Relative clauses - Taboo

Here is a fun guessing game to help students practice using defining relative clauses.

Before class, make one copy of the cards for each group of three or four and cut as indicated.

Procedure

Before you begin, you may wish to review the use of relative clauses in giving definitions.

Divide the class into groups of three or four and give each group a set of shuffled cards.

Tell the students to place the cards in a pile, face down on the desk.

Demonstrate the activity by picking up a card and telling the students to listen and guess what the word is.

Define the word using a relative clause, e.g. it´s a place where people read books (library).

When a student guesses the word correctly, give the student the card.

Explain that the students are going to play the same game.

The students then take it in turns to pick up a card and give a a definition of the word on the card using a relative clause.

Students cannot use the word on the card in their definition.

The first student to guess the word keeps the card.

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