The Calendar and Clock Game – Jobs & Work

Challenge your students’ general knowledge and math skills while reviewing useful phrases to talk about work.

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How to use this activity

It’s as easy as it gets!

Students play individually. Display the game and call out a number. Give your students some time to respond to the card in the chat.

The opinion cards are only there to generate a quick discussion, so no points are awarded.
The knowledge cards award 2 points to any student who correctly answers.
The puzzle cards award 3 points to the first student to answer correctly.

Play until all the cards have been used. The student with the most points at the end wins.

For example:

Card 1 (opinion) – What is the busiest time of the year for your profession? – “For me, Christmas is definitely the busiest time of the year because we have to sell a lot of products before the holidays” (zero points awarded)

Card 11 (knowledge) – When is Labor Day celebrated in the United States? – “In the US, Labor Day is celebrated on the first Monday in September.” (two points awarded)

Card 12 (puzzle) – Gretchen starts work at a quarter past 3 in the afternoon. Her shift lasts 6 and a half hours. When does she get off? – “I think she gets off work at a quarter to 9” (zero point awarded – she gets off at 9:45)

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Nicolas Bragard

As a teacher of ESL and French as a foreign language for several years, I have had the opportunity to work in several countries and with a wide variety of students. Now my job got even better: I get to help make your lessons all pretty and fun! Rather cool, I'd say.

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