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GO FISH

Players: 2-6 (or teams)
Age: 4+
Objective: Collect pairs
Skills: memory
Learn: vocabulary and grammar 
Time: 10 - 15 mins

RULES

1. Deal 4 cards to each player and place the deck in the middle of the table.

2. Players take turns to ask each other for the cards they need to form the pairs, using the              given grammar.

    Eg: Mike. Have you got a boat?

3. If the asked player has the required card, he answers using the given grammar and gives            the card to the player who asked for it.

    Eg: Yes, I have.

    And the player continues his turn.

4. If the asked player doesn't have the required card, he answers using the given grammar and      tells the player, who asked, to take a card from the deck.

    Eg: No, I haven't. GO FISH!

    And the player takes a card from the deck and another player takes his turn.

5. If the player takes a card from the deck that matches a card in his hand, he must say: 

    I fished and I got my wish!

6. If there is any player left without cards, he/she just takes one card from the deck to keep            playing.

7. The game is over when all cards are matched in pairs.

8. The winner is the player with the highest number of pairs.

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Daily routine

A Go Fish game to practice present simple including 3rd person singular, together with daily routine activities and telling time

Topic

Grammar

Age

Daily Routine

Time

9

+

Type

Go Fish

Players

3-6

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Past Simple Common Verb Noun Collocations

A Go Fish game to practice past simple questions and short answers together with basic verb and noun collocations. Suitable for lower levels.

Topic

Grammar

Age

Sports and Activities

Past Simple

10

+

Type

Go Fish

Players

3-6

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Activities and CAN

A Go Fish game to practice activities and abilities together with CAN. e.g. Can you skip? Yes, I can. No, I can't.

Topic

Grammar

Age

Sports and Activities

Can

6

+

Type

Go Fish

Players

3-6

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Animal Body Parts Go Fish

A popular Go Fish game based on animal body parts. Practice plurals of wild animals together with Have got, eg: Have giraffes got long necks? Yes, they have. No, they haven't.

Topic

Grammar

Age

Animals

Have got

7

+

Type

Go Fish

Players

3-6

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Places in town

A Go Fish game to practice vocabulary related to places in town. Ask: Is there ....? Answer: Yes, there is. or No, there isn't.

Topic

Grammar

Age

Places

There is / are

8

+

Type

Go Fish

Players

3-6

Print the sets twice to have pairs!!!

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