Student A
Choose one category below. Using a different phrase from the box below each time, give the most difficult examples for your partner to guess the category from. If they can’t guess correctly, give them more and more examples from the same category, and continue until they get the right answer. Then take turns doing the same.
Useful phrases for giving examples
- “For example,…”
- “For instance,…”
- “To give an example,…”
- “To give just one example,…”
- “One example (of this) is…”
- “There are many examples, such as …”
- “One more example is…”
- “Another example is…”
- “Probably the most famous example is …”
- “An example that you might be aware of is…”
“An example that you might be aware of is…”
Category Examples
Australian animals Bandicoot, bettong, bilby, possum, box jellyfish, wallaby, dingo, Tasmanian devil, dibbler, dugong, dunnart, flying fox, goanna, wombat, koala, pademelon, platypus
Fruit grown in Australia Avocados, bananas, citrus, macadamias, mangoes, custard apples, lychees, papaya, passion fruit, pineapples, rambutan, mangosteen, durian, mandarins, lemons, limes, grapefruit, tangelos, avocados, mangoes, bananas, apples, pears, table grapes, peaches, nectarines, plums, cherries, berries nashi, kiwifruit, Pink Lady, Sundowner, Fuji, Gala, nectarines, apricots, plums
Australian mountains Ramshead, Carruthers Peak , Gungartan, Flinders Peak, Enoggera Hill, Lizard Point, Bare Rock, Sentinal Point, First Pyramid, Teviot Range, Thronton Peak, Kaiser Stuhl, Paney Bluff, Devil’s Peak, Dutchman’s Stern, Moockra Tower, Pompey’s Pillar, The Armchair, Freeling Heights, Frenchmans Cap, Ben Lomond, You Yangs, Bluff Knoll,
Australian Prime Ministers Robert Menzies, John Howard, Bob Hawke, Malcolm Fraser, Billy Hughes, Joseph Lyons, Stanley Bruce, Alfred Deakin, Andrew Fisher, Ben Chifley, Paul Keating, John Curtin, John Gorton, Gough Whitlam, Edmund Barton, James Scullin, Harold Holt, William McMahon, Joseph Cook, George Reid, Chris Watson, Kevin Rudd, Arthur Fadden, John McEwen, Earle Page, Frank Forde
When your teacher stops you, ask about any which you are not sure how to pronounce, repeating them back in a giving example phrase each time. Then do the same with things from other countries, this time without the phrases above to help.
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Giving examples of Australian things
Student B
Choose one category below. Using a different phrase from the box below each time, give the most difficult examples for your partner to guess the category from. If they can’t guess correctly, give them more and more examples from the same category, and continue until they get the right answer. Then take turns doing the same.
Useful phrases for giving examples
- “For example,…”
- “For instance,…”
- “To give an example,…”
- “To give just one example,…”
- “One example (of this) is…”
- “There are many examples, such as …”
- “One more example is…”
- “Another example is…”
- “Probably the most famous example is …”
- “An example that you might be aware of is…”
Category Examples
Australian birds Cassowary, emu, fairy penguin, kookaburra, king parrot, lorikeet, lyrebird,
Nuts grown in Australia almonds, chestnuts, pecans, pistachios, walnuts, macadamia
Vegetables grown in Australia Asparagus, zucchini squash, potatoes, tomatoes, carrots, mushrooms, onions, lettuce, capsicums, cucumbers
Australian rivers Abercrombie ,Albert, Ashburton, Avon, Barcoo, Barrington, Barron, Barwon, Bega, Blackwood, Bloomfield, Bogan, Bremer, Burdekin, Burnett, Campaspe, Cann, Castlereagh, Clyde, Coen, Colo, Condamine, Coopers Creek, Coxs, Crackenback, Cudgegong, Daintree, Daly, Darling, Dawson, Derwent, Diamantina, Dumaresq, Edward, Einasleigh, Eucumbene, Finke
Australian sportsmen Don Bradman, Cathy Freeman, Ian Thorpe, Dawn Fraser, Rod Laver, Lleyton Hewitt, Shane Warne, Greg Norman
When your teacher stops you, ask about any which you are not sure how to pronounce, repeating them back in a giving example phrase each time. Then do the same with things from other countries, this time without the phrases above to help.
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