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The document describes an ESL activity called 'Verbal Football' where students are divided into teams and take turns answering questions to move a ball marker across a drawn football pitch, with the goal of scoring more goals within time limits. The game aims to practice question and answer structures through a competitive team format.

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Verbal Football

The document describes an ESL activity called 'Verbal Football' where students are divided into teams and take turns answering questions to move a ball marker across a drawn football pitch, with the goal of scoring more goals within time limits. The game aims to practice question and answer structures through a competitive team format.

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ESL QUESTION AND ANSWER GAMES

ESL / EFL RESOURCES Verbal Football

Activity Type Introduction


Listening and speaking Here is an imaginative ESL question and answer game to play in
activity class.

Procedure
Language Focus
Draw a football pitch and players on the board. Have some kind of
Question and answer
football sticker that you can move around the pitch.
structures
Divide the students into two teams and ask them to give their
football team a name.
Aim
Set a time limit of five minutes for the first half of the game.
To answer questions
correctly The game starts in the centre of the football pitch.
To score, the teams pass the ball forwards through the players
Preparation before beating the goalkeeper.

A list of questions To do this, the teams have to beat each other in correctly answering
questions set by the teacher.
When a team answers a question correctly, the ball moves from
Level one player to the next in the direction that the team is playing.
Any
If the other team answers correctly, the ball goes in the other
direction.
Time Both teams can answer any question, so if a team keeps answering
15 minutes correctly, they have a high chance of scoring a goal.
When the time limit has been reached, play the second half for
another 5 minutes.
The team who scores the most goals wins the game.
The number of players you draw on the pitch is up to you, the
more players the harder it is to score a goal.
Example:

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