Sentences with word prompts
S. Students write sentences using word
prompts:
(play football) _____________________.
Gap fill
M. Students fill in the blanks using words
from a box:
Yesterday, she ______ to the market.
Find who wrote it
B. Students write down information about
themselves on small pieces of paper. Take
in papers and put in bag. Students take one
each and mingle to find who wrote it.
“What did you do last night?”
“I played computer games”.
Matching
P. Students match sentences to pictures,
verbs to nouns, or questions to answers.
I’m going to
What are you
visit my family.
going to do next She’s going to
weekend? the beach.
.
Information gap table
D. Students complete a table of information
by communicating with each other:
A: What’s Beam doing on Saturday?
B: ______________________________.
B: What’s Noi doing on Sunday?
Transformation Drill
N. Students change the grammatical
structure of the sentence given by the
teacher according to which rule is being
practised:
“I went to the beach” (negative)
“I didn’t go to the beach”(question)
“Did you go to the beach?” (positive)…
Gap-fill with cues
G. Students fill in the blanks using cues in
brackets
If I were rich…
Yesterday, she ______ (go) to the market.
Substitution drill
Picture mingle
C. Students mingle with picture cards
asking and answering questions, swapping
pictures and finding a new partner.
“Do you like durian?”
“Yes I do”
Sentences with picture prompts
O. Students write sentences using picture
prompts:
 ________________________.
Survey
H. Students ask and answer questions to
complete a class survey
How often do you do exercise?
Once a week
Twice a week
Three-four times a week…
Write personalised sentences
T. Students create sentences about
themselves using the grammar presented:
Write a sentence about something you have
done:
________________________________.
Scrambled sentences
E. Students unscramble mixed-up
sentences:
never / has / he / Phuket / to / been
Find your partner (matching cards)
F. Students given one half of a card. They
have to find a partner with the other half by
speaking:
go do
went did
Broken sentences
K. Students match two halves of a sentence
to make a grammatically correct sentence:
…I Substitution table
would buy a house.
L. The teacher gives the sentence and a
different word or phrase the learners must A. Students make sentences from a table of
use in the same place: different sentence parts:
“If you go to Chiang Mai, you will see lots of
mountains”
(Doi Suthep)
“If you go to Chiang Mai, you will see Doi
Suthep”…
Role play Find someone who
Q. Students act out roles on role cards and l. Students mingle to find someone who fits
complete a speaking task: the description on their worksheet:
A: You are the interviewer. Prepare your Find Someone Who…
questions. ________has been to Phuket
B: You are the interviewee. Prepare for your ________ has been skydiving
interview.
Memory Card Game Q&A Mingle
J. Students have a set of picture cards
divided between them in a group. They play
R. Students mingle and ask and answer
a card and say a sentence. The next person
questions to complete a task:
repeats the sentence and adds an extra
Task: Who is the most adventurous person in
part to the sentence:
the class? Find out.
A: “I went to the market and I bought an
“Have you ever been skydiving?”
apple.”
“Would you ever go skydiving?”
B: “I went to the market and I bought an apple
and some bananas”