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Type:

A vocabulary practice activity

Level:

Starter

Time:

15 minutes

Skill:

Writing

Work:

Students work individually

Stage:

Vocabulary writing practice

Focus:

Plurals

For more written practice of plural nouns in English, use this great cross word activity. The learners are given a range of singular nouns with accompanying pictures. They must spell the plural forms accurately in the cross word.

1. Copy one handout for each individual student and distribute them.

2. Focus students' attentions on the instructions. The learners look at the singular nouns and write the plural forms in the crossword. Students can complete the crossword individually or in pairs.

3. For feedback, students can write the answers on the board or contribute them by saying the spoken form or by spelling the words.

Type:

A vocabulary practice activity

Level:

Starter

Time:

15 minutes

Skill:

Speaking

Work:

Students work in groups of 3

Stage:

Vocabulary speaking practice

Focus:

Plurals

For speaking practice, this three-way game is useful when teaching your learners the plural forms of a range of regular and irregular nouns. The learners work in teams to complete a listening and speaking exercise where they must say the nationality when they hear the country word.

1. Copy one handout per group of three students, and cut the handouts up into A, B and C. There are two different games, white and grey.

2. Put the students into groups of three with an A, B and C student, and distribute the first set of white handout cards.

3. Demonstrate the game so the learners understand how to play. The person who has 'START' in the plural column begins by saying their word in the singular column. The other students should listen and look at their plural columns for the corresponding plural form. When someone thinks they have it, they say the word, and then read the next singular form word directly across from it in the singular column. The game continues in a chain until someone eventually comes to 'FINISH' from the singular column.

4. When students have finished the first game, distribute the grey handouts for a second round.

5. Monitor the students, providing language input or hints when necessary.

6. You can test the students at the end by making them turn over their cards and read out some of the full verbs. Students should respond with the phrasal verb that has the same meaning.

Type:

A vocabulary practice activity

Level:

Starter

Time:

15 minutes

Skill:

Speaking

Work:

Students work in pairs

Stage:

Vocabulary speaking practice

Focus:

Plurals

This quick test handout allows beginner level students to do autonomous speaking work together. The learners read a series of singular nouns to each other. The listening student responds with the appropriate plural. Features a range of regular and irregular plural nouns.

1. Copy one handout per pair of students, and cut the handouts up into A and B.

2. Put the students into pairs with an A and B student, and distribute the handouts.

3. Focus learners' attentions on the instructions and make sure students aren't looking at each other's sheets. The learners read their singular nouns to their partner. Their partner listens and says the plural form of the word.

4. Monitor the students, providing language input or error correction when necessary.

5. Finally, elicit responses from some of the students and draw to their attention any appropriate vocabulary or serious language mistakes.

Type:

A vocabulary practice activity

Level:

Starter

Time:

15 minutes

Skill:

Writing

Work:

Students work individually

Stage:

Spelling practice

Focus:

Plurals

In this writing worksheet, beginner-level learners correct the spelling mistakes in a range of plural nouns provided. This helps reinforce certain spelling patterns such as ‘ies’ instead of ‘y’, as well as reinforcing the irregular plural forms.

1. Copy one handout for each individual student and distribute them.

2. Guide the learners through the instructions and demonstrate the activity by correcting question two on the board.

3. Monitor the students, and when appropriate provide any necessary individual language or vocabulary input.

4. Feedback the answers on the board by having the learners say them or write them. Clarify the accuracy of the answers and address any confusion or misunderstanding.

5. Draw the students' attentions to any specific mistakes if any seem prevalent throughout the activity and offer input. Raise any useful spelling patterns for plurals, such as y->ies, or f->ve.

Type:

A vocabulary practice activity

Level:

Starter

Time:

15 minutes

Skill:

Speaking

Work:

Students work in groups of 3

Stage:

Vocabulary speaking practice

Focus:

Countries and Nationalities Vocabulary

For speaking practice, this three-way game is useful when teaching your learners nationalities. The learners work in teams to complete a listening and speaking exercise where they must say the nationality when they hear the country word.

1. Copy one handout per group of three students, and cut the handouts up into A, B and C. There are two different games, white and grey.

2. Put the students into groups of three with an A, B and C student, and distribute the first set of white handout cards.

3. Demonstrate the game so the learners understand how to play. The person who has 'START' in the nationality column begins by saying their word in the country column. The other students should listen and look at their nationality columns for the corresponding nationality to the said country. When someone thinks they have it, they say the word, and then read the next country word directly across from it in the country column. The game continues in a chain until someone eventually comes to 'FINISH' from the country column.

4. When students have finished the first game, distribute the grey handouts for a second round.

5. Monitor the students, providing language input or hints when necessary.

6. You can test the students at the end by making them turn over their cards and read out some of the full verbs. Students should respond with the phrasal verb that has the same meaning.

Type:

A vocabulary acquisition task

Level:

Starter

Time:

20 minutes

Skill:

Writing

Work:

Students work individually

Stage:

Language discovery

Focus:

Countries and Nationalities Vocabulary

This is a kind of discovery handout whereby the learners scan a large word grid looking for the nationality forms for a range of countries provided. With the first and last letters, the learners are able to notice the written form of the words, which they write on their worksheet.

1. Copy one handout for each individual student and distribute them.

2. Focus learners attentions on the instructions and the clues. Students search for the nationalities in the word search. After they have found them, get them to write them below the flags at the bottom of the page. Students can complete the word search individually or in pairs.

3. For feedback, gather the students in a circle and get them to show you where the answers are, or students can write the answers on the board or spell them to you.

Type:

A pair work activity

Level:

Starter

Time:

15 minutes

Skill:

Speaking

Work:

Students work in pairs

Stage:

Controlled grammar speaking practice

Focus:

Introductions

This is a listening and speaking exercise designed to get learners used to common adjacency pairs in introductory dialogues. The learners read out a range of statements to their partner, who must respond with the appropriate given statement.

1. Copy one handout per pair of students, and cut the handouts up into A and B.

2. Put the students into pairs with an A and B student, and distribute the handouts.

3. Focus learners' attentions on the instructions and make sure students aren't looking at each other's sheets. The learners read their ten sentences to their partner who listens, and responds with the appropriate sentence from the bottom of their handout. Demonstrate the activity with the whole class if need be, with you taking the A role, and the students B.

4. Monitor the students, providing language input or error correction when necessary.

5. Finally, elicit responses from some of the students and draw to their attention any appropriate vocabulary or serious language mistakes.

Type:

A pair work activity

Level:

Starter

Time:

10 minutes

Skill:

Speaking

Work:

Students work in pairs

Stage:

Vocabulary speaking practice

Focus:

Countries and Nationalities Vocabulary

This speaking and listening test-based handout charges the learners with matching country to nationality. Working in pairs, the learners respond to their partner saying a country word by saying the appropriate nationality. Useful to check your learners can say and pronounce the words quickly and accurately.

1. Copy one handout per pair of students, and cut the handouts up into A and B.

2. Put the students into pairs with an A and B student, and distribute the handouts.

3. Focus learners' attentions on the instructions and make sure students aren't looking at each other's sheets. The learners read their country words to their partner. Their partner listens and says the nationality word.

4. Monitor the students, providing language input or error correction when necessary.

5. Finally, elicit responses from some of the students and draw to their attention any appropriate vocabulary or serious language mistakes.

Type:

A vocabulary practice activity

Level:

Starter

Time:

15 minutes

Skill:

Writing

Work:

Students work individually

Stage:

Spelling practice

Focus:

Countries and Nationalities Vocabulary

For spelling practice of a range of country words in English, this handout is perfect. All the letters are given to the learners who must put them in the correct order to spell twenty four countries. Useful as a spelling test or to check the learners can spell them effectively.

1. Copy one handout for each individual student and distribute them.

2. Focus learners' attentions on the instructions. Students put the letters in the correct order to spell the given countries.

3. Monitor the students, and when appropriate provide any necessary individual language or vocabulary input.

4. Feedback the answers on the board by having the learners say them or write them. Clarify the accuracy of the answers and address any confusion or misunderstanding.

5. Draw the students' attentions to any specific mistakes if any seem prevalent throughout the activity and offer input.

Type:

A pair work activity

Level:

Pre-Intermediate

Time:

15 minutes

Skill:

Speaking

Work:

Students work in pairs

Stage:

Controlled grammar speaking practice

Focus:

Used To

This is a controlled speaking activity providing the learners with experience using ‘used to’ in a restricted practice. The learners play ‘Guess My Sentence’. They read out their sentences and try to guess the missing word(s). Their partner corrects them.

1. Copy one handout per pair of students, and cut the handouts up into A and B.

2. Put the students into pairs with an A and B student, and distribute the handouts.

3. Focus learners' attentions on the instructions and make sure they aren't looking at each other's sheets. The learners read their own sentences and have three guesses in which to choose the correct missing word(s). Their partner corrects them but does not tell them the answers until they have guessed unsuccessfully three times.

4. Monitor the students, providing language input or error correction when necessary.

5. Finally, elicit responses from some of the students and draw to their attention any appropriate vocabulary or serious language mistakes.

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