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Hot Seats
Age/Level: Elementary and above Time: 20 minutes Players: 2 teams

Preparation: A list of revision words

Aim: To describe words to a classmate

This is one of the most popular describing games for teachers to play with their students. It is
an excellent game for teaching or revising any vocabulary.

Procedure

Begin by separating the class into two teams (A and B).

Place two chairs facing away from the board at the front of the class.

Get one player from each team to come and sit on one of the chairs, facing their team and
having their back to the board.

These chairs are the 'Hot Seats'.

Write a revision word from your list clearly on the board.

The team members describe the word to their player in the hot seat, using definitions,
synonyms, adjectives, etc.

The two players listen to their teammates and try to guess the word.

The first player to say the word wins a point for their team and gets to change places with
someone else from their team. Then, the game begins again.

The other team has to keep the same player in the hot seat until he/she is first to answer
correctly.

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