This document provides instructions for an intermediate-level group activity where students play a board game to review vocabulary related to school and education. The game involves landing on squares that prompt students to either answer a vocabulary question, discuss an education-related topic for 3 minutes, or follow instructions to move forward or back on the board. The first student to reach the finish wins. The teacher monitors students as they discuss topics. The activity aims to review vocabulary in a fun, game-based format and takes approximately 1 hour.

1. LEVEL: Intermediate (B1)
TYPE OF ACTIVITY: Group work
SKILLS: Speaking (vocabulary)
AIM
• To revise vocabulary related to school and
education.
LEXICAL AND GRAMMATICAL AREA
• Vocabulary related to school and education.
TASK
• To play the School Board Game in groups.
PREPARATION AND MATERIALS
• Make a copy of the board game per group (4 students).
• Make a copy of one set of questions (green vocabulary cards) and one set of
answers (red vocabulary cards) per group.
• You also need a die and 4 counters per group.
TIMING
+1 hour (depending on how talkative the class is).
PROCEDURE
• Tell students that they are going to play a board game in order to revise
vocabulary related to education.
• Hand out a copy of the board game, a copy of the two sets of vocabulary cards
(questions and answers), a die and counters for each group.
• Students have to throw the die and follow the instructions on each square of the
board game. There are three options:
1. If students land on a green square, they have to pick a green card and
answer a vocabulary question. The other students have to check the
answer. If it’s correct, the student can throw the die again (3 times
maximum). If the answer is incorrect, the student goes back one square.
2. If students land on a square which has a topic written in blue, they have to
speak about the topic on the board for 3 minutes. After the 3 minutes,
each of the other students has to ask one question related to this topic.
3. If students land on a square with a black number, they simply have to
read the instructions and either move forward, go back or miss a turn.
4. The first player to reach the finish wins the game.
ANSWERS
• See red vocabulary cards with answers.
• The teacher has to circulate and monitor the students’ answers when they are
doing the speaking topics.