Game provided by Ben, which will probably work well as a classroom activity, particularly English or teaching of other languages. We rather like it, for its simplicity and encouraging players to think.
The leader or teacher, states any rule of the English language… like “i before e, except after c.”. Players/students have to come up with as many cases as they can, which are the exceptions or ‘break that rule’. Scoring a point for each correct exception that they come up with.
You’ll need to decide in advance how much you’ll allow use of dictionaries or other help. Ideally it’s a case of how many points you can get just by applying your own knowledge, so it might work better if this is played in groups and reliant on communal knowledge.
Oh and cheating… takes you or your team back to ‘null points!’.
