Make vocabulary and inferencing practice feel like a game with this What Am I? Guessing Games Bundle for Google Slides. Students read short descriptions, look for important clues, and choose the picture that best matches what is being described. Each activity brings together vocabulary, reading comprehension, and reasoning in an easy-to-use digital format.
Designed for ESL, ELL, and elementary English classrooms, these games give students opportunities to connect written clues with familiar pictures and explain their thinking. Use the descriptions for independent reading practice or read them aloud during a shared class activity.
The bundle includes 7 themed guessing games, combining basic vocabulary with back-to-school, seasonal, and holiday topics. Revisit the familiar game format throughout the school year while introducing different words and descriptions.
What’s Included
You’ll receive Google Slides guessing games for these 7 themes:
- ESL Basic Vocabulary
- Back to School
- Fall / Autumn
- Halloween
- Christmas
- Valentine’s Day
- Summer
A Visual Approach to Vocabulary and Inferencing
Give students more than a picture to name. Each question presents a short description containing clues, encouraging learners to read for meaning and consider which picture fits the information provided.
After students choose an answer, ask them to identify the clue that helped them decide. Discuss how the details fit their chosen picture and why another option does not match. This adds a speaking and reasoning opportunity to each question without changing the activity format.
Skills These Games Support
- Recognizing and reviewing basic, seasonal, and holiday vocabulary
- Reading short descriptions and identifying key details
- Using context clues and background knowledge to make inferences
- Matching written information to picture choices
- Explaining answers using details from a description
- Practicing listening comprehension when clues are read aloud
Ways to Use These Games
Whole-class warm-ups: Display a slide and read the clues together. Give students time to think before inviting them to share an answer and explain their choice.
Small-group language support: Work through the descriptions at your students’ pace. Review unfamiliar vocabulary, discuss the picture choices, and model how to connect each clue to a possible answer.
Partner reading and speaking: Have partners take turns reading the descriptions and discussing their answers. Encourage complete sentences using a model such as, “I think it is a _____ because _____.”
Seasonal vocabulary review: Choose the theme that matches your current classroom topic. Use a few questions to revisit vocabulary or play a longer round as part of a themed language lesson.
Why Teachers Love This Resource
These games combine vocabulary practice with a clear reading purpose: use the clues to solve the question. The picture choices provide a visual reference, while the short descriptions offer a starting point for discussion. Seven themes give teachers different vocabulary sets to revisit without introducing a completely new activity each time.
Digital Format and Classroom Setup
Use the activities in Google Slides for a shared classroom game or teacher-led small-group practice. Preview your chosen theme before the lesson and decide whether students will read the descriptions themselves, read with a partner, or listen as you read aloud.
For additional support, introduce unfamiliar words before playing. To extend the activity, invite students to write their own “What am I?” descriptions and challenge a classmate to guess the answer.
Perfect For
Use this guessing games bundle for elementary vocabulary lessons, ESL and ELL language support, reading comprehension warm-ups, inferencing practice, partner discussions, small-group instruction, and private tutoring. The mix of everyday and themed vocabulary makes it a resource you can revisit throughout the school year.
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Begin with the digital descriptions as examples, then invite students to describe a mystery word for their classmates. Use the printable materials for follow-up speaking practice, partner games, or small-group vocabulary review.
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