Deductions / guesses

Making deductions - the diamond robbery

This is similar to the game 'Elementary, my dear Watson' in Jill Hadfield's Advanced Communication games. Students read the first card outlining the case and then comment on each subsequent clue, makding deductions where possible.

Making deductions - letter

Letter. Students read and make guesses about sender and recipient.

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Reading passages

MysteryNet external link icon

Website offering online mysteries to solve and short mystery stories

MysteryNet.com

Book references

Inside Out Student's Book Intermediate

Unit 11 Journey Page 94
Guessing travel photo locations; language analysis

Advanced Communication Games

22 Elementary, my dear Watson Page 22
Students read clue cards and make deductions to solve a murder

Intermediate Communication Games

30 - Suggestive shapes Page 30
Picture ordering game. Deductions; Looks like. Students descibe and makes guesses about abstract shapes.

Reward Upper-intermediate Resource Pack

19b & c Unsolved mysteries Page 19
(19b) Students read out short texts about five unsolved mysteries and speculate about possible explanations. (19c) Read and match explanations with mysteries.

Deductions / guesses

See also:

Making deductions - the diamond robbery

Making deductions - letter

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