Vocabulary Bingo is an exciting variation of the popular Bingo game that promotes the identification of commonly used terms.

The game is played using the same 5 x 5 matrix Bingo card, but instead of numbers, commonly used words or pictures are randomly printed on the face of the card such as Dog, Cat, Bird, etc.

The game can be made a bit more difficult by using hard to spell words such as Czechoslovakia, Presbyterian, acquiesce, etc.

Also, in place of Bingo balls, caller cards with commonly used terms are used.

A player who covers five squares in a row horizontally, vertically, or diagonally can spell out "B-I-N-G-O".

Other Bingo patterns such as "Blackout", stamp or four corners can also be played. In fact you can even make up your own to make the game more exciting!

How to play Vocabulary Bingo

1. Each player is given a Vocabulary Bingo Card and a Bingo pattern is pre-determined.

2. A Caller randomly draws from a pile of Vocabulary Bingo caller cards and reads aloud Vocabulary character or word.

3. The players mark the character or word on their Vocabulary Bingo card.

4. The first player to complete the Bingo pattern on his card should spell out B-I-N-G-O!

5. The caller then checks the player's card for accuracy, confirms that the player has indeed achieved Bingo, declares the winner and awards a prize.