Hobby Preferences Deduction Challenges

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Pair Practice (Speaking)

Pair-Practice activities involve learners being organized into pairs for learning tasks that require back-and-forth communication between 2 people. For 1-on-1 lessons with only 1 student, the activities can be practiced by the student and the instructor.

Primary Required Files

The following files (in the quantities specified) are necessary for students to be able to practice this Deduction Challenge activity version.

Secret Cards

  • A Secret Card Deck can be created with the full set of 18 Hobby Preference Cards.
  • 1 set of 18 cards will be sufficient for simultaneous use by up to 36 participants (or 18 partner-pairs)
  • For the best long-lasting durability, print, cut, and then laminate each individual card. This should allow for years of regular use, even by younger learners.

Hobby Preference Cards

Printable Cards – Set A

Included Core Vocabulary:
biking, chess, coding, cooking, dancing, fishing, playing-guitar, hiking, jogging, painting, playing-piano, photography, reading, playing-sports, surfing, swimming

Phonics Practice Character Names: 
Ann, Ben, Bess, Beth, Bill, Dan, Jan, Jen, Jess, Jill, Jim, Ken, Kim, Sim, Tess, Tim, Tom, Will

A4 Format - 2 Pages - PDF

US Letter - 2 Pages - PDF

Deduction Tables

  • Each partner-pair participating in this speaking activity will need their own set of 2 Deduction Tables (which can be printed back-to-back on a single sheet of paper).
  • Survey Info Table Hobby Preferences I shows all of the characters’ hobby preferences from biking to hiking.
  • Survey Info Table Hobby Preferences II shows all of the characters’ hobby preferences from jogging to swimming.
  • If the Survey Info Deduction Tables are laminated, learners can use an erasable whiteboard marker to systematically cross off characters’ names until only 1 remains.
  • No cutting required. The two Survey Info Deduction Tables can simply be printed double-sided on a single sheet of A4 or US Letter.

Hobby Preferences Deduction Tables

Survey Info Table – Hobby Preferences I (For All 18 Characters)

Included Core Vocabulary:
biking, chess, coding, cooking, dancing, fishing, playing-guitar, hiking

Phonics Practice Character Names: 
Ann, Ben, Bess, Beth, Bill, Dan, Jan, Jen, Jess, Jill, Jim, Ken, Kim, Sim, Tess, Tim, Tom, Will

A4 Format - 1 Page - PDF

US Letter - 1 Page - PDF

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Survey Info Table – Hobby Preferences II (For All 18 Characters)

Included Core Vocabulary:
jogging, painting, playing-piano, photography, reading, playing-sports, surfing, swimming

Phonics Practice Character Names: 
Ann, Ben, Bess, Beth, Bill, Dan, Jan, Jen, Jess, Jill, Jim, Ken, Kim, Sim, Tess, Tim, Tom, Will

A4 Format - 1 Page - PDF

US Letter - 1 Page - PDF

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Additional Files

The following files are not required, but serve useful optional purposes.

Card-Back Patterns

  • Printing a unique pattern on the back of each set of cards makes sorting easier and also provides a clean professional look.
  • Print a pattern on the back of a set of cards BEFORE cutting out the individual cards.
  • Patterns can also be printed on the backs of Deduction Panels to show which Card Sets they match with. This may be useful for younger learners.

Secret Cards - Card-Backs Pattern - Thumbs Up - Bright Orange & Dark Gray

A4 Format - 1 Page - PDF

US-Letter - 1 Page - PDF

Secret Cards - Card-Backs Pattern - Thumbs Up - Purple & Pink

A4 Format - 1 Page - PDF

US-Letter - 1 Page - PDF

Cheat Sheets

  • For learners who have basic reading skills, using a Cheat Sheet allows them to learn the vocabulary words WHILE they are practicing the speaking activity. 
  • Includes activity Sentence Patterns & Core Vocabulary Words

Hobby Preferences Deduction Cheat Sheet A

A4 Format - 1 Page - PDF

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US-Letter - 1 Page - PDF

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