DESCRIBING GAMES

ESL / EFL RESOURCES Describing Dodgeball

Activity Type Introduction

Listening and speaking This fun describing game is a variation of dodgeball and can be
activity used to help students practice describing appearance, clothing
and personality.

Language Focus Procedure

Describing appearance,
Clear a space in the classroom so there is room to run from one
clothing and personality
side of the room to the other.

Have all the students stand at one end of the room.

Aim
To listen and match Choose one student to be the ball thrower and have that student
descriptions. stand to the side with the ball.

Start describing one student to the class, e.g. 'This student is

Preparation wearing white trainers. This student has short brown hair and
blue eyes. This student is hard-working', etc.
A soft ball
The students at the end of the classroom listen to the description.
Level When they figure out who is being described, that student runs to
the other side of the room.
Any
The ball thrower then tries to hit the student with the ball as they
run.
Time
20 minutes If the student is hit, they become the new ball thrower.

If not, the student is safe and helps to give descriptions of other

students.

Alternatively, you could describe other things by giving each

student a flashcard to hold.

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