| Author(s): Colin Granger John Plumb Publisher: Heinemann ISBN: 0435280635 (old |
Ss memorize hotel reception picture. Various numbers.
Could be adapted as a team game.
Jobs - what people do, where they work, what they use etc.
Spot the difference with food pictures - countable and uncountable
Ss arrange a group of words into lists:
food; clothes; parts of the body; transport; places; furniture
Two kitchen pics. Things in the wrong place.
'The towel should be behind the door etc.
Twelve signs to match with the place they might be found.
Can be used to practice obligation. i.e. expand in to long oral form etc.
Simple picture story. Ss order pics and make sentences from given verbs (regular and irregular)
Past simple passives. Seven Pics (buildings, books etc) to be matched with a verb and their authors / builders etc. (Hemingway, Sir Christopher Wren etc. Names may not be familiar outside Europe)
Going to as a strong prediction based on present evidence. 8 picture prompts.
Ss order short lists 'city, village, town' + adjective (big) and make sentences.
Man tidying the kitchen. Two pics - before and after. 'He's done the ironing but he hasn't done the washing up yet.'
Obligation (have to / will have to) + ability.
True / false quiz about travelling in the UK.
Ss match utterances with adverbs in reporting statements:
'I adore you', + she said passionately.
Kate taking a break from working in the garden. Large pic.
'She's been painting the fence'.
Large classroom pic. Memorize and answer true / false questions. 'Was there anybody doing a test?'
Can be adapted for more straightforward past simple questions.
'How many people were reading?' etc.
Sorry. The contents of this unit have not been indexed.Match utterances with 'So do I', 'Do you' etc.
Large office pic. Memorize what everyone was doing when the boss came in.
Ordering words in a sentence. Some pictures substituted for words.
Ss match word with correct definition (choice of three). Set of eight.
Close up pictures of everyday objects. Objects listed below.Ss must say,'It oould be a light bulb' etc.
(Rather too easy to match the objects negating the need for deduction lanauge)
Ss divide time expressions into 2 lists: those that take 'for' and those that take 'since'.
Responding to past simple questions.
Ss have to guess the answer to questions such as,
"When did people start travelling in cars?'
Ss compate two street scenes (same location), one in the 1950s; one now. Form sentences:
'There used to be a cinema next to the bank' etc.
dis... un... im... in...
Ss form opposites of 12 adjectives (with picture prompts) by adding these prefixes.
Was / were going to
Picture of Marie Celeste cabin. Ss make sentences,
'Someone was going to write a letter' etc.
Pics of 12 objects. Ss must answer question,
'What would you do if you got this present for your birthday?'
Ss match problems to solutions (choice of three) and form a second conditional sentence.
'The shower in your flat doesn't work. Who would you phone?'
A decorator. A painter. A plumber.
What had happened when these historic photographs were taken?
'The Wright Brothers had just made their first flight.'
Ss make sentenes from jumbled words and pictures.
This activity tests a number of aspects of word order.
Two pictures of a cluttered desk.
'There are more envelopes' etc.
Similar to 'Call my Bluff' Three paragraphs each giving a possible origin of the word 'sandwich'.
(Could be used as an example to prepare for a Call my Bluff game.)
Picture of sloppy soldier just before inspection.
Ss make sentences. 'He should have cleaned his boots etc.'
Two pictures: Arrivals and departures.
Ss match speech balloons with people in pictures.
A painting has been stolen from a gallery.
Ss look at picture of the room and make deductions.
'He must have escaped through the window' etc.
Ss put adectives under headings:
temperature; texture; shape; size; taste; colour.
Eight famous quotations.
(All by Europeans or Americans)
Accident scene. Ss have to remember the exact scene and complete sentences (multiple choice)
'A man was just crossing / had just crossed / was just going to cross the road' etc.
Picture (1920s New York office) with anachronistic objects.
Ss make sentences, 'Rock 'n' roll hadn't been thought of yet.'
(1) Ss punctuate short passage and then read it aloud.
(2) Silent letters. Picture prompts.
(3) Rhyming words. Match from list.
Present perfect passive.
Two pictures of a house. Before and after renovation. Ss make sentences using present perfect passive, 'The front door has been mended'.
Opposites, synonyms, odd word out, verb + noun