Phrase Ball

Skill Level: Any Level

Number of Players: 5 - 15 players

Duration: Flexible

Objective: Phrase Ball is a game that helps you to practice asking questions using what, where, when, why and how. Participants get eliminated if they break any one of the following rules. The winner is the last two player standing.

Instructions

1. Ask participants to form a circle.

2. Write the following words on a whiteboard - what, where, when, why, how and explain the following rules of the game:

The game starts when the person holding the phrase ball says out loud the name of the person he/she is throwing the ball to + a word written on the whiteboard.

**Don't Break the Following Rules!**
Rule 1 The person who catches the phrase ball cannot use the same word as the person who threw the ball to them.
Player 1		Sarah what day is it today?
Player 2	Incorrect	Mike, what did you do on the weekend?
	Correct	Mike, where are you going this weekend?
Rule 2 If the ball is dropped, or if the catcher takes more than two seconds to ask a question, he/she is counted out of the game.
Rule 3 If the person repeats a question that other players have asked, he/she is counted out.

The winner is the last two person standing!

Game Variation

1. Saying the opposite word
i.e. Person 1: Mike! Fat.
Person 2: Joanne! Thin.

2. "The theme is"
Person 1: Jake! The theme is zoo.
Person 2: Mary! Zebra.
Person 3: John! Lions etc... The game continues until someone decides to switch themes by saying "the theme is..."

3. Vocabulary Practice:
The teacher goes through a list of vocabulary that the class has already learnt.
Teacher: "The word is barber!"
Student: "I went to the barber on Sunday to have my haircut".