Illness and Injury Card Game
Print two copies of the cards and paste on posterboard to
make a deck of cards to play Go Fish, review the vocabulary, or play Memory.
Go Fish:
Students each get 2 or 3 cards dealt to them. Going clockwise students try to match up their
cards by asking other students if they have a matching card. Interactions are as follows:
The game is basically 'Fish', but with a catch to try to get more language production from students.
There are three aliments for each part of the body. Students first ask a question to find out, if
another student has a problem with the same body part. If the other student says yes, then the first
student asks again to see if they have the same problem. If they do then the first student gets the
pair and gets 1 point. There are three possible interaction cases in this version of fish:
Student one chooses another student (say student two) and asks if something is wrong:
Case 1:
Student 1: Is something wrong with your eye?
Student 2: No, there isn't.
Since student two doesn't have the card student one is looking for,
student one picks a card from the deck. Then the next player takes a turn.
Case2:
Student 1: Is something wrong with your head?
Student 2: Yes, there is.
Student 1: Do you have a bump?
Student 2: No, I don't
Since student two doesn't have the card student one is looking for, student one picks a
card from the deck. Then the next player takes a turn.
Case 3:
Student 1: Is something wrong with your nose?
Student 2: Yes, there is.
Student 1: Do you have a nosebleed?
Student 2: Yes, I do.
Student two has the card that student one is looking for, so student one takes the card,
makes a pair, and gets 1 point. Then the next player takes a turn.
Variation:
After the students get good at it, you can make them give some advice before they can get a point:
Student 1: Is something wrong with your body?
Student 2: Yes, there is.
Student 1: Do you have a sunburn?
Student 2: Yes, I do.
Student 1: You'd better put on some lotion.