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Match the Squares
Age/Level: Any Time: 20 minutes Players: 2 teams

Preparation: A completed word grid

Aim: To memorize and match pairs of words

You can use this matching game to review a great deal of vocabulary. It can be used when
you have two words that match in some way, e.g. adjective opposites, verb opposites,
prepositions, past and present verbs, etc.

Procedure

Draw a 6 x 4 grid on the board and number the squares 1 to 24. You could have a bigger or
smaller grid, depending on how many pairs of words you have to match. Make sure you
have a completed word grid in hand when you play the game.

Divide the students into two teams.

Explain to the class that behind each square is a word.

The objective of the game is to match the squares by remembering where each word is. Tell
the students that they cannot write anything down. They must remember the positions of the
words.

The first team selects two squares, e.g. number 2 and 16

Write the two corresponding words in the selected squares.

If the words match, the team gets a point and has another go.

If they don't match, the two words are erased and the other team selects two squares and so
on.

Continue until all the word pairs have been found.

The team with the most points is the winner.

Example grid:

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