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Categories game: free printable PDF

Print a ready-made template and play anywhere: at home, on the road, in the classroom, even without the internet. Black and white to save your printer, with an alphabet for drawing a letter. Want your own categories? Create your own PDF.

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Choose according to who will be playing. All of them have an alphabet and rows for every round.

  • Categories game

    Categories game

    The game sheet contains the 6 most popular categories from our online version of the game. Suitable for children from 9 years old.

    Game categories:Animals, Food, Country, City, Job, Name

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  • Categories game – 12 categories

    Categories game – 12 categories

    The game sheet contains the 12 most popular categories from our online version of the game.

    Game categories:Animals, Food, Country, Color, Girl's name, Boy's name, Movie, Four letter word, Body part, TV show, Excuses for Being Late, Superhero name

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  • Standard

    Standard

    The game sheet contains 23 different categories for children from 9 years old.

    Game categories:Animals, Food, Country, Color, Body part, Fruit, Superhero name, City, Sport, Clothing, Thing, Things That Are Round, Items in a Refrigerator, 5 Letter Word, Musical instruments, Vegetable, Name, Occupation, Famous people, Plant, Dog name, Sweets, Fairy tale characters

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  • Student

    Student

    The game sheet contains 23 different categories for children from 13 years old.

    Game categories:Animals, Movie, Excuses for Being Late, Fictional Characters, Adjective, Thing, Book, Name, Occupation, Christmas gift, 3 letter words, River, Capital, Verb, Furniture, Appliance, Foreign City, Actor, Nouns, Means of transport, Chemical element, Foreign Word, Politician

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Want your own categories?

In the generator you choose the categories (from more than 200 ready-made ones or your own), the number of rows, the paper size and the language. Then you share the game with a link.

Use the PDF generator
  • A4 and US Letter
  • 5 to 32 categories
  • table or cards
  • up to 50 copies

Who it is for

  • Parents and kids

    For trips, holidays and waiting rooms. Where there is no signal, a pencil is enough.

  • Teachers

    Hand it out to the class, no devices needed. More for teachers.

  • Company events

    A game on the table between two meetings. More about team building.

  • Celebrations and parties

    Birthdays, family gatherings and parties. Hand out the sheets and play, with no phones at the table.

Rules of the game

The aim is to find and write words that match the selected categories and start with the chosen letter. The game is played in rounds; players earn points for valid words. The player with the most points wins.

  1. Each player receives a game sheet and places it in front of them along with a pencil.
  2. The game has several rounds. For each round of the game, you must specify a letter that each word will begin with.
  3. One of the players say the alphabet in their head. Another player stops them at any time with the word STOP.
  4. The round begins when the player says the letter where he was stopped out loud.
  5. Players must fill in the words for each category in one row of the table as quickly as possible. The words must begin with the selected letter.
  6. The first player to fill in all the categories shouts the word STOP and everyone else has to put down their pencil. The players can also agree to end the round at any time.
  7. At the end of each round, points are awarded for the words according to the rules on the game card.
  8. The game ends after the agreed number of rounds. The player with the most points wins.

Scoring

  • Empty field = 0 points.
  • Same word as another player = 0 points.
  • Unique answer = 1 point.
  • Answer only from you = 1 point.
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Which languages are the templates in?

The generator offers more than 50 languages. The ready-made templates are in the language of the website.

Can you play online too?

Yes, the online game is the same game, only with automatic scoring.