Quantifiers

Phrasal Verbs – LOOK

Much vs. Many - A lot of vs. Lots of - Few vs. Little

quantifiers

What time is it?

Reading Games

Let ´s play with words / reading:

1.     Stop and think – do not read the ending of the story – brainstorm

2.     Find 10 adjectives and write their antonyms or synonyms

3.     Write 10 key words and their definitions and let your partner guess

4.     Make a spider diagram of some words used in the text + add some more

5.     Spelling dictation - spell the keywords, your partner will write them down

6.     Mirror dictation – Mind Reader - think about 1 word and dictate the antonym

7.     Find 5 irregular verbs and write sentences in past simple / present perfect / passive – present - past

8.     Memory Game - make cards - word + definition / picture.

9.     What’s missing? - Read your key words, cover 2 of them, S2 guesses

10.  Play hangman - alphabet shark - burst balloons - catch the fish

11.  Write words with one semantic root - act - action - active - actively

12.  Cloze task - take out some words (sentences) and ask your partner to place

13.  Jumble words in 5 sentences and ask your partner to unscramble them.

14.  Choose one longer word - make new words - ANAGRAMS

15.  Expanding 1 short word - "in" - tin - win - intelligent ... or hat-cat-car-bar...

16.  Double Dollars - make pairs beginning with same letter - angry adult, big bag

17.  Rhyming Dictation - Write a few words from 1st paragraph and think of rhyming words. Eg. cat - hat. Dictate hat, S2 tries to find the original word - cat...

18.  Rhyming Words - Write a short poem. Advanced SS - poem summarizing txt

19.  Word Duels – SS in circle write a summarising sentence - one word at a time

20.  Cut paragraphs, shuffle, rearrange in order to make sense.

21.  Logic sequence - write a sequence + S2 guess the missing part - Mo-Tue-__-Thu-Fri-Sat-Sun

22.  Correct Me Please - misspell 5 words (/wrong tense), your partner corrects

23.  Scanning - circle/find the given key words in the text as fast as possible

24.  Silence Please - whisper 3 key words very quietly. Others write down. Each group must agree on the correct answer. (It must have been... It can't have been... It might have been...)

Speaking tasks:1)         Team Story-telling - Work in pairs and re-tell the text. You can say only one sentence at a time and your partner continues. Task 2 : Whole class - work in a circle and retell the story.
2)         Magic Word - Think about one "secret magic word" from the text and say a word connected to the magic word. Your partner will guess... Eg: Day is the magic word. You say: sun. S2: Is it a noun? You nod. S2: Is it heat? Don’t nod.
3)         Shuffle - Divide and cut the story in 6-10 parts and ask your partner to read/number the parts of the story in the right order.
4)         Discussion - dis/agreement - Think of a topic/statement that is closely related to the text. You agree and your partner disagrees. Brainstorm ideas why you agree. Third student is a jury and s/he decides whether S1 or S2 is right.
5)         Compare with another story
6)         Tell a similar situation that happened to you / your friend
7)         Describe character’s moral characteristics + give your opinion
8)         Draw an illustration to each paragraph. Read a story, S2 match pics + paragraphs.
9)     Mistakes Please - shout “stop!” if a mistake. Correct it10)  Who said that? Pick one sentence. (direct speech)
11)  Famous Film Scene – mute the film and ss make dialogues

tongue twisters

tongue twisters
When you write copy you have the right to copyright the copy you write
She sells sea shells on the sea shore.
Rose knows Joe phones Sophie but Sophie and Joe don’t know Rose knows.
That cook couldn’t cook if he didn’t look at a cook book
The king cooked the carrots and the queen cut the cake.
How much oil could a good boy boil If a good boy could boil oil ?
How many cookies could a good cook cook If a good cook could cook cookies? A good cook could cook as much cookies  as a good cook who could cook cookies.
Franck found four frogs laughing on the floor.
Two tiny tigers take two taxis to town.
I scream, you scream, we all scream for icecream!
I thought, I thought of thinking of thanking you.
Why do you cry, Willy? Why do you cry? Why, Willy? Why, Willy? Why, Willy? Why?
I saw a kitten eating chicken in the kitchen.
The fat cat sat on the vet’s wet hat.
Double bubble gum, bubbles double
She saw Sherif's shoes on the sofa. But was she so sure she saw Sherif's shoes on the sofa?
If you understand, say "understand". If you don't understand, say "don't understand". But if you understand and say "don't understand". how do I understand that you understand. Understand!?
Yellow butter, purple jelly, red jam, black bread. Spread it thick, say it quick! Yellow butter, purple jelly, red jam, black bread. Spread it thicker, say it quicker! Yellow butter, purple jelly, red jam, black bread. Don't eat with your mouth full!