Expansion Activities Basic English Grammar, 3rd Edition Chapter 1: Using Be Activity: Categories Materials needed: Game cards—one card per p air of students. (See sample cards following.) It isn’t necessary to have a completely different card for each pair of students; it’s O to have one or two overlapping categories on each card. Description: Give each pair or group of three students a grid!game card and ma"e sure they understand their categories. #e ams race against each other to complete their grid with a singular noun that fits in each category. $or e%ample& if the category is 'machine& the team might fill their category with the words 'coffee ma"er& '#& 'car& 'washing machine& 'for"lift& 'pencil sharpener. Set a time limit depending on the level of your class so that some people might complete their cards& *ut others won’t. +t the limit& shout '#ime’s up, and as" everyone to put their pencils down. #e ams with completed cards get to go first. #hey need to chec" their answers with the rest of the class *y ma"ing statements li"e '+ coffee ma"er is a machine& '+ car is a machine& etc. #he teacher can encourage variety *y writing on the *oard the different ways students can chec" their answers- '+ car is a machine. '+ car & a washing machine& and a coffee ma"er are machines. 'offee ma"ers are machines. /0i th common noun s only& not with proper or uni1ue nouns& li"e '2a33 music4 '5ondon is a city. /6o article with proper nouns4 #he students who have not completed their cards can as" for help from other pairs. #hey can announce which category they need help with& and other students can offer advice using the target language& li"e '#urtles are pets& or '+ntarctica is a continent. In addition& teams can challenge each other *y saying things li"e ' #o matoes aren’t vegeta*les, #hey’re fruit, 7ere are some other categories for ma"ing game cards. 8e sure to spread out the proper nouns among various cards- house pet& musical instrument& wild animal& form of transportation& movie& month& season& language& city& country& vegeta*le& fruit& sport& drin"& insect& fish& color& num*er& continent electronic device& teacher& relative& movie stars& "inds of music& part of the *ody& class!course (9nglish& math& chemistry& etc.)& o*2ect in space (planet& star& satellite& sun& comet& etc.) Page 1 of 2 Copyright © 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. Perission granted to reproduce for classroo use.
