Futures- Card Game

Future tenses extended speaking card game

 

Photocopiable rules of the game

Take one card at random and talk about that topic as long as you can. Your partners will give you a score based on how long you spoke minus how long you paused:

30 seconds = one point

1 minute = two points

90 seconds = three points

2 minutes = four points

2 minutes 30 seconds = five points

3 minutes = six points

You can then take the number of cards of the number of points you got, e.g. three cards for three points. Play then passes to the next person. The next time your turn comes, you can choose any of the topics of the cards that you have in your hand (apart from the topics you have already talked about).

The person with the most cards at the end of the game is the winner.

 

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Photocopiable rules of the game

Take one card at random and talk about that topic as long as you can. Your partners will give you a score based on how long you spoke minus how long you paused:

30 seconds = one point

1 minute = two points

90 seconds = three points

2 minutes = four points

2 minutes 30 seconds = five points

3 minutes = six points

You can then take the number of cards of the number of points you got, e.g. three cards for three points. Play then passes to the next person. The next time your turn comes, you can choose any of the topics of the cards that you have in your hand (apart from the topics you have already talked about).

The person with the most cards at the end of the game is the winner.

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Cards

Cut up one pack of cards per group of two to four students

Joker (Any future topic)	Joker (Any future topic)	Joker (Any future topic)	Joker (Any future topic)
Joker (Any future topic)	Joker (Any future topic)	Joker (Any future topic)	Joker (Any future topic)
Your future hobbies	Your next job	Upcoming meetings	Your chances of promotion
Your retirement	The future of the environment	The future of your city	The future of your country
The future of your company	The future of the stock market	The future of your field of business	Your future career
Your life in 2020	Your life in 2050	Your plans	Your arrangements
Your future social life	Future food and drink	Your ambitions	Future sporting results
The future of space exploration	The future of old age	The future of architecture	The future of healthcare
The future of computers	The future of your family	The near future	The distant future
What’s on TV and your plans to watch it	Your future purchases	Your future use of transport	Your home in the future
Regular events that also occur next week	Your next days off	Your next holiday	Public holidays this year
Future festivals and celebrations	The next time to meet your (extended) family	Your future studies	The future of education
Your next birthday	Your future appearance	Treating yourself	Future parties
Your future accommodation	Future travels	Your future studies	Future weather