Group Match Finding activities involve preparing a deck of game cards in which every single card has 1 identical matching pair card. After the cards are randomly distributed (1 card per participant), the activity participants must find the other person with the identical matching card, without showing anyone their actual card. Verbal-only communication must be utilized by the activity participants to describe the information on the cards to as many other participants as necessary until they find their match.
The following files (in the quantities specified) are necessary for students to be able to practice this Deduction Challenge activity version.
Matching Pairs Card Deck
Printable Cards – Set A
Included Core Vocabulary:
airplane, airport, bank, bike/bicycle, bus, car, helicopter, hospital, hot air balloon, library, motorbike, museum, school, ship, shopping center, stadium, taxi, train
Printable Cards – Set B
Includes cards that are each identical to a Set A card, except that the frequency of use of each transportation mode (always, usually, often, sometimes, rarely, never) is different than the otherwise identical Set A card.
Included Core Vocabulary:
airplane, airport, always, bank, bike/bicycle, bus, car, helicopter, hospital, hot air balloon, library, motorbike, museum, never, often, rarely, school, ship, shopping center, sometimes, stadium, taxi, train, usually
Printable Cards – Set C
Included Core Vocabulary:
airplane, bike/bicycle, bus, car, courthouse, gift shop, helicopter, hot air balloon, marina, motorbike, old bridge, park, playground, ship, skate park, (the) skyscrapers, taxi, train, zoo
Printable Cards – Set D
Includes cards that are each identical to a Set C card, except that the frequency of use of each transportation mode (always, usually, often, sometimes, rarely, never) is different than the otherwise identical Set C card.
Included Core Vocabulary:
airplane, always, bike/bicycle, bus, car, courthouse, gift shop, helicopter, hot air balloon, marina, motorbike, never, often, old bridge, park, playground, rarely, ship, skate park, (the) skyscrapers, sometimes, taxi, train, usually, zoo
Printable Cards – Set E
Included Core Vocabulary:
airplane, bike/bicycle, bus, car, church, factory, fire station, helicopter, hot air balloon, motorbike, pharmacy, police station, post office, prison, ship, taxi, temple, train
Printable Cards – Set F
Includes cards that are each identical to a Set E card, except that the frequency of use of each transportation mode (always, usually, often, sometimes, rarely, never) is different than the otherwise identical Set E card.
Included Core Vocabulary:
airplane, always, bike/bicycle, bus, car, church, factory, fire station, helicopter, hot air balloon, motorbike, never, often, pharmacy, police station, post office, prison, rarely, ship, sometimes, taxi, temple, train, usually
The following files are not required, but serve useful optional purposes.
Card-Back Patterns
Cheat Sheets
