Lesson Plans

Drama Game: The Adverb Game

Drama Game
An amusing mime guessing game (which also helps with learning grammar) with an adaptation for playing online.
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Age: 9 to adult

Players: Whole group

Time: 10–20 minutes

Skills: Observation, mime, grammar

For younger players, a list of adverbs and a list of activities should be displayed throughout the game (see examples below). Everybody sits/stands in a circle or at their desks. One person is picked to go outside the room while the rest of the group decides on an adverb, such as ‘quickly’ or ‘sleepily’. The volunteer is called back to stand in the centre of the circle or at the front of the class. Her task is to guess the adverb by asking any individual or a few members of the group to mime an activity. They should do this in the manner (style) of the word.

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