ESL WORD GAMES Balderdash
ESL / EFL RESOURCES
ESL WORD GAMES
Balderdash
Activity Type
Reading, listening and writing activity, group work
Language Focus
Defining
Aim
To invent false definitions for words and guess true definitions
Preparation
Make one copy of the word cards for each group of five and cut as indicated. Also, prepare small slips of paper for each student.
Level
Intermediate and above
Time
25 minutes
Introduction
This ESL word game is based on a popular board game of the same name. In the game, students invent false definitions for words and score points by correctly guessing true definitions.
Procedure
Divide the students into groups of five.
Give each group a set of balderdash word cards. Ask the students to shuffle the cards and deal them out equally face down.
Also, give each student some small slips of paper to write definitions on.
Students take it in turns to be the leader.
The leader of the round chooses one of their word cards, reads the word aloud and spells it.
The other students then each invent a false definition for the word that could fool the other group members and write it on a slip of paper.
The leader copies the true definition onto a slip of paper, so that they cannot be seen reading from the word card.
Each student then hands their definition to the leader.
The leader mixes up all the definitions and reads each one aloud.
The other students then vote on which definition they think is correct and the leader reveals the answer.
Students score one point for each vote their false definition receives and two points for choosing the correct definition.
The leader scores three points if nobody chooses the correct definition.
The scores are added up and another student becomes the new leader and so on.
Play until all the words have been used or time is up.
The student with the most points at the end of the game wins.
Teach- ? 2018 Permission granted to reproduce for classroom use.
ESL / EFL RESOURCES
ESL WORD GAMES
Balderdash
Balderdash word cards
aulete : a person who plays the flute belocolus : a magic stone that makes a soldier invisible
bettong : a small kangaroo boletus : a wild mushroom collutory : antiseptic mouthwash crwth : a 6-stringed violin dorking : a chicken with 5 toes exoduster : someone who leaves town in a hurry
fard : to put on makeup forney : a ring worn on the fourth finger
galligaskins : loose baggy trousers gravid : pregnant
hippiater : a horse doctor histrixite : a Tasmanian mineral containing copper and iron
jargonelle : a pear which ripens early mantelet : a bullet-proof screen mawworm : a hypocrite
noddlethatcher : someone who makes hats and wigs oxter : to walk along arm in arm ozostomia : bad breath
pistareen : a Spanish coin worth 20 cents ramfeezled : exhausted, tired
sclaff : to scrape the ground with a golf club before hitting the ball screeve : to draw pictures on a sidewalk for money shiggers : tight trousers worn by football players splate : a substance used in shoe making toison : the wool of a young sheep
tranka : a long cylindrical box which jugglers balance with their feet wakiup : an American Indian hut
wallygowdy: a precious jewel or gem
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