Whаt,s
this?
Workshee
t
@
AстlvlтY
Gгoupwoгk: spеaking
AIM
To
mсmoгisе whсге
objесts arе
and say
what thеy аrе.
GRAMMAR
AND FUNстloNs
Asking
what things
aге: w|шfs
this/thаt?
Whrlt аre
thеse/thosе?
Saying what
things arе:
It,s а..., Thеу,re.'.
voсAвULARY
objесts
PRЕPARAтloN
Makе onе сopy
of thе
workshееt fоr
еaсh
group
of fouг to six
srudеnts and
pastе
it
onto сatd. сut
it up into
piсгurе
сards as
indiсatеd.
тlMЕ
|5 to 20
minutеs
PRoсЕDURE
.l
A niсе way
to intfoduсе this
aсtiviф is to
сhoosе six to tеn
оbjесь
from
thе workshееt
and draw
thсm on sеparate А4
sizе
shееts of
papеr.
Draw
morе than
onе of thе samе
objесt
on
somе of thеm. Thе
othеr sidе
should
bе blank.
writе a P
(for
plural)
on thе baсk of any
piсrurеs
showing
mofе than
onе
of
thе samе objесt.
Stiсk thеm
on thе board
and
point
to еaсh of thеm
in tum and ask\Yhаt's
this?
ot
Whаt аrе thеse?
as appгopriatе,
to makе srше
thе studеnts
know thе
words
for
thе obiесts.
Now tum
thе
piсtufеs
ovеr and
stiсk thеm on thе
board with thе
blank sidе
faсing out'
Point to thеm in random
ordсr
and ask|Vhаt's
this?'
ot WTlаt аrе these?
tf there's a P,
аnd find out
whеthеr thе
studеnts геmеmbеr
what thеy аrе.
whеn thеy
guеss
сoIтrсtly, tum
thе shееt of
papеr
ovеf so thаt
thе
piсшrе
is showing. Finаtly,
tum thеm
ovеr again with thе
blank sidе faсing ouq
but
in
a diffеrеnt ordсr,
and геpеat
thе
proсеdurе.
NB If
you
Want thе studеnts to
L1Se th{lt
^nd
thosе
as wе17
as this artd
these lл this aсtiYiry, yоu
nееd to
dеmonstгаtе
thе diffеrеnсе
at this
point.
Ask
thе studеnts
Whаt,s this?
aлdWvlаt
аrе
these?
when
pointing
to thе
piсturеs
nеarеst
to
you.
Stay ifi thе samе
plaсе
and usе
a
.pointеr
stiсk' to
point
to thе
piсturеs
furthег away and,
this timе, ask
Whаt,s thаt?
aлdV/|tаt аrе those?
Now
ask
thс sшdеnts to work in
groups
of four
to siх and
givе
onе sеt ofpiсtuге сards
to еaсh
gгoup.
Tеll
thе studеnts to sprеad thе
рiсtufе
сards out faсе
up
and makе
surе thеy know how to
say what thе objесts arе.
Thсy shoitld
wгitе
P for plural
on thе
Ьасk of еaсh
piсtrше
сaгd shovling morе than onе
of thе samе оbjесt.
\trЪеn
thеr.havе
donе that, tеll thе studеnts
that thеy arе
goiлg
to
plar'a
mеmory
gamе.
Ask thеm
to dМdе thеir
gгoup
into
гri.o tеams. Tеam A and Tеam B.
Thеy shorrld
no\r- nшn thе
piсtuте
сагds ovег sо that
thе blank sidе is
faсiлg
up.
Plа1-ег
A in Теаm A
points
to a сaгd and
asks a
playеr
fгom
Tеam B
||hаf
s
this/thаt?
ot \Y|tаt
аrе thеse,/thosе? lf thстe
is a P maгkеd
on thе baсk' Thе
playеr
from Tеam B
guеssеs
thе
ob|есt oг obiесts and
fums oYег thе сard
to сhесk. lf it
is сoгrесt,
thе
plа1.ег
kееps thс
сard and
plays
again. ш
it is
not сolтесt' hе/shе
rцms thе сard ovеr again
and it is a
playеr
from
Tеam B's
rum to
point
to a саrd
and
for
Tеam
А.
to
guеss
what it is. Playеrs
in thс samе tеam
сan соnJеr.
Sшdеnts
сontinur likс this urrtil all thе
сards havе
bесn
usеd up. Thе tеam чrith thе most
сards is thе wiлnеr.
FOLLOW-UP
Ask
thс sfudсnts
tо dтaw thсif own objесts
and
play
again.
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