The EFL Playhouse Games for Young Learners: Ring, Ring, Who Has My Ring?

Skills: asking questions about people; identifying people by description
Group Size: 4 to 24
Prep Time: none
Playing Time: 5-15 minutes
Interest Level: ages 3 to 12
Ability Level: beginning to lower intermediate

Choose a student to begin. This student steps out of the room. Hand a ring to another student. All students in the classroom should see who receives the ring. Call student to return to class. He or she must try to guess who has the ring by asking various classmates ten or fewer yes/no questions.

Sample questions include...

Sang-chul, does a girl have the ring?
Min-soo, is the person who has the ring wearing tennis shoes?
Charles, is the person who has the ring older than me?
Gyung-hee, is the person who has the ring wearing something blue?
Mary, was the person who has the ring late to class?

If the student guesses correctly, he or she gets another turn (limit three). If the student guesses incorrectly, the student who has the ring becomes the next player.

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