This is a
great warm up game suitable to many fluency levels, ages and target vocabulary
types. It also requires no resources and encourages quick thinking. The game
can be made as hard or easy as you wish.
The teacher is the cowboy in the centre
of the circle. Teacher makes a gun shape with their hand. Teacher points to a
student (shoots them) and says the target vocab. This student ducks and the
Students on either side of them must shoot each other with the answer. The
first to say the vocab correctly wins, whilst the second is out. E.g.: teacher points to a student and says "yes." Students on either
side of the targeted student point to each other and say "NO!" - practicing ontonims.
The teacher
can control the game so the remaining two students are from opposing teams.
When down to two students, they stand back to back and walk away from each
other until teacher says the vocab (Ie: In opposites bang teacher says:
"One, Two, Three, Four, Yesterday!". Students turn around and shoot
each other after four steps saying "Tomorrow!").
