Guess the person from personal questions game
A LESSON PLAN FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHERS
Describing people and basic personal questions practice through a fun guessing game.
Lesson Plan Content:
Guess the person from personal questions game
Choose one person you know such as someone in the list below, but don’t say who you chose. Answer personal questions about that person until your partner guesses who it is, with only one guess per question. Then take turns doing the same. Your teacher will tell you if and when you can use the full questions to help.
Suggested people to answer questions about and guess
- my mum/ my mother – my dad/ my father
- my younger sister/ my little sister – my little brother/ my younger brother
- my big sister/ my older sister – my big brother/ my older brother
- my grandmother – my grandmother
- my aunt – my uncle
- my daughter – my son
- my cousin
- my niece – my nephew
- my pet
- my (best) friend
- my (school/ PE/ cram school/ music/ English) teacher
- my (next-door) neighbour
- my (family/ local/ hospital) doctor
- my dentist
- my favourite (comic/ animation) character
- my favourite sportsperson
- my favourite singer/ musician
- my favourite actor/ movie star
Suggested personal questions about that person
- girl/ female – boy/ male
- name
- old
- from
- live
- like x 3
- good at
When your teacher stops the game, ask about anything above you aren’t sure about, then brainstorm personal questions and relationships vocabulary without looking above.
-------------------------fold, cover or cut-------------------------------
- Is it a girl/ female/ boy/ male?
- What’s her/ his name?
- How old is she/ he?
- Where is she/ he from?
- Where does she/ he live?
- What does she/ he look like?
- What is she/ he like?
- What kind of… does she/ he like?
- Is she/ he good at…?/ What… is she/ he good at?
Terms of Use
Lesson plans & worksheets can be used by teachers without any fee in the classroom; however, please ensure you keep all copyright information and references to UsingEnglish.com in place.
You will need Adobe Reader to view these files.