Student A
Using the language in the box, give the most difficult example for your partner to guess the category from. If they can’t guess correctly, give them one more example from the same category, and continue until they get the right answer.
For example, ….
For instance,…
To give an example, …
One example is ….
There are many examples, such as …
One more example is …
Another example is …
Probably the most famous example is …
Category Examples
Australian animals Bandicoot, bettong, bilby, possum, box jellyfish, wallaby, dingo, Tasmanian devil, dibbler, dugong, dunnart, flying fox, goanna, wombat, koala, pademelon, platypus
Fruit grown in Australia Avocados, bananas, citrus, macadamias, mangoes, custard apples, lychees, papaya, passion fruit, pineapples, rambutan, mangosteen, durian, mandarins, lemons, limes, grapefruit, tangelos, avocados, mangoes, bananas, apples, pears, table grapes, peaches, nectarines, plums, cherries, berries nashi, kiwifruit, Pink Lady, Sundowner, Fuji, Gala, nectarines, apricots, plums
Australian mountains Ramshead, Carruthers Peak , Gungartan, Flinders Peak, Enoggera Hill, Lizard Point, Bare Rock, Sentinal Point, First Pyramid, Teviot Range, Thronton Peak, Kaiser Stuhl, Paney Bluff, Devil’s Peak, Dutchman’s Stern, Moockra Tower, Pompey’s Pillar, The Armchair, Freeling Heights, Frenchmans Cap, Ben Lomond, You Yangs, Bluff Knoll,
Australian Prime Ministers Robert Menzies, John Howard, Bob Hawke, Malcolm Fraser, Billy Hughes, Joseph Lyons, Stanley Bruce, Alfred Deakin, Andrew Fisher, Ben Chifley, Paul Keating, John Curtin, John Gorton, Gough Whitlam, Edmund Barton, James Scullin, Harold Holt, William McMahon, Joseph Cook, George Reid, Chris Watson, Kevin Rudd, Arthur Fadden, John McEwen, Earle Page, Frank Forde
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Giving examples of Australian things
Student B
Using the language in the box, give the most difficult example for your partner to guess the category from. If they can’t guess correctly, give them one more example from the same category, and continue until they get the right answer.
For example, ….
For instance,…
To give an example, …
One example is ….
There are many examples, such as …
One more example is …
Another example is …
Probably the most famous example is …
Category Examples
Australian birds Cassowary, emu, fairy penguin, kookaburra, king parrot, lorikeet, lyrebird,
Nuts grown in Australia almonds, chestnuts, pecans, pistachios, walnuts, macadamia
Vegetables grown in Australia Asparagus, zucchini squash, potatoes, tomatoes, carrots, mushrooms, onions, lettuce, capsicums, cucumbers
Australian rivers Abercrombie ,Albert, Ashburton, Avon, Barcoo, Barrington, Barron, Barwon, Bega, Blackwood, Bloomfield, Bogan, Bremer, Burdekin, Burnett, Campaspe, Cann, Castlereagh, Clyde, Coen, Colo, Condamine, Coopers Creek, Coxs, Crackenback, Cudgegong, Daintree, Daly, Darling, Dawson, Derwent, Diamantina, Dumaresq, Edward, Einasleigh, Eucumbene, Finke
Australian sportsmen Don Bradman, Cathy Freeman, Ian Thorpe, Dawn Fraser, Rod Laver, Lleyton Hewitt, Shane Warne, Greg Norman,
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