Games for Single Student Lessons - The Location Game

In this game, the teacher and student take turns choosing an object in the room and asking questions to guess what the chosen object is. The "guesser" will ask the "chooser" of the object about the position of the chosen object relative to other objects in the room.

For example:

Guesser: Is it on the floor?
Chooser: No, it isn't.
Guesser: Is in on the table?
Chooser: Yes, it is.
Guesser: Is it in front of me?
Chooser: No, it isn't.
Guesser: Is it beside me?
Chooser: Yes, it is.
Guesser: Is it the white board?
Chooser: Yes, it is.

Explaining the game to the student:

Depending on the student's level, you may want to write a list of common prepositions of location on the white board or a piece of scratch paper so the student can reference them. Possibilities:

• in
• on
• at
• under
• behind
• in front of
• beneath
• between
• next to
• beside
• below
• at the back of
• at the front of
  

Ask the student to look around the room and to choose an object in the room but tell him he must not tell you what the object is (or stare at it in a way that reveals which object he has chosen). Tell him that you will ask him questions about where the object is to help you guess the object he chose.

The teacher going first will demonstrate how to question your way to the solution. If the item is easy to guess, the teacher may want to ask more questions than necessary to demonstrate more effectively. After the student's object has been guessed, the teacher chooses and object and the student asks the questions.

Purpose of the game:

The purpose of this game is to practice prepositions of location as well as asking and answering simple questions.

Classroom use:

This game is good as a good way to review or reinforce a lesson on prepositions.

Variation:

If the classroom has a limited number of objects, a picture can be used and the student and teacher may choose an object in the picture then ask questions based on location.