Take Off 3 Units 2, 3 and 4
House, family and prepositions bluffing game
Ask your partner a question about the position of someone in their family (including pets). They will secretly flip a coin and tell the truth if they get heads or a lie if they get tails. After asking more questions if you like, guess if their answer was true or false.
Suggested questions
| Where is
Where are |
your mother/ your mum
your father/ your dad your elder brother your younger brother your youngest sister your cat your dog the hamster your pet your pet… your cousins your uncles your grandfather/ your father’s father your grandmother/ your mother’s mother your baby sister |
? |
| Is
Are |
your mother/ your mum
your father/ your dad your elder brother your younger brother your youngest sister your cat your dog your pet your cousins your uncles your grandfather/ your father’s father your grandmother/ your mother’s mother your baby sister your hamster |
in
on under between near next to behind in front of opposite |
…? |
Suggested answers
He/ She/ It is in/ on/ under/ between/ in front of/ behind…
I don’t know.
I don’t have a…
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House, family and prepositions drawing game
Take turns asking each other where a member of the family is, listening to your partner’s answer, then drawing that person in that place in a blank picture. You will also usually need to draw the room or thing that they are in, on, under, next to, etc. Silly questions and answers like “Where is the pet spider?” and “He is under the sofa” are also okay.
Suggested questions
| Where is
Where are |
the
my your his her |
mother/ mum
father/ dad (elder/ younger) brother (eldest/ youngest) sister cat/ dog/ hamster/ pet/ pet… cousins uncle aunts grandfather grandmother baby |
? |
Suggested answers
| He is
She is It is They are |
in
on under next to behind between in front of near opposite on the right of on the left of |
a
the his her |
armchair
bath/ bathtub bathroom bed bedroom chair cupboard desk dining room fridge/ freezer/ refrigerator garden kitchen light living room phone/ telephone picture poster shower sink/ washbasin sofa table television/ TV toilet tree |
(and…) |
Do the same with one house for each person in the group, asking “Where is my/ your/ his/ her…?” depending on which house you want to draw in. You can also add houses of imaginary people if there are only two people in your group to practice “his” and/ or “her”.
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House, family and prepositions guessing game
Give hints about where someone in your family is until your partner guesses which person.
Suggested hints
| He is
She is It is They are |
probably
maybe |
in
on under next to behind between in front of near opposite |
Osaka
his house her garden the sofa the television
|
(and…) |
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