Here you can find some questions you can ask your partner during conversation about games:

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1. What kinds of game do you know?

2. What kinds of game do you play?

3. What kind of game is your favourite ?

4. What are the most popular games that people play in your country?

5. How often do you play computer games?

6. What is your favourite computer game?

7. What cult computer games do you know?

8. Who are the most famous computer game heroes of all times?

9. Do you know any films based on computer games? Do you like them?

10. Have you ever heard of people getting addicted to playing computer games? What were the consequences ?

11. What are the possible dangers of playing computer games?

12. What are the advantages of playing computer games?

13. What board games do you know?

14. Do you like playing board games?

15. What are the most popular board games in your country?

16. Do you play cards ?

17. What card games do you know?

18. What are the most popular card games in your country? Describe them.

19. Is gambling popular in your country?

20. Can we get addicted to gambling? What are the possible consequences?

21. Do you know any parlour games ? Describe them.

22. Do you play parlour games with your friends?

23. Have you ever tried bowling ? If so, do you like it?

24. Is bowling popular in your country?

25. Can you play billiards ? If so, do you like it?

26. What is your favourite team game ? Do you prefer playing games in a team or individually ?

27. What is your favourite sport game ?

28. What are the most popular sport games in your country?

29. Have computer games dominated all other kinds of games in your country?

favourite (level: pre-intermediate)
best liked
My favourite colour is green.

cult (level: upper-intermediate)
liked by a particular group of people
“The Godfather” is definitely a cult film. I don’t know people who didn’t like it.

hero (level: pre-intermediate)
the main male character of a story (female: heroine)
Batman and Superman are widely known heroes in most countries in the world.

to get addicted (level: intermediate)
to become unable to stop doing something or taking something (e.g. drugs)
Because of high level of stress in today’s world, many people get addicted to alcohol and drugs.

consequence (level: intermediate)
a negative result of a particular action or situation
The painter seemed so reliable and professional that I let him do what he wants with my room. And look at the consequences. What a disaster!

danger (level: pre-intermediate)
the likelihood of someone’s injury or death
Every time I have to see their big, nasty dog I feel that my life is in danger.

violence (level: intermediate)
using words and force in order to hurt other people
Computer games including too much violence should be forbidden for all people under 18.

nudity (level: upper intermediate)
when people have no clothes on
In my opinion too much nudity in movies, TV commercials and on billboards is simply unaesthetic.

advantage (level: pre-intermediate)
a positive side of something
The biggest advantage of living in the country is the silence.

educational game (level: intermediate)
a game that provides new knowledge on a particular topic
Some war games, although sometimes violent, can be called educational games, because they provide a new historical and cultural background.

board game (level: intermediate)
a type of game in which small pieces are moved around a board with patterns or drawings on it (e.g. chess)
Monopoly is my favourite board game of all times.

cards (level: pre-intermediate)
a set of small pieces of paper with particular number or signs on it
Mix up the cards before you deal them out.

poker (level: pre-intermediate)
a card game in which people normally try to win some money from the others
She left her husband, because he used to play poker with his colleagues every night and usually ended up losing a lot of money.

bridge (level: pre-intermediate)
a card game in which players play in pairs
We used to meet the Smiths to play bridge every weekend.

face-card (level: advanced)
it refers to cards that depict people: king, queen, jack (always) and joker (in some games only)
In some card games joker is the strongest face-card.

suit (level: advanced)
one of four signs printed on playing cards
The suits of playing cards are hearts, diamonds, clubs and spades.

gambling (level: advanced)
betting money, e.g. in a game or a horse race
He got so addicted to gambling that he ended up taking a loan to pay off his gambling debts.

parlour game (level: advanced)
a game played indoors with other people
Word-plays are my favourite parlour games.

bowling (level: upper intermediate)
a game played inside in which you roll a heavy ball in order to knock down pins (thin and tall objects)
Bowling has become so popular that you can play it in almost all shopping centres.

billiards (level: upper intermediate)
a game played on a green table in which you hit balls against each other (by using a long pole) so that they fall into pockets in the table’s corners
Billiards is commonly played in pubs.

team game (level: pre-intermediate)
a game that you play in a team
Team games have a positive influence on children, because they learn how to cooperate with the others.

individually (level: intermediate)
separately
He is much more efficient when he works individually, because he is too stubborn to cooperate with the others.

sport game (level: pre-intermediate)
a game that needs physical effort and particular skills; it’s played with the others for fun or as a job
Football has always been the most popular sport game among men.

to dominate (level: intermediate)
to gain control over somebody or to become more important than something
Books are facing the danger of being dominated by movies, but fortunately they are still doing well.