Using 2 colors

Assign different target language to each color:   

Pink cards "Do you like ___ing?"    

Blue cards "Are you ___ing?"

Pink cards "Do you want to ___?"   

Blue cards "Do you ___ every day?"

Pink cards "Did you ___ last week?"

Blue cards "Did you ___ yesterday?"

Pink cards "Are you going to ___ tomorrow?"      

Blue cards "Did you ___ yesterday?"

Pink cards "Do you always ___ alone?" 

Blue cards "Do you always ___ with your friends?

Pink cards "Does Mary like to ___?"      

Blue cards "Does Tom like to ___?"

Using 3 colors

This requires a little more preparation, but it's definitely worth it. And it will keep your students on their toes...

Of course you still need 6 to 10 pairs of Topic cards, only now you need to make sure that you have an even "balance" of colors...   

Different Questions

Pink cards    "Do you like verbing?"       

Blue cards    "Are you verbing?"              

Green cards "Do you want to verb?"

Different Subjects  (using the predefined Color Coded Cards)

Pink cards    "Does Mary like verbing?"       

Blue cards    "Does Tom like verbing?"    

Green cards "Do your Tom and Mary like verbing?"

Different Verb Tenses  (using the predefined Color Coded Cards)

Pink cards    "Are you going to verb tomorrow?"

Blue cards    "Did you verb yesterday?"   

Green cards "Are you going to verb now?"

One Verb Tense  (using different "Time Words")

Pink cards    "Do you verb every day?"

Blue cards    "Do you verb on Mondays?"   

Green cards "Do you usually verb once a week?"

Using 4 colors 

Again, this requires a little bit more preparation, but it's worth the effort.....

Different Questions

Pink cards      "Do you like verbing?"    

Blue cards      "Are you verbing?"      

Green cards   "Do you want to verb?"    

Orange cards "Do you verb yesterday?"

Different Subjects  (using the predefined Color Coded Cards)

Pink cards      "Does Mary like verbing?"    

Blue cards      "Does Tom like verbing?"      

Green cards   "Do Tom and Mary like verbing?"    

Orange cards "Do you like verbing?"

Different Verb Tenses  (using the predefined Color Coded Cards)

Pink cards       "Are you going to verb tomorrow?"    

Blue cards       "Did you verb yesterday?"      

Green cards    "Are you verbing now?"    

Orange cards  "Do you verb every day?"

One Verb Tense  (using different "Time Words")

Pink cards        "Do you verb every day?"

Blue cards        "Do you verb on Mondays?"   

Green cards     "Do you usually verb once a week?"

Orange cards   "Do you verb regularly ?"

As you can see..... There are plenty ways to use the Color Coded Cards, ranging from very basic patterns such as :

"Do you like watching TV?"

up to more complicated patterns such as:

"Do you ever wonder why most people watch TV every day?" 

Are there more ways to use the color codes?

Yes there are, plenty.... Have a look at the Color Coded Cards page for more ideas on how to use them...

Well, that's it for now....  Thank you for staying till the end and I hope that you found something useful here today.

Until next time!

Jay.