Advanced functional language review games
A: Extreme functions
Compete to say one of the things below. You might need to set up the situation, e.g. decide what you are thanking people for.
- The longest thank you/ The most over-the-top thanks
- The deepest apology
- The best reason for your misdeed
- The most helpful offer
- The most persuasive invitation
- The most outrageous request that you can get someone to agree to
- The politest request
- The most emotional farewell/ The longest farewell
- The politest disagreement
- The strongest agreement
- The politest interruption of your partner’s story about yesterday
- The greatest number of polite interruptions in one minute
- The politest turning down of an invitation/ The best reason for turning down an invitation
- The politest refusal to help/ The best reason for refusing to help
- The most enthusiastic greeting
- The best advice for the problem your partner tells you
When your teacher stops you, share an extreme version and see if anyone can make it more extreme. Then ask about anything above you aren’t sure about.
B: Situational functions
Use as many of the functions on the next page as you can in one of the following situations, taking a card or ticking it off the list as you use it. The person who has used the most in that situation wins, then start again with the remaining cards and a new situation.
The street A supermarket
A market A department store
A convenience store/ corner shop A club
A bar/ A pub A fast food restaurant
A posh restaurant A cinema (= movie theater)
A theatre A hospital or surgery
At home In or near someone else’s house
On the phone By email
By text (= SMS) On your blog/ Facebook page
A bus, coach or train A hotel check-in desk
A taxi A spa, public baths or sauna
A swimming pool or gym A train station or underground station
A library or bookshop A stadium or other sporting venue
A museum or art gallery A concert or music venue
A post office Immigration
A plane An airport check-in desk
At work
Cards to cut up and deal out or to tick off
| Farewell | Greeting | Apology | Request |
| Offer | Invitation | Introduction | Suggestion |
| Refusal | Thanks | Advice | Opinion |
| Agreement | Disagreement | Speculation | Generalisation |
| Interruption | Clarification | Warning | Concession |
| Farewell | Greeting | Apology | Request |
| Offer | Invitation | Introduction | Suggestion |
| Refusal | Thanks | Advice | Opinion |
| Agreement | Disagreement | Speculation | Generalisation |
| Interruption | Clarification | Warning | Concession |
| Farewell | Greeting | Apology | Request |
| Offer | Invitation | Introduction | Suggestion |
| Refusal | Thanks | Advice | Opinion |
| Agreement | Disagreement | Speculation | Generalisation |
| Interruption | Clarification | Warning | Concession |
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