Four Corners BOMB game (and template)

TL;DR:

I made a fun "4 Corners" PowerPoint game that gets students moving. It’s perfect for filling time or reviewing vocab, and you can easily tweak it with your own questions! It is based on an old PPT game from Korshare years ago, but I've updated the graphics and questions to be more relatable~

How to Play: 🎮

1. You show a question like, “What’s your favorite color?” on the screen.
2. The four corners of the room have different answers (e.g., “Red, Orange, Purple, Green”), and the students walk to the corner they think won’t get bombed.
3. Give them a 10-second countdown, then hit spacebar to “bomb” one corner. The kids in that corner sit down (at their desk), and the rest keep going.
4. The last student standing wins!

You can change up the questions to fit whatever topic or grammar point you’re working on.

Materials: 📚

• The PowerPoint
• A classroom with enough space for students to move to the different corners.
• Optional: a timer or buzzer for the countdowns, but I usually just count down myself.

Notes: 📝

• While it's aimed at younger students, during a self-intro lesson or as an end-of-class time filler, this has worked in a pinch for SHS!
• I also made little corner identifiers you can print and put in the corners of your classroom. This only really needed to be done with my youngest kids in ELEM.

General Lesson Plan: 🧑‍🏫

• Intro: I usually use this game after my self-introduction to get the kids up and moving. You could also use it as a fun time-filler if you have extra minutes at the end of class.
• Explain & Play: Tell them the rules, and off they go! The best part is the tension when the countdown starts—students are on the edge of their seats, hoping their corner doesn’t get bombed.
• Multiple Rounds: I usually do about 3-4 rounds. You can easily swap out the questions depending on what you’re teaching that day.

Variations: 🔄

Here are some other question variations you could make:
- "Which one do you prefer?" (e.g., Cats or dogs? Summer or winter? Pizza or sushi?)
- "Which of these is ___?" (e.g., Which of these animals is a mammal? Which of these countries is in Europe?)
- "Where would you like to go?" (e.g., The beach, the mountains, a theme park, or a museum?)
- "Which one do you think is the odd one out?" (e.g., A pencil, a book, a chair, a pen?)
- "Have you ever ___?" (e.g., eaten natto, played the piano, visited Tokyo, cried on a plane)
- "Would you rather" (present perfect practice)

Google Link: 🔗

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1RxDQEug6FIdLpbky7tH7ul9JcIAn7OCB/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=106686849020877927715&rtpof=true&sd=true

Happy teaching,

Carpenter Bee

Files:

Small files

Four Corners PREVIEW (w template).png (699 KB)

OPTIONAL A4 prints for corners.pdf (60.2 KB)

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More information

4 Corners TEMPLATE blank.pptx (21.4 MB)

Four Corners BOMB game!.pptx (28.9 MB)