Ss match half sentences
(There is + a fireplace etc.) to describe a picture of a room.
Matching game with word and picture cards (an orange vs a plate vs the Eiffel Tower).
Each S has a picture of a zoo with animals to place in different pens. The other S has to replicate this plan.
'Is there a monkey?'
'Where is the lion?'
'It's between the hyena and the giraffe.'
etc.
(1) Ss arrange food cards into pilesL C and U.
(2)Ss arrange food items in a kitchen picture, then describe picture to partner who has to replicate the arrangement.
Ss order pictures to make a simple story.
Then arrange words to make present simple sentences telling the story.
Ss put words together to make sentences expressing feelings about different things.
Small groups. Word ordering.
Ss make sentences that are true for the group.
'His sister has brown hair' etc.
Info gap. Pairwork.
Ss complete info gap task with family tree and pictures.
'Mary is Michael's aunt' etc.
Guessing games with pictures (objects and people).
Ss must guess which possessions belong to which people.
Two activities:.Finding out who lives where; making sentences from word cards.
Ss make yes / no questions beginning 'is' or 'are'
by adding a word and passing it to the next student.
Matching game - beginnings and ends of questions containing the verb 'to be'.
Whole class.
Identifying lost property. ('I've lost a scarf'.
'This one here, or that one over there?' etc.)
(1) Small groups. Sentence making with word cards.
(2) Pairwork. Info gap. Find the differences between two pictures.
Physical apperance (people) and clothing.
Pairwork. Matching game with pictures - guess which family members have which pets.
Small groups. Making 'wh' questions from word cards.
'What colour eyes has your mother got?' etc
Pictures. Ss have to ask questions to match lodgers with bedsits.
Prepostions of place.
Small groups. Board game involving the following and making of instructions (imperatives) involving different parts of the body.
'Pat your head and rub your stomach' etc. (when you land on a certain square)
Game 1 : Small groups. Card game. Ss match pictures and verb cards to make present simple sentences:
Tigers have stripes. Polar bears live near the North Pole
Game 2 : Mill-type activity with role cards.
Who lives on which planet?
Present simple questions; present simple statements.
Ss take a picture and ask their partner a question about it. e.g. (ice-cream picture)
'Do you like ice cream?'
+ variations / extensions
Set of animal pictures
Set of answers to questions about the animals.
Ss turn over pictures and form appropriate questions; then match to answers.
e.g.
Pic card: camels.
Answer card : to store water
S must make question, 'Why do camels have humps?'
(or equivalent)
Small groups / whole class. Exchanging and collecting game.
Each group has a suitcase picture, a list of holiday necessities and picture cards representing some of these.
Aim is to collect a complete set by exchaning with others.
Have you got any suncream? etc.
Pairwork.
Find the differences between two pictures of food in cupboards.
Small groups. Board game.
When Ss land on squares with subjects (e.g. coffee),
they use question cue cards to ask and answer questions:
How much coffee do you drink every day?
A lot; one or two cups etc.
Game 1
Small groups. Card game.
Ss match people cards (My brother etc.) with frequency cards (always, on Monday mornings etc.)
and form a sentence.
My brother always oversleeps on Monday mornings.
Game 2
Pairwork. Card game.
Ss match pictures of people with their personal calenders using clues about their lifestyles in the pictures.
Small groups. Matching game.
Ss arrange sentence fragments and match them to complete sentences to pictures to make descriptive captions.
Small groups. Lotto board game.
Ss have to match small pictures in a pile with the same pictures on a board without seeing them.
One S makes 3 present continuous negative statements about his / her picture.
She isn't dancing etc.
Other Ss then ask yes / no questions (Is she eating?etc.) until a match is found
Small groups. Ordering and matching game.
2 sets of pic cards: picture questions; picture answers.
1 set of word cards.
(1) Ss arrange words to form questions and match them with the picture questions.
(2) Ss match complete questions with picture answer and make verbal answer.
Small groups. Matching game with picture cards.
Ss match action cards with job cards based on picture clues.
Picture cards. Grouping task. Ss must arrange themselves into teams of particular types (sports, music etc,) according to the abilities each S is given on a picture card.
Game 1. Picture story (soap opera cards).
Ss arrange pictures to tell a story; then arrange word cards to make a sentence for each picture.
+ follow-up card game (groups)
Game 2. Picture card matching game (Strange but True cards). requiring past simple questions and answers with the verb 'to be'.
Game 1.
Matching game - Ss match past simple and bare infintive cards. (irregular verbs)
Matching game with role cards. Ss ask yes / no questions to solve puzzle: where did they see each other last night?
Lotto game. Ss have to form 'wh' questions to match answers on an anwer card.
Ss match preposition cards with times / time phrases on a game board and ask a question.
e.g.
Card : on
Board square : Saturday night
Possible question: What did you do on Saturday night?
Mill-type activity with roles (You are going to the cinema tonight etc.)
Ss have to find out which people are going out together tonight.
Mill-type activity + small groups
Part 1 - Ss use information on cards to arrange themselves in family groups + say what they are going to do, which leads to conflicts.
Part 2 - rearrange groups. Ss report family arguments.
