Make Christmas speaking practice fun and engaging with this Christmas Mystery Bag Guessing Game! This interactive activity helps students practice asking and answering WH-questions while trying to discover the mystery object hidden inside a bag.
For many language learners, asking questions is much more challenging than answering them. This low-prep speaking activity gives students meaningful practice formulating questions, listening carefully, and making logical guesses.
Perfect for ESL, EFL, elementary classrooms, Christmas parties, and seasonal speaking lessons, this activity gets every student involved while building confidence with question formation.
What Will Students Do?
- Bring a Christmas-themed mystery object to school
- Place the object inside a mystery bag
- Use the included question helper chart to ask questions
- Make guesses about the mystery object
- Work together to discover what is inside the bag
What’s Included
- Mystery bag labels (print 4 to a page)
- Question chart to help students formulate open and closed-ended questions
- Color printing option
- Black-and-white printing option
What You'll Need
- A bag to hold the mystery object
Skills Practiced
- WH-question formation
- Speaking and listening
- Question and answer skills
- Vocabulary development
- Critical thinking and inferencing
- Conversation skills
Why Teachers Love This Activity
- Gets every student actively participating
- Encourages meaningful speaking practice
- Simple, low-prep setup
- Perfect for Christmas classroom celebrations
- Supports both asking and answering questions
Perfect For
- Christmas classroom activities
- ESL / EFL speaking lessons
- WH-question practice
- Vocabulary development
- Speech therapy groups
- Small groups and whole-class activities
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Pair this activity with another engaging speaking resource:
- WH-Questions Activity Bundle – give students additional practice asking and answering who, what, where, when, why, and how questions.
Read more about this
Looking for more holiday speaking activities? Read: Fun Christmas ESL Activities for the Classroom for more engaging seasonal games and speaking ideas.
Also Available on TpT
This Christmas Mystery Bag Guessing Game is also available in our Teachers Pay Teachers store: Christmas Mystery Bag | Object Guessing Game | Asking and Answering WH Questions .
