Describing animals with adverbs of manner games
A LESSON PLAN FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHERS
Guessing and brainstorming games to practise well, badly, quickly, slowly, etc, with useful animal vocabulary.
Lesson Plan Content:
Describing animals with adverbs of manner games
Guess the animal from the adverbs of manner game
Choose an animal such as one in the list below without saying which one you chose. Say one thing they do and how they do it with a hint like those on the next page, e.g. “It eats slowly”, and see if your partner can guess which animal you are describing. They can only guess once per hint, so if they are wrong, give them another hint. Continue until they guess the right animal, then take turns doing the same. Your teacher will tell you if and when you can use the suggested hints for each animal on the bottom pages.
Animals to describe the actions of and how
Ant
Bat
Bee
Butterfly
Cat
Cheetah
Cockroach
Cow
Crocodile
Dog
Dolphin
Duck
Elephant
Frog
Giraffe
Horse
Kangaroo
Monkey
Mosquito
Parrot
Penguin
Pig
Rabbit
Shark
Spider
Tortoise/ Turtle
When your teacher stops the game, ask about any animals you couldn’t describe, any hints below you didn’t know how to use, etc.
Animal actions with adverbs of manner brainstorming game
Choose an animal for the class to describe the actions of. After four minutes, you get one point for each correct description with an adverb of manner that is not on the list with that animal below and that other groups didn’t think of.
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It A baby
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swims runs walks jumps climbs a tree climbs a wall climbs (…) flies speaks English speaks/ talks (…) sings says… eats (…) drinks water drinks (…) catches a mouse catches a bird catches a mosquito catches you catches (…) sees at night digs listens/ hears fights (…) kicks punches smells a flower smells you smells blood smells (…) makes food makes milk makes honey makes eggs makes… cleans itself cleans (…) washes itself washes (…) hides slides carries (…) holds (…) |
well
badly
loudly
quietly
quickly/ fast
slowly |
Suggested things to say about the actions of each animal
In alphabetical order by animal
Ant
It climbs well.
It carries well.
It swims badly.
Bat
It flies well.
It sees well at night.
It catches mosquitoes well.
It speaks quietly.
Bee
It flies noisily.
It makes food well.
It smells flowers well.
It makes honey well.
It says buzz loudly.
Butterfly
It flies slowly.
It flies quietly.
It smells flowers well.
Cat
It sees at night well.
It cleans itself well./ It washes itself well.
It catches birds well.
It catches a mouse well.
It climbs up well.
It climbs down badly.
It walks quietly.
It speaks quietly.
It sings badly.
Cheetah
It runs quickly.
It catches a zebra well.
It fights a lion badly.
Cockroach
It climbs well.
It runs quickly.
It flies badly.
Cow
It eats slowly.
It makes food well.
It makes milk well.
It speaks loudly.
It says moo loudly.
Dog
It catches a ball well.
It speaks loudly./ It talks loudly.
It digs well.
It eats sausages quickly.
It says woof woof loudly.
Dolphin
It swims well.
It jumps well.
Duck
It swims well.
It swims slowly.
It flies well.
It flies quickly.
It speaks loudly.
It makes food well.
It makes eggs well.
It says quack quack loudly.
Elephant
It walks loudly.
It walks slowly.
It drinks water well.
It cleans well./ It washes well.
It speaks loudly./ It talks loudly.
Frog
It swims well.
A baby swims well.
It jumps well.
It walks badly.
It catches mosquitoes well.
It sings loudly.
It sings riddit riddit loudly.
Giraffe
It eats trees well.
A baby walks badly.
Horse
It runs quickly.
It runs loudly.
It jumps well.
It speaks loudly.
It kicks well.
It says neigh loudly.
It says clip clop loudly when it runs.
Kangaroo
It jumps well.
It fights well.
It punches well.
It kicks well.
A baby walks slowly.
Monkey
It climbs well.
It climbs a tree well.
It speaks loudly.
It opens a banana well.
It swings quickly.
It says ooh ooh loudly.
Mosquito
It smells blood well.
It flies loudly.
It flies at night well.
Parrot
It speaks English well.
It flies well.
It speaks loudly.
It eats nuts well.
It climbs well.
Penguin
It lives in the snow well.
It swims quickly.
It slides well.
It walks slowly.
It catches fish well.
Pig
It eats loudly.
It eats quickly.
It speaks loudly.
It walks slowly.
It say oink oink loudly.
Rabbit
It digs quickly.
It digs well.
It runs quickly.
It jumps well.
It speaks quietly.
Shark
It smells blood well.
It catches blood well.
It swims slowly.
Spider
It climbs well.
It catches mosquitoes well.
Girls say aargh loudly when they see it.
Tortoise/ Turtle
It walks so slowly.
It eats slowly.
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