Classroom Conversations Bingo: Practicing Do You Have
A movement-based bingo activity where students circulate the room asking "Do you have...?" questions to find classmates who match each square, building speaking and listening fluency with the verb to have. Designed for high school English language learners, it includes sentence frames for asking and answering and a question bank that models how to convert "has" statements into questions.
“Make an interactive bingo type activity where students get up and move around asking questions using the verb to have. These are ENglish language learners in high school”
Teacher Guide & Tips
- Use this as a 20-30 minute warm-up at the start of a grammar unit on the verb to have, or as a movement break after a longer lesson on possession and personal information.
- Discussion question: "What is the difference between 'Find someone who has a blue pen' and 'Do you have a blue pen?'" Have students explain the change in their own words before they start circulating.
- Scaffold for struggling readers: post the sentence frames ("Do you have a ___?" / "Yes, I have a ___." / "No, I don't have a ___.") on the board and let students practice one exchange with a partner before moving around the room.
- Extension for advanced students: challenge them to ask follow-up questions after a "yes" answer, such as "What color is it?" or "Can I borrow it?", and to include third-person forms like "Does she have...?" in their conversations.
- Estimated time: about 5 minutes to explain and model, 15-20 minutes of circulating and conversation, and 3-5 minutes to debrief which squares were hardest to fill.
What is Diffit?
Teachers use Diffit to get quality materials for their unique classrooms. Adjust difficulty, add scaffolds, or change the topic to get started.
Try Diffit for free“Make an interactive bingo type activity where students get up and move around asking questions using the verb to have. These are ENglish language learners in high school”
Teacher Guide & Tips
- Use this as a 20-30 minute warm-up at the start of a grammar unit on the verb to have, or as a movement break after a longer lesson on possession and personal information.
- Discussion question: "What is the difference between 'Find someone who has a blue pen' and 'Do you have a blue pen?'" Have students explain the change in their own words before they start circulating.
- Scaffold for struggling readers: post the sentence frames ("Do you have a ___?" / "Yes, I have a ___." / "No, I don't have a ___.") on the board and let students practice one exchange with a partner before moving around the room.
- Extension for advanced students: challenge them to ask follow-up questions after a "yes" answer, such as "What color is it?" or "Can I borrow it?", and to include third-person forms like "Does she have...?" in their conversations.
- Estimated time: about 5 minutes to explain and model, 15-20 minutes of circulating and conversation, and 3-5 minutes to debrief which squares were hardest to fill.
Classroom Conversations Bingo: Practicing Do You Have
A movement-based bingo activity where students circulate the room asking "Do you have...?" questions to find classmates who match each square, building speaking and listening fluency with the verb to have. Designed for high school English language learners, it includes sentence frames for asking and answering and a question bank that models how to convert "has" statements into questions.
What is Diffit?
Teachers use Diffit to get quality materials for their unique classrooms. Adjust difficulty, add scaffolds, or change the topic to get started.
Try Diffit for free