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ESL / EFL RESOURCES Really?

Activity Type Introduction

Listening and speaking In this fun group activity, students play a guessing game where
activity, group work they give true or false opinions about famous people or things.

Language Focus
Asking for and giving
opinions
Follow-up questions
Aim
To give true or false
opinions about famous
people and things and to
guess if other students'
opinions are true or
false by asking follow-up
questions.
Preparation
Make one copy of the
cards for each group of
four and cut as indicated.
Procedure
Write the following on the board:
Asking for an opinion: What do you think of...?
Giving an opinion:
I think he's amazing. I really love him.
she's wonderful. like her.
it's terrible. don't like it.
they're awful. can't stand them.
Go through the language on the board and brainstorm other
possible adjectives and ways to express likes and dislikes.
Next, divide the students into groups of four. Give each group
a set of cards. Ask the students to shuffle the small cards and
place them face down in a pile on the desk. The two big cards are
placed face down next to the pile.
Players take it in turns to pick up a card from the pile and place it
face up on the desk for everyone to see.
The student on the player's right asks the player for their opinion
of the person or thing on the card, e.g. 'What do you think of Lady
Gaga?'

Level The player then mixes up the 'Tell the truth' and 'Tell a lie' cards
face down and takes one without showing it to anyone.
Elementary
If the player gets the 'Tell the truth' card, he or she gives an
honest opinion using the language on the board. If the player
Time receives the 'Tell a lie' card, he or she gives an opinion which isn't
35 minutes true.
The other students in the group then ask the player one follow-up
question each to help them decide if the player is lying or telling
the truth, e.g. 'What's your favourite Lady Gaga song?' Etc.
The other students then collectively decide if the player is lying or
telling the truth and the player reveals the answer. If the students
guess correctly, they each win one point. If they guess incorrectly,
the player wins two points.
The next player then picks up a card from the pile and so on.
This process continues until all the cards have been used. The
student with the most points at the end of the game wins.

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 ASKING FOR AND GIVING OPINIONS

ESL / EFL RESOURCES Really?

Lady Gaga The Last Jedi Roger Federer Antonio Banderas

(singer) (film) (tennis player) (actor)

Coldplay Jennifer Lawrence Ronaldo Grand Theft Auto

(band) (actress) (football player) (game)

Facebook Will Smith J.K. Rowling One Direction

(website) (actor) (author) (band)

Titanic Game of Thrones The Rolling Stones Leonardo DiCaprio

(film) (TV series) (band) (actor)

Eminem Linkin Park Shakira Justin Bieber

(rapper) (band) (singer) (singer)

Beyoncé The Walking Dead Jurassic World Manchester United

(singer) (TV series) (film) (football team)

Tell the truth Tell a lie

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