Engage your students with this fun and interactive digital guessing game designed for ESL, ELL, and EFL learners! Using descriptive language and inference skills, students read or listen to short clues on each slide and try to guess which everyday object is being described. It’s perfect for whole-class participation, warm-ups, or vocabulary review in both in-person and virtual classrooms.
The activity encourages students to explain their reasoning (“Why did you choose that answer?”) to strengthen speaking, comprehension, and critical thinking skills. After each hint slide, an answer support slide reveals the correct object along with its spelling — reinforcing vocabulary acquisition and pronunciation.
What’s Included
- This resource opens in Google Slides™ (you’ll be prompted to make your own copy)
- 20 hint slides and 20 answer slides featuring colorful images and simple sentences
- Easy-to-follow teacher directions for classroom use
Why Teachers Love It
- Promotes active participation and descriptive language use
- Reinforces vocabulary comprehension through fun guessing activities
- Encourages reading, listening, and deductive reasoning
- Perfect for beginner ESL learners and mixed-level classrooms
- Low-prep — just open in presentation mode and play!
Preview This Resource
View a live preview of this Google Slides™ game HERE .
Perfect For Teachers Searching For
- Google Slides™ games for ESL classrooms
- Digital vocabulary review activities
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- Descriptive language and inference practice
- Whole-class ESL speaking and listening activities
Pair It With
For even more vocabulary fun, pair this Google Slides™ version with the Printable “What Am I?” Vocabulary Guessing Game from Hot Chocolate Teachables.
Also Available on Teachers Pay Teachers
Prefer shopping on TpT? Find this resource here: Guessing Game on Google Slides™ | Guess the Object Vocabulary Building Game .