I’ve been writing an article on games using coins in class (now up here), and it reminded me of this once all-time favourite game which I hadn’t used in a while. Students take turns making questions using the grammar and/ or vocabulary that you have given them, e.g. “Would you… if…?” or love and relationships words. They can ask any question at all that they like, but after making the question they have to flip a coin to see if their partner will answer it (heads = ask) or if they have to answer it themselves (tails = tell), making it a kind of TEFL truth or dare.
Photocopiable ask and tell worksheets
Second and third conditionals ask and tell (described here) – NEW LINK
Third and mixed conditionals ask and tell (described here) – NEW LINK
Describing people ask and tell (described here) – NEW LINK
Future tenses ask and tell (described here) – NEW LINK
Making IELTS Speaking Part One questions games (in this bargain e-book)
Making IELTS Speaking Part Three questions games (in this oh so cheap e-book)
IELTS Speaking Part One coin games (in this cheap as chips e-book)
IELTS Speaking Part Three coin games (in this super cheap e-book)
Life events vocabulary speaking (ask and tell coin game and storytelling, with collocations and word formation practice)
Feelings opposites ask and tell coin game
Business vocabulary ask and tell personalised speaking coin game
Love and relationships vocabulary ask and tell speaking game
Australian slang ask and tell personalised speaking coin game
Health and fitness vocabulary ask and tell game
HR vocabulary ask and tell coin game
HR vocabulary ask and tell speaking game short version – (as published in English Teaching Professional magazine)
Present Simple ask and tell game
Market Leader Pre-Intermediate truth or dare game
Inside Out Upper Intermediate ask or tell game
Headway Pre-Intermediate ask or tell game
English File 1 Ask and answer game
I also used to have worksheets with question stems and key words for the future like “Would you like to…?” and “retire”, and it’s useable for virtually any topic, such as health, technology, relationships, crime and crime prevention, and abilities and skills (“terrible at”, etc).
For 49 other games that are so adaptable that you can make a whole teaching career out of them see here.
Updated 9 July 2026
