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Grammar Games and Activities One

  


Author(s):  Peter Watcyn-Jones
Publisher:   Penguin
ISBN: 9780582465633

 
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1 - Find someone who...
 
2 - Bingo : What's the time?
 
3 - Bingo : Telephone numbers
 
4 - What's my uncle's job?
 
5 - What are the missing numbers?
 
6 - Fill in the missing dates
 
7 - Four people
 
8 - Half a crossword : Irregular verbs
 
9 - A day in the life of...
 
10 - Neighbours
 
11 - Up, down, left, right
 
12 - A country scene
 
13 - Do you know me well?
 
14 - Can you follow instructions
 
15 - Make a sentence - score a point!
 
16 - I like this but I don't like that!
 
17 - A family tree
 
18 - Left, right, up down
 
19 - True or false?
 
20 - Find the differences
 
21 - What did you do last week?
 
22 - Do you have a good memory?
 
23 - Biographies
 
24 - Life style surveys
 
25 - Find someone who...
 
26 - Conjunctions bingo
 
27 - Where are the carrots?
 
28 - Four people's diaries
 
29 - Trace the route
 
30 - Group opinions
 
31 - Arrange the furniture
 
32 - What do they have in common?
 
33 - Prepositions bingo
 
34 - Two funny stories
 
35 - Life stories
 
36 - What do you remember
 
37 - Are you the person I'm looking for?
 
38 - Broken sentences
 
39 - Ask the right question
 
40 - The longest day
 
41 - The longest day
 
42 - Old school friends
 
43 - My ideal living room
 
44 - Find the other half
 
45 - What sort of person are you?
 
46 - Strange but true
 
47 - Have you ever?
 
48 - Getting to know you
 
49 - House share
 
50 - Hot issues
 
51 - Taking a group photograph
 
52 - Reasons and excuses
 
53 - Countable or uncountable
 
54 - What a question
 
55 - The ask and tell game
 
56 - Keep talking!
 
57 - What does it mean?
 
58 - Finish the sentence
 
59 - Explain yourself!
 
60 - Urban myths
 

1 - Find someone who...

Page 37
mill-type activity   speaking   

Simple findsomeonewho using present tesnes

skills:
getting to know you
grammar:
present simple - present meanings
 
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2 - Bingo : What's the time?

Page 38 - 40
teacher -> whole class   listening   

T reads times; Ss fill in bingo cards

functions:
time / telling the time
 
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3 - Bingo : Telephone numbers

Page 41 - 42
teacher -> whole class   listening   

T reads phone nos; Ss fill in bingo cards

vocabulary:
numbers - cardinal
functions:
telephoning
 
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4 - What's my uncle's job?

Page 44
mill-type activity   speaking   

Ss ask yes / no questions to find out what job is on the picture card.

grammar:
adverbs of frequency
vocabulary:
jobs
grammar:
present simple - present meanings
 
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5 - What are the missing numbers?

Page 45
individual / pairwork   speaking   information gap   

Ss read out and copy numbers on a grid.

vocabulary:
numbers - cardinal
 
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6 - Fill in the missing dates

Page 46
individual / pairwork   speaking   listening   information gap   

Ss read / listen and complete numbers grid.
Ordingal numbers 1st - 30th.

vocabulary:
numbers - ordinal
 
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7 - Four people

Page 47 - 48
individual / pairwork   speaking   listening   information gap   

Ss complete personal information forms(fictitious people) by asking partners.

grammar:
present simple - present meanings
 
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8 - Half a crossword : Irregular verbs

Page 49 - 50
individual / pairwork   small groups   speaking   listening   information gap   

Ss complete crossword of irregular past tenses.

grammar:
irregular verbs
grammar:
past simple
 
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9 - A day in the life of...

Page 51
individual / pairwork   speaking   listening   information gap   

Ss exchange information about their daily routines.

grammar:
present simple - present meanings
functions:
time / telling the time
 
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10 - Neighbours

Page 52 - 53
individual / pairwork   speaking   listening   information gap   

Ss find the differences between two sets of pictures showing activities.

grammar:
present continuous for actions now
 
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11 - Up, down, left, right

Page 54 - 55
individual / pairwork   speaking   listening   information gap   

Ss give each other instructions to draw items in grid squares.

up, down, above, below etc.

functions:
instructions
vocabulary:
prepositions
 
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12 - A country scene

Page 56 - 57
individual / pairwork   speaking   listening   information gap   

Student A has to listen to instructions from student B and reproduce a picture.

functions:
instructions
vocabulary:
prepositions
 
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13 - Do you know me well?

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14 - Can you follow instructions

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15 - Make a sentence - score a point!

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16 - I like this but I don't like that!

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17 - A family tree

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18 - Left, right, up down

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19 - True or false?

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20 - Find the differences

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21 - What did you do last week?

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22 - Do you have a good memory?

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23 - Biographies

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24 - Life style surveys

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25 - Find someone who...

Page 78
mill-type activity   speaking   

Find someonewho requiring 'have you ever...' questions.

grammar:
present perfect for unfinished time periods
 
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26 - Conjunctions bingo

Page 79 - 80
individual / pairwork   teacher -> whole class   

Linking words and phrases for time, contrast, condition, reason.

T reads out linking words / phrases; Ss fill gaps.

grammar:
linkers
 
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27 - Where are the carrots?

Page 81
small groups   speaking   jig-saw activity   

Prepositions of place

Each S has a plan of a garden and one set of information saying where various fruits / veg are.
Each reads out his / her information and they work out where the carrots are.

vocabulary:
prepositions
 
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28 - Four people's diaries

Page 82 - 83
individual / pairwork   speaking   information gap   

Ss in pairs have to find the differences between two sets of four diaries.

grammar:
present continuous for future arrangements
 
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29 - Trace the route

Page 84
individual / pairwork   speaking   information gap   

Directions practice activity with town plans

functions:
directions
 
Page 84 - 85
individual / pairwork   speaking   information gap   

Ss use maps to give each other directions.

functions:
directions
 
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30 - Group opinions

Page 86
large groups   speaking   

(1) Ss interview each other on a list of topics using question tags - 'You don't trust politicians, do you?' etc.

(2) Report findings using 'most of us', 'some of us' etc.

grammar:
quantifiers
grammar:
question tags
 
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31 - Arrange the furniture

Page 87 - 89
small groups   speaking   information gap   

Prepositions of place

One S 'dictates' a room plan to the other members of his / her group.

vocabulary:
furniture / furnishings
grammar:
imperative
vocabulary:
prepositions
 
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32 - What do they have in common?

Page 90
small groups   teacher -> whole class   writing   

Ss make sentences from picture cues comparing objects using 'both' and 'neither'

grammar:
both / neither
 
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33 - Prepositions bingo

Page 91 - 92
teacher -> whole class   written exercise   

Prepositions of place, time; verb + preposition

T reads out prepositions. Ss use them to fill gaps in setences.

vocabulary:
prepositions
 
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34 - Two funny stories

Page 92 - 94
small groups   reading   ordering task   

Ss sort and order story fragments to make two 'funny' stories.

skills:
humour / comedy
functions:
sequencing - narrative
 
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35 - Life stories

Page 95 - 96
individual / pairwork   speaking   information gap   

Ss in pairs each have a short biography. They ask and answer questions to find 12 differences.

skills:
biography
grammar:
past simple
 
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36 - What do you remember

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37 - Are you the person I'm looking for?

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38 - Broken sentences

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39 - Ask the right question

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40 - The longest day

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41 - The longest day

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42 - Old school friends

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43 - My ideal living room

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44 - Find the other half

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45 - What sort of person are you?

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46 - Strange but true

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47 - Have you ever?

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48 - Getting to know you

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49 - House share

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50 - Hot issues

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51 - Taking a group photograph

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52 - Reasons and excuses

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53 - Countable or uncountable

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54 - What a question

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55 - The ask and tell game

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56 - Keep talking!

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57 - What does it mean?

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58 - Finish the sentence

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59 - Explain yourself!

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60 - Urban myths

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