The aim of this card game is to practise yes/no questions and short answers using the structure “be going to + infinitive” to talk about future plans or intentions.

This game is a version of the classic card game Go Fish, in which students try to find matching pairs and collect as many pairs as possible.

The teacher should print two copies of the resource. The cards are shuffled and dealt so that each student has five cards (seven in smaller groups and three in larger ones). The remaining cards are placed face down in a pile in the middle of the table.

Students take turns to play. On each turn, a student asks a classmate whether they have a particular card, using the question written on the card (e.g. “Is Paul going to play badminton next Tuesday?”). If the classmate has the matching card, they must reply with the appropriate short answer (e.g. Yes, he is.), and hand the card over.

If the classmate does not have the card, they respond with a negative short answer (e.g. “No, he isn’t.”), and the rest of the group says “Go Fish.” The student who asked the question then draws a card from the pile.

The game continues until all the cards have been matched. The student with the most pairs at the end is the winner.