Liar Liar

This is a good game for students to practice asking questions and to make sure they listen to the responses from their fellow students. It helps if the students are familiar with each other enough that they know when someone is giving incorrect information.

The game is played by choosing several students who are not allowed to tell the truth. A single student is also chosen who must ask questions of the other students until they can figure out which students are the 'liars.'

Detailed Instructions

1. All students in the class sit in a circle, facing the center
2. One student is chosen to be 'it.' 
3. Once the student is chosen, they are asked to leave the room. Once out of the room, the teacher chooses one to three students to act as 'liars'. Students may also volunteer themselves.
4. The chosen students are not allowed to tell the truth in response to questions, but must give a response.
5. The student who is 'it' returns to the room, and must ask questions of the other students in the target language until they can discover which students are 'liars.'
6. The game can end either when the student who is 'it' finds one liar, or all of them. One of the 'liars' then becomes it for the next round.