45 free who am I game cards – ESL Vault

The basic game concept is that each player has a word and must ask questions to find out what their word is. They are not allowed to look at their card or ask somebody”what is it?”.

To find out what their word is, students must ask the other players yes or no questions. For beginners, you can scrap this rule and let them ask any kinds of questions they like (except spelling etc).

To start the game each person must have a card stuck to their forehead. You can do this with masking tape. Another option is to make paper headbands. If you cut sheets of A4 paper into strips and join them with sticky tape, you can prepare plenty of headbands in 5 minutes. You can then stick the who am I game cards to the headbands or attach them with a paper clip.

Another option is to get the players to just hold the cards on their foreheads. The problem with this method is that students may get tired of doing this and are more likely to cheat and look at their cards.

Next, have your class sit in a circle (for large classes you will need more than 1 circle). Now students can begin asking questions to deduce what their word is. It works well if you let each student ask only one question then let the next player have a turn.