Negative imperatives with don’t games

Negative imperatives with don’t games

 

Warmer – negative imperative ball game

As you throw a soft ball (e.g. a beach ball) to each other, follow your teacher’s or your partner’s instructions about what to do or what not to do with it, such as “(Don’t) catch/ head/ hit/ kick/ knee the ball”.

Negative imperative with don’t opposite actions TPR games

If the teacher tells you to do something, race to do that thing. If the teacher says “Don’t…”, do the thing which is on the opposite side of the table below. For example, if the teacher says “Eat”, you should race to mime eating, but if your teacher says “Don’t eat”, you should race to mime drinking because it is next to “Eat” in the table.

Negative imperatives guess the place game

Say things you shouldn’t do in one place with “Don’t…” until your partner guesses the place that you are thinking of.

Negative imperatives with don’t brainstorming games

Choose one of the actions below. Take turns saying places where you can’t do that thing until one of you makes a mistake or gives up, e.g. “dentist” and “local bus” for “Don’t eat”.

Do the same with your own ideas for places to talk about.

Play the opposite game, choosing one place and brainstorming things you can’t do there.

Negative imperatives with don’t drawing game

Pick an action and a place and draw a sign showing something that isn’t okay in that place. Can your partner guess the place and the action from your drawing?

Negative imperatives with don’t pelmanism 1

Choose two places from the list below, say one thing that you can’t do in both places, and cross those places off if your partner agrees. You can’t say the same “Don’t…” sentence twice during the game, so you have to think of new ideas each time. Continue until all the places below have gone.

Negative imperatives with don’t pelmanism 2

Match actions and places above until all of one of the lists is gone, or until the actions and places which are left are impossible to match.

Actions and alternative actions

Actions

Places