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A fun superlatives card game based on Othello for memorising adjectives with most and -est by guessing the superlative with the same or opposite meaning on the other side of the card.
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Students share opinions with adjectives with most and -est then try to remember and classify the superlative forms.
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Students make general knowledge questions to test each other with using the given subject question starters.
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Defining crime and punishment vocabulary through answering subject questions with "Who...?", with optional subject questions grammar presentation and crime vocabulary further practice.
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Three fun guessing personal information in response to subject questions games - also good for getting to know you/ classroom dynamics.
Updated: 16th May. 2024 |
A guessing game for semi-free practice of subject questions, also good for describing people vocabulary.
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Freer communicative practice of subject questions by asking follow-up questions after mini-presentations on the suggested topics.
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Students answer subject questions based on drawings of the answers, with amusing examples like a giraffe's scarf and a kangaroo's shoes - also good for animal and clothes vocabulary.
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Three easy and fun subject question games based on the classroom and the students in it.
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Students give their opinions in answer to conversation questions where the question word is the subject, then analyse the grammar of the questions.
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Two communicative speaking games to practise contrasting subject questions and object questions, with a making new questions challenge and Answer Me.
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Students choose extreme experiences topics to talk about by rolling a dice and guess if the stories are true or not, then make similar grids to play other dice games with, with a forming superlatives grammar presentation.
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Current affairs vocabulary and strong opinion and weak opinion phrases presentation and speaking practice, with model opinions to discuss then freer speaking.
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Strong recommendations and weak recommendations with medical vocabulary speaking, with suggested medical problems to discuss and a functional language presentation.
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Beginning and closing conversations phrases review starting with a fun quick reactions game, with students then trying to remember and classifying the start and end of conversations language.
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Phrases for beginning and closing conversations review by memorising model conversations with a fun covering the text word by word game.
Updated: 15th May. 2024 |
Articles in academic writing review, starting with a determiners pairwork guessing game and continuing with brainstorming and classifying typical phrases for academic essays and published papers.
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-ing form and names of festivals and celebrations oral practice with sentence stems for students to share opinions and experiences with together.
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Turn taking phrases and active listening phrases presentation and practice, starting with a fun quick reactions game, and continuing with brainstorming and classifying useful language.
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Personalised oral practice of some and any by students trying to make sentences that are true for both/ all of them from typical sentence stems, with easy and more tricky uses of some and any.
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Definite, indefinite and zero articles practice through giving opinions on society discussion.
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Grammar words in typical phrases for social situations like restaurants and pubs guessing game then brainstorming useful phrases.
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Fun review of all necessary language for English for social purposes, with students progressing around a board by how well they interact.
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How to respond in social situations phrases review, starting with matching three typical answers to common social phrases and continuing with brainstorming and other activities.
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Suggested questions and topics to chat about the news, good for Social English and current affairs lessons.
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Typical phrases for chatting after weeks or months without seeing someone, and phrases and key words for getting down to business at the end of the small talk.
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Apostrophe before and after possessive S miming, speaking and spelling TPR games for active practice around the class.
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Two plural nouns TPR games, with easier plurals, more difficult plurals and words which always take -s like "trousers", with students racting to identify the mime and/ or do suitable actions.
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Singular, regular plural and irregular plural practice through a personal questions game, with points for the right answer, including easier and more challenging versions, a grammar presentation, and one more optional game.
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A fun silent letters puzzle in which students identify which letters are not pronounced and put those letters together to reveal hidden messages, with versions at five different levels.
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