1. Arrange students into groups. Each group needs at least ONE person who has a mobile device.
2. If their phone camera doesn't automatically detect and decode QR codes, ask students to
4. Cut them out and place them around your class / school.
1. Give each group a clipboard and a piece of paper so they can write down the decoded questions and their answers to them.
2. Explain to the students that the codes are hidden around the school. Each team will get ONE point for each question they correctly decode and copy down onto their sheet, and a further TWO points if they can then provide the correct answer and write this down underneath the question.
3. Away they go! The winner is the first team to return with the most correct answers in the time available. This could be within a lesson, or during a lunchbreak, or even over several days!
4. A detailed case study in how to set up a successful QR Scavenger Hunt using this tool can be found here.
Question | Answer |
| 1. Cherry ______ what her parents had told her about her future last night. | pondered | 2. I have two best friends, Jacky and Peggy. I met the ______ in elementary school and the latter in junior high school.2 | former2 | 3. It’s a Chinese custom to worship one’s ______ on Tomb-sweeping Day.3 | ancestors3 | 4. Generally speaking, children have a great deal of ______ for their parents.4 | affection4 | 5. The construction of the Great Wall is considered one of the greatest ______ in human history.5 | achievements5 | 6. The poor people in this country are ______ to stay alive.6 | struggling6 | 7. My ______ is a very nice old man and never shouts at the people who rent his apartments.7 | landlord7 | 8. Some creatures in traditional legends are not real; that is, they don’t ______ in reality.8 | exist8 | 9. Due to the snowstorm, the climbers were forced to return to the base camp when they were ______ to the top of the mountain.9 | halfway9 | 10. Ralph’s parents were ______ in him because he told them a lie about where he had been.10 | disappointed10 | 11. Professor Lin is carrying out research ______ the migration of certain birds.11 | regarding11 | 12. This company offers a wide ______ of products and is quite successful.12 | range12 | 13. After months of intensive training in the cram school, the student now has the ______ to write a good English composition.13 | ability13 | 14. The whole concept is too ______ for me. Could you please explain it to me again?14 | abstract14 | 15. J. K. Rowling has become a(n) ______ author thanks to the success of the Harry Potter series.15 | celebrated15 | 16. With the help of the witness, the police ______ the murderer and arrested him three hours after the murder.16 | identified16 | 17. The sorrowful, dark images created in the novel ______ the novelist’s struggles and despair in real life.17 | represent17 | 18. Nancy could speak very good English if she were more ______ in her use of idioms and verb tenses.18 | accurate18 | 19. To ______ English, you need to be exposed to it every day.19 | master19 | 20. Refugees who live lives of constant wandering long for the ______ of a stable home.20 | comforts20 | 21. Before he became a professional actor, Richard had ______ in acting for over ten years.21 | engaged21 | 22. Ten years had passed since we last met each other, but I could still recognize Betty at first sight because she ______ unchanged.22 | remained22 | 23. My older and younger brothers are both college students now and they major in literature and physics ______.23 | respectively23 | 24. According to scientists, it usually takes a child only a few years to ______ his or her mother tongue.24 | acquire24 | 25. Ed is a man of ______. He often gives money to the poor and helps old people cross the street.25 | compassion25 |
Cherry ______ what her parents had told her about her future last night.&choe=UTF-8
Question 1 (of 25)
I have two best friends, Jacky and Peggy. I met the ______ in elementary school and the latter in junior high school.2&choe=UTF-8
Question 2 (of 25)
It’s a Chinese custom to worship one’s ______ on Tomb-sweeping Day.3&choe=UTF-8
Question 3 (of 25)
Generally speaking, children have a great deal of ______ for their parents.4&choe=UTF-8
Question 4 (of 25)
The construction of the Great Wall is considered one of the greatest ______ in human history.5&choe=UTF-8
Question 5 (of 25)
The poor people in this country are ______ to stay alive.6&choe=UTF-8
Question 6 (of 25)
My ______ is a very nice old man and never shouts at the people who rent his apartments.7&choe=UTF-8
Question 7 (of 25)
Some creatures in traditional legends are not real; that is, they don’t ______ in reality.8&choe=UTF-8
Question 8 (of 25)
Due to the snowstorm, the climbers were forced to return to the base camp when they were ______ to the top of the mountain.9&choe=UTF-8
Question 9 (of 25)
Ralph’s parents were ______ in him because he told them a lie about where he had been.10&choe=UTF-8
Question 10 (of 25)
Professor Lin is carrying out research ______ the migration of certain birds.11&choe=UTF-8
Question 11 (of 25)
This company offers a wide ______ of products and is quite successful.12&choe=UTF-8
Question 12 (of 25)
After months of intensive training in the cram school, the student now has the ______ to write a good English composition.13&choe=UTF-8
Question 13 (of 25)
The whole concept is too ______ for me. Could you please explain it to me again?14&choe=UTF-8
Question 14 (of 25)
J. K. Rowling has become a(n) ______ author thanks to the success of the Harry Potter series.15&choe=UTF-8
Question 15 (of 25)
With the help of the witness, the police ______ the murderer and arrested him three hours after the murder.16&choe=UTF-8
Question 16 (of 25)
The sorrowful, dark images created in the novel ______ the novelist’s struggles and despair in real life.17&choe=UTF-8
Question 17 (of 25)
Nancy could speak very good English if she were more ______ in her use of idioms and verb tenses.18&choe=UTF-8
Question 18 (of 25)
To ______ English, you need to be exposed to it every day.19&choe=UTF-8
Question 19 (of 25)
Refugees who live lives of constant wandering long for the ______ of a stable home.20&choe=UTF-8
Question 20 (of 25)
Before he became a professional actor, Richard had ______ in acting for over ten years.21&choe=UTF-8
Question 21 (of 25)
Ten years had passed since we last met each other, but I could still recognize Betty at first sight because she ______ unchanged.22&choe=UTF-8
Question 22 (of 25)
My older and younger brothers are both college students now and they major in literature and physics ______.23&choe=UTF-8
Question 23 (of 25)
According to scientists, it usually takes a child only a few years to ______ his or her mother tongue.24&choe=UTF-8
Question 24 (of 25)
Ed is a man of ______. He often gives money to the poor and helps old people cross the street.25&choe=UTF-8
Question 25 (of 25)
