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Blockbusters
This ESL/EFL vocabulary game is originally from an English game show. It works well for
revising vocabulary. It can also be used as a general knowledge game.

Procedure

Draw a 5 x 5 hexagon grid on the board.

Write letters in the 25 hexagonal spaces.

Split the class into two teams and allocate each team with a different colour, e.g. red and
blue.

Then start with the central letter, e.g. if the letter was B, the clue/question might be "A
person who bakes bread."

The two teams race to answer the clue/question.

If the red team got it right, then the B hexagon is coloured red. The red team then chooses
the next letter.

The teacher then asks another letter associated clue/question, which both teams race to
answer.

The aim of the game is for one team to get from the top to the bottom of the board and the
other to get from the left to the right.

The first team to make the connection is the winner.

Remind the students that this is a fairly strategic vocabulary game, and they need to choose
their moves carefully.

Blockbusters Grid

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