Activities

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Activity	Ss.	Min.	Description	Grammar	Function
Advantages & Disadvantages	2-5	6	Talk about the advantages and disadvantages of various topics.	prepositions: of, about	advantages, disadvantages
Cannibal Attack	3-5	20	Just like the “Dating Game” but with cannibals.	modals: would, should	food and entertainment discussion
Correcting Mistakes	2	5	Correct the sentences about your high school life. Use the expressions: Well, actually, I mean, No wait, Or rather, No not…	past tense	correcting your mistakes
Dating Game	3-5	20	It’s the classic Dating Game. One student asks dating related questions to three others and chooses the best answers.	future tense: will	dating discussion
Debate Practice	3	25	Two students debate while a judge listens and decides the winner.	comparatives, modals: should	debate (giving opinions, giving reasons, agreeing, disagreeing)
Debate Tennis	2	10	Students take turns making points until someone concedes.	comparatives	debate (giving opinions, giving reasons, agreeing, disagreeing)
Do You Want to Buy a Monkey?	3-5	20	Be the first to get rid of all your items. You will have to convince the buyer that your items are better than everyone else’s.	comparatives, superlatives, modal: should	comparing, suggesting, convincing
Find Someone… Good & Bad Experiences	2-50	10	Find classmates that answer ‘yes’ to various good and bad events. This activity can be done in pairs, groups or with the whole class.	present perfect	information gathering
Floor Plans	2	20	Describe how things are arranged in your room. Your partner must draw it without looking at your paper.	prepositions of place	describing locations and household objects
Gilligan’s Island	3-5	25	Who will you choose to help you survive on a deserted island? Convince the judge that your choice is the best.	modals: should, need to, have to, etc.	convincing, comparing
Giving Directions	2	10	Give directions to your partner by following the outlined steps and using the appropriate preposition of place.	prepositions of place	giving directions
Introductions Quiz	2	8	Bored of the same old introduction activities? Try this quiz! Students fill in the multiple choice options, then quiz their partners.	Wh- questions	introductions, question making, guessing
Invitations	5-50	15	Add 3 events to your calendar. Then stand up and walk around the class inviting people to join you. Accept or reject your classmates invitations. The person with the busiest schedule wins!	modals: would, should	invitations
Me too, Me neither	2-3	5	Respond to questions using: Me too, So do I, I do too, Me neither, Neither do I, I don’t either.	too, either, neither	responding using too, either, neither
Retelling 1: Gopher Broke + Lifted	2-4	30	Watch a video while your partner is turned around. Then describe what happened to your partner. Finally, quiz your partner to see how much was understood. Video 1: 4:18 / Video 2: 5:05	past tense	describing, rephrasing, clarifying
Retelling 2: Acupuncture + Black Hole	2-4	20	Watch a video while your partner is turned around. Then describe what happened to your partner. Finally, quiz your partner to see how much was understood. Video 1: 1:12 / Video 2: 2:22	past tense	describing, rephrasing, clarifying
Retelling 3: Fugu + Teamwork	2-4	15	Watch a video while your partner is turned around. Then describe what happened to your partner. Finally, quiz your partner to see how much was understood. Video 1: 1:21 / Video 2: 1:22	past tense	describing, rephrasing, clarifying
Retelling 4: Johnny Express + Dust Buddies	2-4	30	Watch a video while your partner is turned around. Then describe what happened to your partner. Finally, quiz your partner to see how much was understood. Video 1: 5:26 / Video 2: 4:05	past tense	describing, rephrasing, clarifying
Three Guesses: Illnesses	2-6	8	Guess the illness. You will hear up to 3 hints. The earlier you guess correctly, the more points you score.	simple present	talking about illnesses
Three Guesses: Present Continuous	2-6	8	Guess what the people are doing. You will hear up to 3 hints. The earlier you guess correctly, the more points you score.	present continuous	talking about common activities
Voice Control: Speak Loud and Clear	2	8	Write down what your partner says, then take a step back. As you get farther apart you will have to speak louder and clearer.		speaking loud and clear
Voice Control: Word Stress	2	6	Stress different words in the same sentence to change its meaning.		word stress
What’s in the Room?	2	15	Look at the picture for 15 seconds. Your partner then describes the items on the ‘item sheet’. You must decide which ones were in the picture.	adjective order	describing, memory
What is it?	2-4	10	Try to guess all of the items that your partner is describing before the time runs out.	infinitive, gerunds	describing the function of items
What’s Your Personality?	2-4	8	Talk about different personality types and see how similar you are to your partner.	simple present tense questions with BE	using new vocabulary to describe personality types
What’s the Difference?	2	10	Describe your picture. Listen to your partner’s description. Can you find what’s different? The answer may be obvious or it may be in the details.	simple present, there is/are	describing details
Who here would probably…	5-15	15	How do your classmates see you? Use this activity at the end of the course to find out. Ask a question from the sheet, then count to 3 and everyone points to the person that best matches the question.	questions with ‘who’, simple present, conditionals with ‘would’	confirming or denying assumptions about personality

 

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