ability Bingo

can whistle the can name

can wiggle can name ten can raise one
Happy three countries
their ears colours eyebrow
Birthday song in Africa

can wink with can name can write a word

can draw an can roll their
their left and three countries with their left
elephant tongue
right eye in South America hand

can say "red

lorry yellow can name ten can make an can do a hand can do 20 push
lorry" five times capital cities origami bird stand ups
very fast

can say the

can snap their can bark like a can cross their
can dance alphabet
fingers dog eyes
backwards

can spell the can hold their can hop can count
can say "hello" in
teacher's last breath for 20 backwards on backwards from
five languages
name seconds one foot 30

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