Jump and Slide 3 (Quiz Game - Pre-Int)

An pre-intermediate level quiz game to practise making questions in the past, present and future.

Individuals or teams see an answer and must ask the correct question.
A version for beginners is here Jump and Slide (Quiz Game - Beginners / Elem)
An elementary version is here Jump and Slide 2 (Quiz Game - Elementary)

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
A version of the game as a ppt file is here

Feel free to ask any questions in the comments section below




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Jump and Slide 2 (Quiz Game - Elementary)

An elementary level quiz game to practise making questions

Individuals or teams see an answer and must ask the correct question.
A version for beginners is here Jump and Slide (Quiz Game - Beginners / Elem)
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
A version of the game as a ppt file is here

Feel free to ask any questions in the comments section below




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What are they doing? - Quiz Game

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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What's the time? (game) / The Pink Panther - "In The Pink Of The Night"

You are going to

• watch a Pink Panther cartoon
• practise verbs in present continuous (3rd person)
• practise the time
• play a game

Teacher's note - the game can be downloaded as PowerPoint and adapted.







1) Discuss

• Who is this?
• What is he doing?

• What's that? 
• Is it a guitar?
• Is it a saxophone?
• What is he doing?

2) Watch
A) Watch the cartoon below
Look at the list. Look at each thing. Is it in the cartoon? Put "Yes it is" if you see it. Put "No it isn't" if you don't see it.

Video

B) Watch again and do the quiz

Printable worksheet here

3) Play the game

What's the time?

Answer the questions

(A version of this presentation adapted to play as a game can be downloaded as a ppt file here )

Whats the time from David Mainwood

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Mr Bean At The Olympics 2012 Opening

You are going to 

• watch a Mr Bean video
• practise Present Continuous

 

Watch

Watch the video
What is Mr bean doing?

Mr.Bean At 2012 Olympics Opening Ceremony por videobash

Practise

Do the gap-fill exercise

Printable version here

Speak

Look at the photos

What is Mr Bean doing?

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Plans for Leap Year Day

You are going to

• listen to radio clip about Leap Year Day and answer some questions
• listen to going to and present continuous used for plans and arrangements

1) Discuss

• What is Leap Year Day?
• Why is it special?
• Do you have any traditions connected with Leap Year Day?
• Do you do anything special on Leap Year day?

2) Listen to this radio clip

What are the people going to do?
Listen and do the matching exercise below



From BBC Radio 4 PM http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qskw





3) Discuss
Do the activities seem special to you?
What is special about the people who are doing them?


4) Now answer these questions

5) Discuss

• Are you going to do anything special for Leap Year Day?
• When is the next Leap Year Day?
• How much time have you got to prepare?

6) More on Leap Year Day

http://www.englishblog.com/2012/02/leap-year-day.html

Printable version here

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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Your City - Past and Present (a powerpoint project)

This is a student activity project which can be done with all levels and practises various grammar points including present and past tenses and the language of comparing and contrasting.

Teacher's notes

1. Find some old photos of your city or town from 50 -100 or more years ago
2. Go out and have students take photos of the same locations today
3. Students then prepare a powerpoint (see below) to compare and contrast the photos
4. Students should write a short descriptive paragraph describing each pair of photos (present and past). See below for structures to practise.
5. The powerpoint can then printed and turned into a booklet (ie a  souvenir for foreign students on a summer course) or class posters. It could also done as a presentation in class.
6. Students can also research online and write an introduction outlining some local history and points of interest.
7. Students can also write a conclusion stating whether they think there have been many changes and improvemets.

Language to practise

Elementary > Pre-intermediate 

• Adjectives
• Using present simple and continuous tenses and past simple and continuous tenses
• There is / are / was / were (n't)
• Some / any
• Countable nouns
• Articles
• Comparatives

Intermediate > Upper Intermediate

• Same as above plus
• Expressions to compare and contrast - both / also / however / on the other hand / although / moreover...
• Present perfect
• Passive
  
• Descriptive adjectives
• Stating opinions

Powerpoint Template

Here is a powerpoint template I prepared for a project on Southampton in the UK with a pre-intermediate class. The contemporary photos were mostly taken by the students on a group excursion (however google supplied one or two) and are occasionally a little dark but you get the idea...

• It's probably best to use google to find historic photos of your area but here is a site which is good for the UK http://grumpystumpy.com/
• If you can't get students to take photos then contemporary UK photos can be found here  http://www.geograph.org.uk/
• BBC's Turn Back Time is a similar idea and can be seen here

Southampton - Past and Present from David Mainwood

Discussion Ask students which photos they prefer - the past or the present. Why?
Is there anything good that we have lost from the past?
Would they like to travel back in time? When? Why?
What would they miss from the present?  





Writing (IELTS) - People nowadays work hard to buy more things. This has made our lives generally more comfortable but many traditional values and customs have been lost and it is a pity. To what extent do you agree or disagree?





Now try this post
Describe a city - Superlative Southampton Comparatives and Superlatives, Describing a place, Intermediate, Reading, Southampton, Upper Intermediate, Webquest 

Mr Bean's sandwich (Present Simple and Continuous / Past Simple + Some / Any / A)

Teacher's note; this clip can be used to practise a variety of grammar and language points at an elementary level.  Part 5 can be used to practise the present simple or the past simple. 
The worksheet is based on the complete clip on the DVD. Part of the clip is shown on the YouTube clip below.

You are going to 

• watch a video clip of Mr Bean making a sandwich
• practise present continuous and present simple
• practise the use of some / any / a 
• practise has / hasn't got
• practise food countables and uncountables

Discuss

• Do you like sandwiches?
• What's your favourite sandwhich?
• What do you put in a sandwich ?
• Can you make a sandwich?
• Do you know Mr Bean?
• Can Mr Bean make a sandwich?
  

Part 1 - Look at the questions before you watch

1) Answer the questions
1) Is the man sitting on a bench?
2) Is he reading a newspaper?
3) What is he reading?



2) Who says? Put B for Mr Bean or M for Man

- Just popped out for lunch.

- Me too.

- Nothing like a quick sandwich.

- No, absolutely.

Now watch part 1 here

Answers in worksheet below

Part 2 - Look at the questions before you watch

3) Put a tick if Mr Bean takes these things from his pocket.

Bread		Credit card		Cheese		Pepper		Sugar
Knife		Lettuce		Fish		Handkerchief		Milk
Scissors		Tomatoes		Salt		Tea		Hot Water Bottle

4) Make true sentences with A, An, Some or Any.

1) He has got some bread 2) He hasn’t got a knife 3) He has got some scissors 4) 5) 6) 7) 8)

9) 10) 11) 12) 13) 14) 15)

 

 

 

 

 

 

5a True or false? (Present Simple)
1)  He cuts the loaf of bread with a knife
2)  He throws the crust on the ground
3) There are 2 slices of bread
4) He spreads the butter with the scissors
5) He washes the lettuce in the drinking fountain
6)  He dries the lettuce with his sock
7) There is one fish in the jar
8) He puts the tea bag in the hot water bottle
9) He coughs
10) The man gives him a sandwich.



5b True or false? (Past Simple)
1)  He cut the loaf of bread with a knife
2)  He threw the crust on the ground
3) There were 2 slices of bread
4) He spread the butter with the scissors
5) He washed the lettuce in the drinking fountain
6)  He dried the lettuce with his sock
7) There was one fish in the jar
8) He put the tea bag in the hot water bottle
9) He coughed
10) The man gave him a sandwich.       


Now watch the clip
 

Now do the interactive exercises











Correct the false sentences
eg He doesn’t cut the bread with a knife. He cuts it with some scissors (present).

 eg He didn’t cut the bread with a knife. He cut it with some scissors (past).




Speaking

7) Watch the presentation and answer the questions

Mr Bean's sandwich (present continuous)

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Worksheets - Answers

Mr Bean's Sandwich - EFL

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