Cards – How to play card games in English

LET’S LEARN BASIC VOCABULARY:

A DECK of cards is all of the cards together.
SUITS are the four different types of cards.
The suits are HEARTS, DIAMONDS, CLUBS and SPADES.


Each SUIT has 13 cards.
An ACE is the card with an A. It equals 1 in many card games.
We identify the cards from 2 to 10 by saying ‘the number + of + suit’, like ‘the 2 of diamonds’.
A card with a J is called a JACK.
A card with a Q is called a QUEEN.
A card with a K is called a KING.

Can you add the correct words to these cards?

Let’s work together as a team, and try to win!

HOW TO TALK ABOUT THE CARDS:

Take turns suggesting what we need to do next. Here are some examples of ways to suggest the next move:

I want to move the TWO OF SPADES to the ACE OF SPADES.
I think we should put the TWO OF SPADES on top of the ACE OF SPADES.
Let’s drop the TWO OF SPADES on the ACE OF SPADES.