 Awesome ESL Conversation Activity to really get your students talking, apples to apples. This is a very popular game involving play cards. Group up your students and determine a judge for the first round. The judge then lays down a card, and the other students need to play cards that they think relate to the judge's card. When all cards have been laid down, the judge chooses the card that is most appropriate, and then must explain his reasoning behind the choice. Another student then becomes the judge for the next round.