Title: Describing Processes Game
Course: Study PrepProg English for Engineering > Section: Process Description

Describe a process from below without saying which one until your partner guesses.

Describe a process from below without saying which one until your partner guesses.

Possible processes to describe

A manufacturing or construction process

A natural process (e.g. the nitrogen cycle or the life cycle of an animal)

A performance (e.g. modelling with balloons, throwing your voice or a magic trick)

A legal system (e.g. from being a suspect to being prosecuted or launching an appeal)

A political system (e.g. running for election or how something becomes law)

An administrative system (e.g. finding school places for first year primary students)

Applying for something (visa, university, language school, graduate job, etc)

Arts and crafts (carpentry, making Xmas decorations, etc)

Buying something (e.g. a house or traveller’s cheques)

Cleaning something

Closing and/ or opening something

Constructing something (e.g. flat pack furniture)

Cooking or preparing some food or drink (e.g. a cocktail or long drink)

Dealing with an animal (e.g. training a dog or getting a horse ready to ride)

Dealing with children (e.g. bathing a baby)

Doing a sport or exercise (a yoga move, a stretching routine or a dance move)

Doing something on a computer (e.g. using some software)

Driving or riding something

Entering a competition

Emptying or filling something (e.g. a vacuum cleaner)

Escaping from a difficult situation (e.g. a bear attack or a plane that’s landed on water)

First aid or other medical treatments (e.g. treating a snake bite)

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How something is selected (e.g. an American Idol winner or a high school teacher)

Improving your mental processes (brainstorming, being more creative, etc)

Making, altering or mending clothes

Making yourself look better (e.g. putting on some makeup)

Mending something (e.g. changing a light bulb or bicycle tyre)

Operating electronics (e.g. DVD, alarm clock, dishwasher, or radio controlled car)

Operating something mechanical (e.g. grandfather clock or gun)

Planning something (an essay, a presentation, etc)

Playing or tuning a musical instrument

Playing or practicing a sport

Safety checks

Saving money (e.g. getting something for free or finding something second hand)

Some DIY (e.g. constructing flat pack furniture or wallpapering)

Using transport (e.g. the underground railway in another city)

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