Alphabet Quiz Game (ppt download)

You are going to

• play a game 
• practise pronouncing the letters of the alphabet
• test simple vocabulary

Instructions
This ppt game contains moving gifs, sound files and links to pages within the ppt so it should be downloaded as a ppt (see link below).
It is aimed at beginners and young learners and practises alphabet pronunciation and simple vocabulary.

1. You can play as a group or with 2 teams (there are 2 team pages - "A" and "B" with links). You can either throw a dice and move from A - Z cross the square (Snakes and Ladders) or choose a letter in the left hand column and move to the right (Word Square). Choose what's best for you class.
2. Choose a letter. Click on the sound symbol to hear the letter. You must pronounce it correctly. You get 1 point.
3. Click on the letter to go to the page. Say what you see. Click the page again to see the answer. You get 1 point.
4. Click on the arrow to go back to the team alphabet page and choose another letter.
5. Who gets the most correct answers?

Alphabet Quiz Game - (download to play game) from David Mainwood

Download the game as a ppt file here
Feel free to adapt it.



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Whose is it? / Whose are they? - Celebrity Things Quiz (Possessive 'S)

You are going to

• practise the possessive 'S
• do a quiz

Discuss
When do we use the possessive 'S ?

When we want to show who owns something we usually add 's to a noun or the person's name.
- David Beckham's phone

If the name of the person already ends with S we move the  '  (apostrophe) to after the final S of the name.
- Chris Evans' phone


Do the exercise.




Speak
In pairs ask each other the questions.
Look around the class. What can you see?
Whose is it?



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Famous People Pronouns Quiz.

You are going to practise and differentiate pronouns - he's / his, she's / her, they're / their

Note - An alternative version of this exercise exists here http://efllecturer.blogspot.com.es/2013/10/celebrities-quiz-for-beginners.html
Students can do the exercise below as an additional activity or on its own.




Look
What's the difference between these words?

He's = He is...
She's = She is...
They're = They are...
The verb To BE

His / Her / Their + Noun for possession.
His nationality.
Her job.  
Their friends





Discuss
Look at the photos below. How many of the people do you know?

Do the exercise. Put he's / his / she's / her / they're / their into the gaps.






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You are going to 

• do a quiz on famous people and celebrities
• practise vocabulary for countries, nationalities and jobs
• recognize present form of 3rd person To Be (he's, she's, they're)

Discuss
Countries

• How many countries do you know? Make a list in 60 seconds.
• What are the nationalities for each country?
• Do you know any famous people from the countries on your list?

Jobs

• How many words for jobs do you know?
• What jobs do famous people and celebrities do?

Try this quiz


Now do some of these questions again with the pronouns removed http://efllecturer.blogspot.com.es/2013/10/famous-people-pronouns-quiz.html




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You are going to

• play a game.
• practise gerunds and present continuous 

Note -  This game can be downloaded as a ppt file below. The ppt version can be done as a class game and the gap-fill version could then be done individually to practise spelling. It can also be done after looking at this post here - Present Continuous (with gif images)



1) Discuss
How many action verbs can you think of?
Say them with -ing
eg stand = standing, jump = jumping...
Act them



Look at the penguins. What are they doing?

 









2) Play the game
Now look at the questions below. What are they doing?
How many can you answer correctly?
(The gif images may sometimes be slow to display.depending on your connection speed.)

Download activity as ppt file here




3) Play
Do a mime of one of the verbs
Who can guess what you are doing?





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Jump and Slide (Quiz Game - Beginners / Elem)

A beginners quiz game to practise making questions

Individuals or teams see an answer and must ask the correct question.
An elementary version is here Jump and Slide 2 (Quiz Game - Elementary)
A pre-intermediate version is here Jump and Slide 3 (Quiz Game - Pre-Int) 

Students should see the questions / answers "board" projected on an interactive whiteboard (if so they can come out and "touch" the numbers to play) or on a screen.
Students could also play it on tablets if available.


Note
1) You can download the "board" below and print it as A3. Teams throw a dice, land on a square and answer the corresponding question. If correct, they move a piece (as in a traditional snakes and ladders style game) until they arrive at the "end".

2) Or you can do it as revision quiz without the board
It can be downloaded as a ppt file below and adapted.

See below for game instructions



Board
This image can be downloaded below for printing.

Play

1. Click anywhere to start
2. Throw a dice. 
3. Move your piece. 
4. When you land on a square (on your printed sheet), click on the number in the game below and ask the right question. 
5. Click again anywhere on the screen to see if your answer is correct.
6. Click the blue triangle (bottom right) to go back to the home "game" page.
7. Continue until you reach the end.

Downloads
Game sheet is jpg here (right click and "save as") or word doc here
The game as a ppt file is here

Feel free to ask any questions in the comments section below



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Can you name all the animals? - Quiz Game

Play a game. 

Note -  This game can be downloaded as a ppt file below. The ppt version can be done as a class game and the gap-fill version could then be done individually to practise spelling.

1) Discuss
Do you know the names of all the animals?

2) Play the game
How many can you answer correctly?
What are the animals doing in each picture?
(The gif images may sometimes be slow to display.depending on your connection speed.)


Download this game as a powerpoint file here




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What's this? (Memory Game)

Game for beginners

You can

• play it as a team quiz (use a dice to move from 1 - 25) and answer the question for each number (like Snakes and Ladders)
• choose a number and go from left to right or top to bottom (Like Blockbusters). When you have a line of correct answers you win.
• answer all the questions as a normal quiz 
• play it again as a memory game after you have played it once (eg can you remember? What's number 7?)
• invent your own game
• download it as a ppt and adapt it (see below)

Instructions

1. Look at the presentation
2. Download it as a ppt file
3. See how many you remember. Click play to start.
4. Click on a number on the numbers page (page 2) and answer the question which appears.
5. Click on the question page again to see the answer.
6. Click on the triangle to return to the numbers page and repeat.

 
Look at the presentation and then download it as a ppt to play the game.

Quiz whats this from David Mainwood

You can download this game  here 
Feel free to adapt it.



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It's a dog's life!

You are going to

• practise present simple for routine / habit
• practise present simple 3rd Person (+S)
• watch a clip about an unusual dog's habits

1a) Before you watch. 
Look at the list of words below. Do you know all of them?
a phone    a computer    a bed    a pillow    a chair    a table    a glass of water     a t-shirt     a shirt    a toothbrush    a plate    a cup   a television   a car   a train



1b) Watch the clip below. 
Can you see the things?
Put "Yes" or "No"

2) Match

Match the sentence endings with the beginnings

3) What can the dog do?
Write the words in the gaps

Printable versions here



4) Present Simple.
Look at the presentation below and ask the questions to each other. Click the page to begin.

 Present simple - habit / times from David Mainwood

5) Continue the story. 
What do you think "Ruff Dog" does after he drives in his car?

• Where does he go?
• Who does he meet?
• What does he do?

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http://efllecturer.blogspot.com.es/2011/12/breakfast-with-eric-and-ernie.html

Tom and Jerry - "Buddies Thicker Than Water"

You are going to

• watch a Tom and Jerry cartoon
• practise there is / are, a / some / any, adjectives, to be, plural nouns, present simple

1) Watch the cartoon
Look at the list of nouns.
Watch the cartoon below and put "Yes" if you can see them or "No" if you can't.

Buddies, Thicker Than Water by MistyIsland1

2) Some /Any /A

Look at the sentences and choose the right answer

3) True or False?

4) Adjectives

Choose the best adjective for each picture

5) Summary

Fill in the gaps

Printable worksheets here

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Practise with another Tom and Jerry cartoon

http://efllecturer.blogspot.com.es/2012/09/tom-and-jerry-feedin-kiddie.html

Tom and Jerry on Cartoon network

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Tom And Jerry - "Feedin' The Kiddie"

You are going to 

• watch a Tom and Jerry cartoon
• practise food, colours and the present simple
• do some gap-fill exercises

1) Watch the cartoon

Look at the words. Watch the cartoon below. Can you see them in the cartoon?  
Watch and put "Yes" or "No"

Tom And Jerry Feedin The Kiddie Episode 107 (WatchCartoonOnline.Us) 

2) Can you remember the colours?

3) Look at the pictures. What can you see?

4) Summary. Write a word in the gaps

5) A, An or Some?

More

Printable worksheets are here

Food activities for young learners http://www.anglomaniacy.pl/foodTopic.htm

Pages for colouring http://www.tomandjerryonline.com/coloring.cfm

What Britain Loves

You are going to

• discuss countries and stereotypes
• watch and listen to a TV ad.
• listen and order words and expressions
• talk about what your country / region / city loves

 


1) Discuss

• What is the British stereotype?
• What do the British love?
• Think of some things we love

2) Watch the clip

What  does Britain love?
Can you guess before you watch?

3) Put the words and expressions in order
Look at the list of words and expressions in the exercise below
Do you understand all of them?
Watch the youtube clip again. While you listen, use your mouse to drag the expressions into the right order on the lines.

4) Discuss / Writing

• Do you think the ad is true?
• What do you love doing?
• What do people in your country love doing?

What does your country love?
Make a list of things
Read them out to the class or make a poster.

Grammar
Don't forget -  "... loves + a NOUN or VERB +ing"
eg Britain loves a celebration 
or
Britain loves gardening

Breakfast with Eric and Ernie

You are going to

• discuss breakfast
• look at breakfast / kitchen words
• watch a video about breakfast
• practise asking and answering questions in the present simple
• practise using auxiliaries in the present simple - Do, Don't, Does, Doesn't
• describe what you do for breakfast
  

Teacher's note. This activity is designed to practise the present simple. By substituting Did for Do / Does it can also practise the past. Students can describe the activity in the past if they know the past forms of eat, drink, listen, make, put, throw, catch, beat (eggs), squeeze, open, close, toss (pancakes), cut, take

Revise and practise the present simple here http://efllecturer.blogspot.com/2011/04/present-simple.html


Scroll down for the SlideRocket presentation version of this post

Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise

Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise were two famous British comedians. This clip shows how they make breakfast when they are listening to the radio.

Discuss

1) What time do you have breakfast?

2) What do you eat and drink for breakfast?
    Do you

• drink tea?
• drink coffee?
• drink orange juice?
• eat a cereal?
• eat toast?
• eat bacon and eggs?
• eat biscuits?
• eat pancakes?
• make your breakfast?

3) Look at the photo. What can you see on the table?
 

4) What is your kitchen like? Describe it.


5) Have you got these in your kitchen?

milk	knife
bowls	kettle
cups	teapot
tray	bread
plates	toaster
cupboards	lemons
eggs

6) What other things have you got in your kitchen? Make a list in 1 minute.eg kettle, cooker...

Watch the clip

1) Vocabulary check
What do these words mean?

throw, catch, slices, beat (eggs), squeeze, open, close, toss (pancakes), cut, take

2) Look at the photos. What are their names?

Eric

Ernie

3a) Look at the list of breakfast activities before you watch.
Put their names next to the activities you see them do. After you watch do the interactive exercises below the video
 

listen to the radio √ = Eric and Ernie	beat the eggs √ = Ernie
eat breakfast cereal	cut the lemons √ = Eric
drink coffee = X (They don't drink coffee)	squeeze lemons
eat biscuits	toss pancakes
throw slices of bread	put water in the tea pot
catch the bread	make the tea
put bread in the toaster	catch the toast
open the cupboards	take sausages out of the fridge

Watch

3b) How much can you remember? Choose the correct answer

Practise

Ask and answer questions
For example

• Does Eric catch the bread? Yes he does
• Does Ernie put the bread in the toaster. No he doesn't, Eric puts the bread in the toaster

Continue...

Revise and practise the present simple here http://efllecturer.blogspot.com/2011/04/present-simple.html

Write

Describe what you do for breakfast
I have breakfast at 8 o'clock. I drink...

Practice of past simple

Look at the pictures at the end of the presentation below

Tell the story in the past. Use the vocabulary from the exercises and these verbs in the past; eat, drink, listen, make, put, throw, catch, beat (eggs), squeeze, open, close, toss (pancakes), cut, take

For example;  This morning Eric and Ernie had breakfast. They ate cereal and listened to the radio…

Breakfast with Eric and Ernie from David Mainwood

Flat Life by Jonas Geirnaert

You are going to practise

• Present Continuous
• There is / are 
• Asking questions
• Household nouns

Flat Life is a short animation movie by Jonas Geirnaert about the life of 4 people in a building. 

1) Discuss

• Have you got a house or a flat?
• How many rooms are there?
• What's your favourite room?
• What colour is it?
• What furniture is there?

2) Look at the picture below

A) Answer

• What can you see?
• How many rooms are there?
• How many people are there?
• What furniture can you see?
• What are the people doing? 

 

B) Look at the picture again. True or false?

1. There is a vase
2. There are three TVs
3. There are three doors
4. There are four paintings
5. The washing machine is in the green room
6. The cupboard is in the yellow room
7. They are all sitting
8. Three people are watching TV
9. The woman is watching TV

Answers - highlight here = 1) T,  2) F,  3) F,  4) T,  5) F,  6) T  7) T  8) F  9) F

C) Correct the false sentences

eg 2) There aren't three TVs. There are two TVs

D) Answer these questions
Is there a TV in room 1?
Is the man painting a tree?
E) Ask some more questions



3) Watch Flat Life  
A) Look at these activities.

Hanging a picture on the wall,  Cleaning,  Painting,  Playing cards,  Watching TV,  Drinking, Running,  Washing,  Repairing,  Hanging up the washing

Watch the clip and put them in the correct room in the picture. The first one is done for you.

B) When you watch put a tick √ if you see these things

Door √	Vase	Television	Table	Chairs
Picture	Cupboard	Armchair	Washing machine	sofa
DVD player	Pegs	Remote control	Bottle	Hammer
Nail	Broom	Clothes line	Playing cards	Computer

Now watch the clip

Ex A Answers - highlight below

Room 1 Hanging a picture on the wall Cleaning Painting	Room 2 Playing cards Watching TV
Room 3 Watching TV Drinking Running	Room 4 Washing Repairing Hanging up the washing

Ex B Answers = There isn't a computer, sofa or DVD player


More practice of the present continuous here http://efllecturer.blogspot.com/2011/04/present-continuous-with-gif-images.html

Writing - Write the activities from ex 3A in the present continuous
ie 1) He is hanging a picture on the wall.

Speaking - Watch the film again. Pause it and ask questions with a friend.



4) Match - Look at the pictures below
What are they saying? Match these questions with the pictures

"Can I have my broom back, please?"

"Can you do me a favour?"

"Can I borrow your broom, please?" = A

"Can I borrow your broom, please?"

"Shall I wash your jacket?"

Answers - highlight below

A) "Can I borrow your broom, please?"

B) "Can I have my broom back, please?"

C)) "Can you do me a favour?"

D) "Can I borrow your broom, please?"

E) "Shall I wash your jacket?"

Worksheet and answers

Flat Life by Jonas Geirnaert for EFL

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