Student: Farah Arce, Flavia Pigozzi, Lucas Villalba

Ball game
Type of activity: Practice Prepositions, Phrasal Verbs and vocabulary seen in Unit 2, 3 and 4
Level: Intermediate
Students: Adults
Time: 20’
Materials: A ball, a bag with the numbers of the questions and music
Place: Classroom - Students will play in groups in a competition

Procedure:
- We start with a brief introduction of the game.
- Our ball has some written numbered questions about Prepositions, Phrasal Verbs and vocabulary seen in Unit
2, Unit 3 and Unit 4.
- We start with the music and give the ball in a deliver way to a group.
- When we stop the music, the group who has the ball will have to answer one question that the organizers will
choose through a raffle.
- The limit to give an answer will be only 20 seconds.

Introduction:
Hello everyone, today we will play the ball game. We will start throwing the ball and playing the music, when the
music stops, the group who has the ball will answer a question that we will choose by a raffle. The group has 20
seconds to answer. The group with the most correct answers will be the winner. Now let’s play!

Questions:
1) What is the synonym for ‘cope with’:
a) uncontrollable
b) dismiss
c) manage (*)

2) The doctor will carry ______ more tests to find out what the problem is.
a) on
b) out (*)
c) off

3) He’s got very muscular ________

a) arms (*)
b) nose
c) hair

4) What is the adjective derived from ‘consider’:

a) considered
b) considerable (*)
c) considering

5) What is the meaning of ‘elk’:

a) It’s a type of large deer (*)
b) It’s a type of eagle
c) It’s a type of tree

6) If you want to be kind, what word would you use?:

a) fat
b) obese
c) overweight (*)

7) He apologised _____ Sam _____ being late last night.

a) of – with
b) by – to
c) to – for (*)

8) When Mary’s grandmother died, she came ______ a lot of money.

a) by
b) across
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c) into (*)

9) What is the synonym of ‘rucksack’:

a) backpack (*)
b) binoculars
c) flippers

10) Emma was so nervous she had _______ in his stomach.

a) birds
b) flies
c) butterflies (*)

11) My father always cuts ______ the park on his way home.
a) off
b) across (*)
c) into

12) The whole group was really enthusiastic _________ the trip to Bariloche.
a) about (*)
b) for
c) to

13) What is the meaning of ‘shipwreck’:

a) A new ship
b) A sailing ship
c) A destroyed ship (*)

14) ‘Picking up litter’ is:

a) Picking up flowers
b) Picking up rubbish (*)
c) Picking up papers

15) What is the synonym of ‘recycle’:

a) throw
b) reprocess (*)
c) save

16) What is the synonym of ‘run out’:

a) accumulate
b) steal
c) finish (*)

17) The synonym of ‘due to’ is:

a) afraid of
b) because of (*)
c) decide on

18) What is the meaning of ‘scenic’:

a) art of acting
b) a beautiful place (*)
c) a soap opera’s actor

19) If you want to be kind, what word would you use?:

a) Slim (*)
b) thin
c) super thin

20) We say ‘greenhouse ……..’:

a) mask
b) gases (*)
c) sprawl