HAPPY FAMILIES
Players: 3-6 (or teams)
Age: 6+
Objective: Collect sets
Skills: memory&strategy
Learn: vocabulary
grammar,
Time: 10 - 15 mins
RULES
1. Deal all the cards among all the players.
2. Players take turns to ask each other for the cards they need to form the families, using the given grammar.
In the case of phrasal verbs. Players need to form families with the same root verb. For example GIVE AWAY, GIVE OFF, GIVE OUT and GIVE IN.
Eg: "Leo, have you got GIVE IN?"
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
Eg: No, I haven't.
And another player takes his turn.
5. Players can ask only for the cards from the families they have in hand.
6. If there is any player left without cards, he/she just waits for the others to finish.
7. The game is over when all cards are matched in families.
8. The winner is the player with the highest number of families.
House and Furniture
A Happy Families game based on vocabulary related to House and Furniture. Families are organized by rooms, your objective is to collect 4 furniture items from each room. Very popular with students. Have fun!
Topic
Grammar
Age
House and Furniture
Vocabulary
7
+
Type
Happy Families
Players
3-8
Geographical Features
A Happy Family game based on Geographical Features vocabulary, organized in logical groups.
Topic
Grammar
Age
Geography
Vocabulary
9
+
Type
Happy Families
Players
3-8
Food
A Happy Families game on food vocabulary organized by type of food - bakery, dairy, condiments etc.
Topic
Grammar
Age
Food
Vocabulary
8
+
Type
Happy Families
Players
3-8
Adjectives Intermediate
A Happy Family game based on adjectives at intermediate level. Organized in logical groups.
Topic
Grammar
Age
Feelings&Emotions
Adjectives
13
+
Type
Happy Families
Players
3-6
Irregular Verbs - Easy
A Happy Families game based on easy irregular verbs for basic levels. There are only three cards in each family, verbs in present, past and past perfect e.g. SEE SAW SEEN is one family. You can change the past perfect to your language if you like.
Topic
Grammar
Age
Irregular Verbs
Verbs
7
+
Type
Happy Families
Players
3-6
Irregular Verbs - Intermediate
A Happy Family game based on intermediate irregular verbs, organized in sound groups e.g. FLY FLEW FLOWN, DRAW DREW DRAWN, THROW THREW THROWN, KNOW KNEW KNOWN etc.
Topic
Grammar
Age
Irregular Verbs
Verbs
10
+
Type
Happy Families
Players
3-6
Phrasal Verbs - Difficult
Learn difficult phrasal verbs playing the happy families game. Find phrasal verbs with the same root verb to form the families. Includes worksheet to preteach the given phrasal verbs.
Topic
Grammar
Age
Phrasal Verbs
Verbs
14
+
Type
Happy Families
Players
3-8