CHAPTER III: SOME SUGGESTED GAMES FOR
THE 10
TH
FORM SPEAKING LESSONS

Activity 1: Noughts and Crosses for Unit 1- Task 2 ( While-
speaking)
Type : Group work
Aims: Talk about daily activities
Teaching aids: Pictures of Task 2
Time: 10 minutes
Preparation: prepare pictures of Task 2, use magnets to hang on board
Procedure :
- Divide class into 2 teams
Team 1: Noughts Team B: Crosses
- Asks students to choose one picture in Task 2 to make a sentence about
Quan’s activities.
- If their sentence is correct, that picture will be marked with their Noughts
( O ) for team A or Crosses ( X ) for team B
- Do the same steps until one team has 3 continuous pictures in vertical,
horizontal or in cross line will be the winner
Activity 2: Matching for Unit 2-Task 1 ( Pre- speaking )
Type : Group work
Aims: Use common expressions in making small talks.
Teaching aids: 1 big sheet of paper and 10 pieces of expressions
Time : 5 minutes
Preparation: prepare a big sheet of paper with 10 movable pieces of
expressions which are put in random , use magnets to hang on board
Starting a conversation Closing a conversation
Good morning. / Hi. Great. I’ll see you tomorrow
Sorry, I’ve got to go. Talk to you

5
Parents
Can you tell me about your parents?
6
Brother(s)
How many brothers/ sisters do you have?
7
Primary school
What is the name of your primary school/ secondary school?
8
School work
Have you ever been a leader of
9
Favourite subjects
What subjects do you like best?
10
Experience
How do you work at school?
11
Thanking
Thank you very much!
Procedure :
- Asks tudents to work in groups of three
- Rearrange students’s seat to make them sit face to face
- Asks them to use questions in interview form to ask and answer each other
- Teacher goes around and offer help if necessary
- Teacher can choose one student to go to the board and the whole class will
interview him/ her
- Teacher encourages students to make further questions for fun.
Activity 4: Survey for Unit 3- Task 2 ( While – speaking)

- Ask each group to choose one modern invention
- They in turns guess the other groups’ objects by asking the question:
Is it used for + V-ing?
Is it used to + V infinitive ?
- After 3 questions being asked for each object the answer should come out.
Any groups who can guess correctly will get 5 points
- The group with higher point will be the winner
Activity 6: Giving advice for Unit 6- Task 2( While - speaking)
Type: Group work
Aims: Talk about the seat plan on a boat trip
Teaching aids: Cards and the seat plan in text book
Time : 10 minutes
Preparation: Prepare 6 cards
Card 1: Hello. My name is Mrs Andrew. I m going to a boat trip on Lake
Michigan in Chicago with my students. I need to see all the students but I do
not want to seat in the sundeck. Please help me to choose a suitable seat.
Thank you very much!
Card 2: Hello. My name is Susan . I m going to a boat trip on Lake Michigan
in Chicago with my classmates. I want to be near Mary. I do not want to get
suburnt.
Please help me to choose a suitable seat. Thank you very much!
Card 3: Hello. My name is Tim . I m going to a boat trip on Lake Michigan
in Chicago with my classmates. I like to sit in the sun ad I do not want to be
by myself. Please help me to choose a suitable seat. Thank you very much!
Card 4: Hello. My name is John . I m going to a boat trip on Lake Michigan
in Chicago with my classmates. I don’t like air- conditioning. I would like to
take photos. Please help me to choose a suitable seat. Thank you very much!
Card 5: Hello. My name is Mary . I m going to a boat trip on Lake Michigan
in Chicago with my classmates. I often suffer from travel sickness, so I need
plenty of fresh air. Please help me to choose a suitable seat. Thank you very

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Activity 8: Drawing and Matching for Unit 8- Task 1( Pre- speaking)
Type: Group work
Aims: Talk about plans to improve life of a village and their possible results
Teaching aids: Some pieces of paper
Preparation: Prepare some sentences written on pieces of paper
Sentence 1: Widen the road
Sentence 2: Raise and resurface the roads
Sentence 3: Build a medical centre
Sentence 4: Build a football ground
Sentence 5: Grow cash crops
Sentence 6: Build a bridge over the canal
Sentence 7: Build a new school
Time : 7 minutes
Procedure:
- Divide class into 2 groups
- Ask each groups choose 1 student to the board to take one piece of paper
from teacher , then try to draw what is in the paper without saying anything
- One of the two groups very quickly choose one possible result and read out
loud. If they are right they will get 1 point
- Do the same steps until all sentences are drawn and all possible results are
read out loud
- The winner is the one with higher points
Activity 9: Story In A Bag for Unit 9 -Task 2 and Task 3 ( While

Group 1: Choose the new kind of zoo
Group 2: Choose the old kind of zoo
- Teacher sets a context like this: She is a millionaire. She wants to invest a
big amount of money in building a zoo. But she hasn’t decided what kinds
of zoo to be built yet. Now try to convince her to invest in your choice
- Two groups will try to persuade teacher by talking about the advantages of
their zoo and disadvantages of the others’
- Teacher will finally decide which group speak better to invest money
Activity 11: Chain story for Unit 11- Task 3 ( While - speaking)
Type: Pair work and whole class
Aims: Tell a story about an excursion
Teaching aids: Handouts
Preparation: Prepare handouts: one for Nga and the other for Nga’s friend
Nga’s friend Nga
- Ask what Nga did last Saturday
- Ask about the means of transport Nga’s
class used to go to Huong Pagoda
- Ask about food and drinks Nga’s class
- Answer
- Answer and express regrets
- Answer and express regrets
brought
- Ask about the duration of the excursion
- Ask what they did in Huong Pagoda
- End up the conversation
- Answer and express regrets
- Tell what they did and express
regrets.
Time : 12 minutes
Procedure:

- Teacher give comments and corrects errors.
Activity 13: Film Reporter for Unit 13- Task 4 ( While- speaking)
Type: Group work
Aims : Talk about the film you have ever seen
Teaching aids: One big sheet of paper with questions about films
Time : 10 minutes
Preparation: One big sheet of paper with questions about films
QUESTIONS
1 where did you see it?
2 What kind of film is it?
3 What is it about?
4 Who is/ are the main character(s)?
5 How do you feel about it?
6 Why do you prefer it to other films?
Procedure:
- Divide class into 6 groups. Each group will choose a film reporter . This
student will go to the board . The others will discuss about films for him to
guess
- After 2 minutes the film reporter will guess the films by asking questions
For example :
Reporter : where did you see it?
Player 1 : On T.V
Reporter : What kind of film is it?
Player 2 : Tragic love story
Reporter: What is it about?
Player 3 : It is about the sinking of a luxury liner on its first voyage across
the Atlantic Ocean
Reporter: Who is/ are the main character(s)?
Player 4: Jack Dawson and Rose Dewitt Bukuter
Reporter: How do you feel about it?

down on the desk
- Then in their own groups, students take turn to pick any card and answer
the question written on it. If it is correct, it should be put aside. If not, it can
be pick up again and answer by another students
- Finally teacher collects the answer of the groups
- Call some students to talk about the teams using the information they gain
via the quiz
- Which groups have more right answers will be the winner
Activity 15: Searching game for Unit 15- Task 4 (Post - speaking)
Type: Whole class
Aims : Ask and answer about the preferences s regard to where to live and
give reasons to back up their opinions
Teaching aids: copies of tables
Preparation: make copies for the table below:
Time: 10 minutes

SURVEY: WHICH CITY DO YOU PREFER?
Opinion

Name
Prefer New York Prefer Lon Don Why
Procedure:
- Get students to move around and interview s many other students as
possible about which city they prefer and why in a limited time
- Remind them to take notes while interviewing
- The students who have more names in the survey will be the winners
- Call some to report their finding.
Activity 16: Information Gap for Unit 16- Task 2( While - speaking)
Type: Pair work
Aims : Ask and answer about two historical places, namely Hue Imperial and

- Open daily from 8:00 a.m to
p.m
- Admission fee: 55,000VND
CARD 2A
Thong Nhat Conference Hall
- Also called Reunification Hall or
Independence Palace
- In District , Ho Chi Minh
City, 1,730 km south of Hanoi
- Originally built in 1865 and heavily
damaged by an air bombardment
in
- Rebuilt and construction completes
in 1966
- Has floors with 100
beautifully decorated rooms and
chambers
- Open daily from 7:30 to 11:00 a.m
and from to p.m
-Admission fee: 10,000VND
CARD 2B
Thong Nhat Conference Hall
- Also called Reunification Hall or
Independence Palace
- In District No 1 , Ho Chi Minh City,
km south of Hanoi
- Originally built in and
heavily damaged by an air
bombardment in February 1963
- Rebuilt and construction completes