This activity is suitable for students of a beginner and elementary language level. Divide the class into groups of three. One student from each group leaves the room. While this student is out of the room, his group hides one of his possessions, for example his pen, somewhere in the classroom. The first student returns to his group and asks them "Yes-No" questions to determine where the object is. For example, "Is it near the table?" "Is it under the table?" "Have you hidden it in someone's bag?" Stop the activity after five minutes, and ask a new set of students to leave the room.
This activity is suitable for students of a beginner to upper-intermediate language level. Write on the board five prompts about yourself, for example, "two," "Texas," "26," "hamburgers" and "at five in the morning." The class then asks appropriate questions for these prompts, for example, "How many languages can you speak?" "Where were you born?" and "How old are you?" Every time they ask the correct question, award them one point and cross out a prompt. Every time they ask a question for which you haven't written a prompt, take away one point. Continue until you have crossed out every prompt. Now ask students to write down five prompts about themselves. Divide the class into pairs, and ask them to take turns asking and answering questions about their prompts. The student with the most points when all prompts are crossed out is the winner.
This activity is suitable for students of an elementary to intermediate language level. Divide the class into groups of three, and give each group a different 100-word text appropriate to their language level. Each group reads the text and writes 10 questions about it, the answers to which must be in the text. Circulate as the groups work to give any help necessary with question formation. After 20 minutes, or when each group has finished, collect the texts and questions and redistribute to a different group. Students then read the new text and attempt to answer the questions. After 20 minutes, stop the activity. Students in the group with the most correct answers are the winners.
This activity is suitable for students of a beginner to intermediate language level. Ask one student to come to the front of the class and sit in a chair. The other students ask her questions, for example, "What is your name?" "Where do you live?" "Do you often drink beer in the morning?" to which she can only reply, "Banana." If this student can answer 20 questions without laughing, then she wins. Repeat with a new student.