The Food Quiz

Objective & content

A projected team quiz on food and drink, with photos, for one game of 20 to 30 minutes. The class plays in 2 to 4 teams through four rounds: What is it? (name the food in a photo), True or false? (six short sentences such as "Eggs come from cows."), Odd one out (find the word that does not belong) and the Fast-finger final ("Name three fruits."). There are 22 questions and 36 points. Pupils recall and write everyday food words (fruit, vegetables, drinks, meals) and sort them into groups.

Pedagogical guide

Every question slide is followed by its answer slide, so the class sees the answer at once and the teacher only keeps the score. Round 1 checks that pupils know the words, round 2 makes them read short sentences, round 3 asks them to notice what links three of four words (fruit and vegetables, eating and drinking, sweet and not sweet), and round 4 lets every team score with the words it knows best. The answer slide of each odd one out gives the reason: read it aloud, because this is where the class meets links such as "We make cheese from milk." The quiz stays at A1+ level, with short sentences in the present simple and everyday food words, in British English (chips, sweets). Useful language for the teams: "I think it's a ...", "It's true. / It's false.", "Number 2 is different.", "Write it, quick!"

Suggested procedure

1. (3 min) Make 2 to 4 teams and draw a score table on the board. Each team has one sheet of paper and one writer.
2. (5 min) Round 1, What is it?: show each photo, give 20 seconds to write the word, then show the answer slide. 1 point for each right answer.
3. (5 min) Round 2, True or false?: read each sentence aloud; teams write true or false. When a sentence is false, the answer slide gives the right sentence: ask the class to say it. 1 point each.
4. (7 min) Round 3, Odd one out: teams write the number of the odd word. 2 points for each right answer. Read the reason on the answer slide.
5. (5 min) Round 4, Fast-finger final: teams write three words. 1 point for each right word, 3 points at most per question.
6. (2 min) Add up the points on the board and show the last slide, "Who won?".

Adaptations

[S] In round 1, let teams say the word instead of writing it, or write its first letter on the board. Read each sentence of round 2 twice, slowly.

[A] In round 2, give an extra point to a team that corrects a false sentence before the answer slide. In round 4, ask for a word that no other team wrote, or for a full sentence ("I eat apples for breakfast.").

Materials & prerequisites

A projector or screen for game.pdf (50 slides in 16:9, one PDF page per slide, turned with the arrow keys), the board for the score table, and a sheet of paper and a pen for each team. Pupils should already know some everyday food and drink words. The quiz works well as a revision game at the end of a unit on food or meals, or as a reward at the end of a lesson.