Guessing mimes

1. Teacher tells a student a simple instruction, for example: You are watching tennis,
2. The student mimes this. The teacher then asks a series of guessing questions to show the other students what is required, e.g. Are you watching football? Are you crossing the road? The person doing the mime can only give Yes/No answers.
3. Now the teacher gives out cards or tells the instructions to a volunteer to mime before the class. If students cannot guess within 5 questions the presenter wins a point.
4. Here is a set of simple mimes:
- You are opening a tin.
- You are watching tennis.
- You are crossing the road.
- You are taking a shower.
- You are riding a horse.
- You are moving the furniture.
- You are working with Xerox.
- You are taking an exam.
- You are watching a comedy on television.
- You are changing a car/bicycle wheel.
- You are dancing tango.
- You are climbing mountains.
5. Next set of cards with more complex actions:
- blowing into a bag for a police breath-test
- taking photos of yourself in an automatic machine
- a lion-tamer, putting your head into the lion's mouth
- in a crowded bus, trying to read someone's newspaper
- a film director, showing the hero and heroine how to kiss
- lying in bed, in the dark, trying to switch off an alarm-clock
- trying to keep awake during a boring lecture
- an Egyptian belly-dancer in a night-club
- the Mona Lisa, sitting for her portrait
- blowing out the candles on birthday cake
- a parachutist, getting ready to jump
- a discus thrower, getting ready to throw