Use a word from each word bank to make a compound word.
Write the words in the boxes.
Write the beginning letter of each picture to find out the secret word.
ANSWERS
1. CAT
2. BAG
3. MAP
4. RAT
5. HAT
The exercise is about building. when you know one word in English, it is often easy to make several new words from that root word. For example, it you take the word ‘KIND’ which is an adjective, you earn also make the noun ‘Kindness’ , The adverb ‘Kindly’ , the opposite ‘unkind’ , ‘unkindly etc.
Exercise
Look at the sentences below. There is a gap
in each sentence. Try to make a word to fit into the gap using the word given in brackets at the end of the sentence.
1) John’s tooth was very_____ so he has to go to the dentist. (pain)
2) I like that shop assistant. She ‘s very _____(Help)
3) I had to handle the machine carefully, as it was very______(Break).
4) Jenny was eating a very _______ apple and obviously enjoying it (crunch)
5) Don’t forget to_____ your shoelaces before taking then off. (Tie)
6) I staying very happy with the hotel we were staying them off. (Tie)
7) I asked martin to _______ my pencil(Shop)
8) He gave us a great deal of_____ before the exam (encouragement)
9) That is terrible song. It is completely (Tune)
10) what a______ shirt! Green, Yellow and Purple! (color)
Answers
1) Painful
2) helpful
3) breakable
4) crunchy
5) untie
6) satisfy
7)sharpen
8)encouragement
9)tuneless
10)colorful
Word guessing games
• The following games can be played throughout the school year but are also very useful as a round up at the end of a term. You can play them a few times.
• First play with the whole class and then try in groups (good for mixed ability groups).
1. Guess the word (can be used for abstract nouns)
• Choose five words relating to recent conversational themes.
• Write sets of clues to help students guess the words.
• Play with whole class or teams.
• Use one word per lesson over five lessons or use all words in one session as a longer game.
Example : (clue word = freedom)
• I am a noun but I am very important.
• I begin with the letter ‘f’.
• People in prison have lost it and want it back.
• People demand it when it is taken away by dictators.
• It is related to speech.
2. Coffee Pot game
• This game is good for practising and reviewing action verbs and adverbs.
• Ask one student to leave the room then the rest of the class choose a verb e.g. type, ski, fly.
• The student returns to the room and asks questions to guess the verb.
• The missing verb can be substituted with ‘coffee pot’.
Example questions:
• Why do you coffee pot?
• Where do you coffee pot?
• Do you coffee pot by yourself?
• Do you need any special equipment for coffee potting?
Sentence Making
Preparation
Students should be in a circle (if this isn’t possible make it clear they know who they are going to follow on from).
Procedure
The teacher can begin by saying the first word and each student adds the next word, without repeating what has come beforehand.
The stories can develop in any number of ways. Some groups may need the teacher to provide punctuation and decide that the sentence should end and a new one should begin. The great thing about this activity is that all students have to concentrate and listen carefully to their colleagues to be able to continue the story coherently.
Good starting words are “Suddenly” or “Yesterday” to force the story into the past tense.
Example:
* Teacher – “Yesterday”
* Student 1 – “I”
* Student 2 – “saw”
* Student 3 – “a”
* Student 4 – “strange”
* Student 5 – “man”
* Student 6 – “who”
* Student 7 – “was”
* Student 8 – “wearing”
* Student 9 – “a”
* Student 10 – “yellow”
* Student 11 – “hat”
* Teacher – “Full stop, new sentence”
* Student 12 – “He”
* Student 13 – “was”
* Etc. etc.
It is great for highlighting word collocations and practising word order. It also highlights problems students may have with tenses or prepositions to focus on in future classes.
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