ESL Activities - Lion Tamer

Practises: yes/no questions

Teacher prepares stickers with a profession on each one. The stickers are affixed to students' foreheads. Students try to discover their own profession by asking yes/no questions (do I work at night? am I rich? do I wear a uniform?) in turn. Works best in smallish groups.

Students should be encouraged to think of the usual question words (where do I work? when do I work? why? who? how? how much? etc) and to formulate appropriate yes/no questions to obtain the required information.

Some suggested "professions":

• lion-tamer
• top model
• brain surgeon
• president
• hypnotist
• lavatory attendant
• astronaut
• X-film actor/actress
• bodyguard
• trapeze artist
• prostitute
• monk
• strip-tease artist
• professional killer
• table tennis player
• drug dealer
• funeral director
• magician
• clown
• English teacher