Contents
SECTION 1
COMPETITIVE GAMES
SECTION 2
COGNITIVE GAMES
(SENT War)
SECTION 3
FEELINGS AND
GRAMMAR
Map of the book
Introduction
4.1. Betting on grammar horses
1.2 Happy grammar families
1.3 Grammar Reversi
1.4 Three from six grammar quiz
15 Present perfect love story
1.6 Spoof
1.7 Student created text
1.8 Speed
1.9. I challenge
4.10 The triangle game
2.1 One becomes two
2.2 Mind-reading
23. Weed-read
24 Don't ‘she’ me
2.5 Final word
2.6 DIY word order
2.7 Body tense map
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2.10
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3.10
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3.14
3.15
3.16
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Shunting words
Mending sentences
Hinged sentences
Spot the differences
Self-generated language
Achievements
‘Typical questions
Did you write that?
Who wrote what about me?
In-groups and out-groups
Verbs for extroverts
To versus ing
Telling people what they feel
Reported advice
Impersonating members of a set
Choosing the passive
sprinkling of people
Us lot
Lack
Haves and have-nots
Picture the past
Passive verbsSECTION 4
LISTENING TO PEOPLE
(GRAMMAR INA
‘COUNSELLING FRAME)
SECTION 5,
MOVEMENT AND
GRAMMAR
SECTION 6
MEANING AND
TRANSLATION
SECTION 7
PROBLEM SOLVING
SECTION 8
‘CORRECTION
SECTION 9
PRESENTATION
4A Whose am 1?
4.2 No backshift
43° Incomparable
4.4 Round the circle
45 Eyes shut
4.6 One question behind
4.7 Intensive talk
4.8 Two against the group
5.1 Realtime
5.2 Sit down then
5.3 Do you like your neighbours’ words?
5.4 Turn round quick
5.5 Onlyif
5.6 Future chairs
5.7 if present perfect
5.8 If you had the chance
5.9 Moving Ludo (Pachisi)
6.1 iffy sentences
6.2 Two-faced sentences
6.3. Grammar homophones
6.4 Written conversations
6S The world of take
6.6 Coherence poems
6.7 Twoword verbs
7.1 The woman on the roof
7.2 Umbrella
7.3 Eyes
7.4 Adictionary game
7.5 Near future seen from distant future
Just a minute
Correction letters
Reformulation
Mistakes mirror
Hand on hand
Listening to time
Guess the sentence
Grammar letters
The’ and ‘a’
9.5 Word order dictation
9.6 Guess my grammar
9.7 Teacherless task
9.8 Puzzle stories
Bibliography
Acknowledgements
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Betting on grammar
horses
Happy grammar
families
Grammar Reversi
Three from six
‘grammar quiz
Present perfect love
story
Spoot
Student created text
Speed
I challenge
The triangle game
(One becomes two
Mind-reading
Weed-read
Don't ‘she’ me
Final word
DIY word order
Body tense map
Shunting words
Mending sentences
Hinged sentences
‘Spot the differences
Self-generated
language
* Verbs + ing / verbs +
infinitive / verbs that take
either
* Basic word order
* Phrasal verbs
Varied
Present perfect simple,
continuous, active and
passive
* (1) Present continuous
(2) Adjective / noun
collocation
* Continuous tenses
* Collocations with wide,
narrow and broad
Word endings and suffixes
Prepositions
‘Adverbs of time, place and
movement
Varied syntax and grammar
Varied
* Varied
Word-building
Word position
Word order
Tenses and their uses
Syntax, especially clause
coordination
Varied
Syntax and punctuation
* Common mistakes
Varied
* This activity can be adapred
for use with other
grammatical sractures,
* Upper intermediate
* Beginner
* Upper intermediate
Elementary to advanced
Lower intermediate and
intermediate
+ (1) Intermediate
+) Advanced
* Intermediate to
Upper intermediate
* Intermediate to
advanced
Beginner to advanced
Intermediate and above
Elementary to advanced
Beginner to
intermediate
* (1) Lower intermediate
* (2) Advanced
Intermediate to
advanced
* Intermediate
Beginner to advanced
Elementary to advanced
Elementary to advanced
Post beginner to
advanced
Intermediate
+ Elementary
Post beginner to
elementary
This ativiey can be
adapted to suit different
Tevels.
30-45 minutes
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40-60 minutes
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60 minutes
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40-50 minutes
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