TEACHER’S NOTES

ESL / EFL RESOURCES Hobbies Taboo

Activity Type Introduction

Reading, listening and In this engaging activity, students describe and guess hobbies
speaking activity and free time activities in a game of taboo.

Procedure
Language Focus
Divide the class into two teams (A and B).
Hobbies and free time
activities
Tell the class that they are going to play a game of taboo where
Antonyms and synonyms they guess the names of hobbies and free time activities from
other students' descriptions.

Aim
To describe and guess
hobbies and free time
activities in a game of
taboo.
A player from Team A comes to the front of the class and is given
a taboo card.
The player then describes the hobby or free time activity in bold
on the card to his or her team, without saying the hobby or using
the other words on the card.

The player is also not allowed to say variations of the words on

Preparation the card, e.g. colour, colours, colourful, colouring, etc.
Make one copy of
the cards and cut as If Team A successfully guesses the hobby or free time activity
indicated. within a specified time (e.g. one minute), they score a point.

If not, Team B has one chance to guess the hobby and steal the
Level point.

Pre-intermediate Then, a player from Team B comes to the front and is given a card
and so on.
Time Teams continue taking it in turns to play until all the cards have
35 minutes been used.

The team with the most points at the end of the game wins.

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 HOBBIES AND FREE TIME

ESL / EFL RESOURCES Hobbies Taboo

Painting Scuba diving Jogging

art swimming running

picture underwater park
colours mask exercise

Skiing Playing football Working out

winter sport kick gym

snow ball lift weights
downhill sport muscle

Fishing Surfing Playing basketball

rod sea hoop

catch waves bounce
lake / river board ball

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 HOBBIES AND FREE TIME

ESL / EFL RESOURCES Hobbies Taboo

Watching TV Reading Skateboarding

looking book wheels

screen story park
programme pages trick

Photography Rollerblading Cycling

camera shoes wheels

take pictures skate bike
digital wheels bicycle

Playing computer games Playing an instrument Climbing

notebook / laptop musician up

level song rope
controller learn mountain

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 HOBBIES AND FREE TIME

ESL / EFL RESOURCES Hobbies Taboo

Chatting Going shopping Swimming

online buy pool

computer money water
talking mall trunks / swim suit

Camping Visiting friends Cooking

tent hanging out food

sleeping bag chatting kitchen
outside socializing recipe

Playing badminton Watching films Surfing the Internet

net movies website

racket cinema browse
shuttlecock screen computer

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