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ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES FOR UNIT 3 TEACHERS NOTES

Activity 3.1
Language Focus:
Skills Focus:
Time (approx):
Preparation:

Present Continuous.
Grammar and Speaking
15 minutes
Cut up the set of 15 cards in Worksheet 3A.

Procedure

Choose an activity (not one on the cards e.g. driving a car).

Mime the activity to the students and ask the question: What am I doing?
Elicit the correct response.
Show the students that you have some cards and explain that on each card is an action.
Ask a student to come up to the front of the class and choose a card.
They should mime the action for the other students to guess.
Continue until all the cards have been mimed.

Note: In large classes you could divide into groups of about 15.

Activity 3.2
Language Focus:
Skills Focus:
Time (approx):
Preparation:

Present Continuous.
Grammar, Reading and Speaking
10 minutes
Photocopy Worksheet 3B for each group of students.

Procedure

Divide the students into groups.

Tell the groups that you will give them some sentences about three girls. The sentences contain information about
what each of the girls is wearing.
The students task is to work out what each girl is wearing using the information in the sentences.
Set a time limit and hand out one copy of the sentences per group.
Monitor and help where necessary. (Note: You might want to draw a grid on the board, similar to the one in the key,
for the students to copy.)
Check and discuss as a class.

Answer Key
Mary

Jane

Sally

Red T-shirt
Sandals
Skirt
Sunglasses

Scarf
Jeans
Pink hat
Red boots

Dress
Brown shoes
Yellow hat
Earrings

MOVE AHEAD ELEMENTARY

UNIT 3

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