GRAMMAR

Verb-Noun Dominoes

FOCUS LEVEL ACTIVITY

Present simple affirmatives Beginner (A1) to
Pre-intermediate (A2) Matching
Verb-noun collocations
TIME
25 minutes
AIM
Making present simple Speaking
affirmative sentences using
PREPARATION
verb-noun collocations of
Make 1 copy of the
‘take’, ‘have’ and ‘go’
dominoes sheet for each
group of 3 students.
Group work
Cut along the dotted lines.

Teacher’s Notes
Introduction
This activity focuses on verb-noun collocations in
the present simple tense, making use of a
dominoes game mechanic. Students must make
affirmative statements using ‘have’, ‘take’ and ‘go’
verb-noun collocations.
Procedure
Divide students into groups of three and give each
group a set of the printed dominoes. The students
must shuffle the dominoes and hand out six each,
leaving the rest face down on the table in a stack.
The first player turns the first domino in the stack
face up on the table. They must then create a verb-
noun collocation by placing one of their dominoes
at either end of the domino on the table.
If the player can create a verb-noun collocation,
they must then say a present simple affirmative
statement using the collocation they just made
with the dominoes, for example “I go swimming
every day”.
The other players must then judge this player’s
statement. If it is grammatically correct, the
student leaves the domino where it is. However, if
the sentence is not grammatically correct, the
player must pick up the domino and keep it.
Successive players must then try to place one of
their dominoes at either end of the line of
dominoes on the table.
If a player cannot add one of their dominoes to the
line, they must take a domino from the top of the
‘face down’ stack, place it and make a sentence if
possible. However, if there are no dominoes left in
the stack, it is next player’s turn.
The first player with no dominoes left wins.

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 GRAMMAR
Verb-Noun Dominoes

a holiday take to class have a bow go

a party take jogging have a coffee go

fun take swimming have a rest go

a class take home have a photo go

a headache take cycling have medicine go

lunch take on holiday have an exam go

a nap take abroad have a bus go

a shower take shopping have a break go

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