The Coffee Pot Game
Number of people:
Vocabulary:
Listening & Speaking:
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Time: 10 min. Level: Any
Explaining and guessing words
Describing things and asking questions
1. One person thinks of a word and makes sentences, changing the word to
‘coffee pot’. Other people have to guess what the word ‘coffee pot’ is or
represents.
Mariko:
I have a silver coffee pot. I come to school on my coffee pot almost everyday.
Yuki:
Bicycle?
Mariko:
Good try. It’s like a bicycle but my coffee pot has an engine.
Yuki:
Motorbike!
Mariko:
That’s right!
2. You can choose any type of word (noun, verb, adverb, adjective, etc.), and
people can also ask questions, too.
Yuki:
I like coffee potting in winter, but it is a bit expensive.
Mariko:
Where do you coffee pot?
Yuki:
I usually go coffee potting in Nagano.
Ayana:
Skiing?
Yuki:
Hmm. No, but I do go coffee potting in the snow.
Mariko:
Snowboarding!
Yuki:
Good guess, but it’s another winter activity.
Ayana:
What equipment do you need?
Yuki:
Snow shoes and poles.
Mariko:
Ah, I know! Snow-walking!
Yuki:
You got it! Or you can say ‘snow-shoeing’.
Ayana:
Cool!
3. The person who gets the right answer thinks of the
next word, or you can just take turns.
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