Elke Dreyer)

Communicative Grammar Activities

Conversation BINGO

Setup:
The objective of this game is for people to wander around the room and obtain signatures of
people who have the facts listed on the bingo sheet. Once a person successfully obtains a
row (5 in a row), whether horizontally, vertically, or diagonally, he or she shouts Bingo
and wins.

Instructions:
Pass out a sheet to each person, along with a pen. Explain the objective of the game and the
following rules:
1. Each person you talk to may only sign your sheet once.
2. To win, you must get signatures to form 5 in a row horizontally, vertically, or
diagonally.
Say Go! and ask your participants to begin.
Once someone shouts Bingo! everyone returns and the person must introduce the people
who signed his or her sheet. If desired, you can ask each person to explain their fact.

Ask each other: HAVE YOU EVER....?

...................... ........................... .....................has ...................... .................... has

has eaten has made a never eaten with has had cooked a meal
mushrooms. pizza. chopsticks. takeaway food. for a friend.

........................... ..............has been ......................... ............................ ............................

has never eaten to an Italian has eaten has never been to has never drunk
snails. restaurant. seafood. KFC. beer.

........................... .................has ........... has been ........................... .........................

has been to never drunk to a Chinese has never baked has drunk red
Burger King. grapefruit juice. restaurant. cookies. wine.

....................... ............has never ...................... ............................ .......has prepared

has made a been to a Greek has never drunk has eaten spare the familys
curry. restaurant. Ouzo. ribs. breakfast.

............................ ..................... has ...................... .................... has .................. has

has been to a never eaten white has drunk had ketchup for had a barbecue
pub. chocolate. champagne. breakfast. with friends.

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Questions:

........................ ....................... ....................... ........................ ......has got a

has eaten with likes spinach. does not like has tried snails. favourite
chopsticks. pizza. restaurant.

....................... ......................... ....................... ...................... ......................

likes fast food. did not have likes cooking. has never tried is a chocoholic.
breakfast today. Chinese food.

.......................... ...................... ....................... ..................... .......................

likes breakfast is allergic to does not like drinks beer. has tried fishn
in bed. something. chocolate chips.
cookies.
.......... has been ..................... ..................... ............... has ... thinks that
to an Indian does not like is a fan of never baked a fast food is
restaurant. mineral water. Mexican dishes. cake. unhealthy.

................... ..................... ....................... ........................ ..................

drinks tea. likes hot and knows how to likes his tea with can name 6
spicy food. prepare milk. different
Sheppards pie. vegetables.

Present Perfect:
a person who a person who a person who a person who a person who
has been to has tried has met a has won the has found
Italy windsurfing celebrity lottery money

a person who a person who a person who a person who a person who
has ridden a has slept in a has been on TV has fallen in has gone skiing
horse tent love on first
sight
a person who a person who a person who a person who a person who
has baked has lost his/her has dyed has been to has seen a car
bread mobile phone his/her hair London accident

a person who a person who a person who a person who a person who
has milked a has watched a has bought has taken part has laughed
cow horror movie Chinese food in a karaoke until tears came
show
a person who a person who a person who a person who a person who
has built a has stolen has read a has been to a has watched a
snowman something in a detective story theatre sunset
shop

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Mixed Tenses:

....................... ...................... ....................... ...................... .......................

likes sunsets. has got a has been to has never been was born in
brother. London. on a plane. May.

....................... .................... ...................... .................has .........would

lives in a flat. likes horses. doesnt like never eaten like to live in
spiders. with chopsticks. the mountains.

...................... ....................... ..................s ...................... .......................

has got a pet. is an only child. favourite colour doesnt like likes skiing.
is red. fast food.

....................... ....................... ..............has ....................... ......................

lives near a has got never had a is interested in plays an
park. earrings. broken bone. history. instriument.

.................. .................. ....................... ................... ......................

likes cooking. has got an old is a real couch has got a piggy doesnt like
bicycle. potato. bank. chocolate.

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be good/bad at...

............... is
....is good at ...is bad at ...is good at good at writing ...is bad at
cooking. drawing. swimming. romantic singing.
letters.

...is bad at
... is good at ...is bad at ice- .... is good at eating with ...is good at
skiing. skating. playing the chopsticks. learning poems.
piano.

... is bad at ...is good at ...is bad at ...is good at ...is bad at
running. writing poems. telling jokes. arranging lying.
flowers.
...is good at ... is bad at
... is good at ...is good at ...is bad at solving reading maps.
knitting. playing cards. baking cakes. crossword
puzzles
... is good at ... is bad at ...is good at ...is good at
decorating the playing table memorizing making paper ...is bad at
Christmas tree. tennis. historical dates. aeroplanes. making pottery.

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