High Fives

• Deal out 5 cards to each player.
• Place the remaining cards face down to create the draw pile.
• Take turns playing one card onto the discard pile, clockwise around the table.
• A person can only play a card if it matches the suit or the number of the previous card or it is a five of any suit.
• Fives are wild so you can play them at any time.
• If you can’t lay a card, pick a new one up from the draw pile and the game proceeds in a clockwise direction.
• Always begin every turn by making a statement using the language pattern at the top of the card.
• The first player to play all of their cards is the winner.

Game Variations
If the sentence contains a grammatical mistake, the player can be told to draw another card as punishment.
Encourage players to challenge any sentence from another player if they feel it contains an error.
Add a time limit for each turn to encourage quicker response.

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Dialogue Build

• With the deck of cards face down players take turns to draw a card from the top and make a statement.
• The next player’s statement must build upon the previous statement to form a continuous dialogue.
• Players work together creatively using as many cards as possible.

Game Variations
Players can keep the cards if they make a grammatically correct sentence and at the end, the player with the most cards wins.

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Expressive Pelmanism

• Divide the cards so you have a pair of each suit from A to Q (24 cards in total).
• Shuffle the cards and lay them face down on the table.
• Players take turns to turn over 2 cards and find a matching pair.
• If they find a match, they must make 2 sentences using the expressions on each card.
• If the sentences are grammatically correct they can keep the pair.
• After all the pairs are uncovered, the player with the most cards wins.