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11C Compound adjective dominoes

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lost empty- handed well-
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dressed broken- hearted open-

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minded home- made long-

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winded right- handed well-

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behaved cold- hearted absent-

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minded ready- made long-

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suffering single- handed well-

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informed faint- hearted bloody-

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minded man- made long-

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running heavy- handed well-

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fed warm- hearted like-

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minded self- made long-

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© Ceri Jones, Tania Bastow, Sue Kay and Vaughan Jones, 2001. Published by Macmillan Publishers Limited. This sheet may be photocopied and used within the class. Photocopiable
 T E A C H E R’ S N O T E S

11C Compound adjective dominoes

Piotrek Steinbrich

Type of activity Procedure

Vocabulary. Group work. 1 Explain that the students are going to play
a game of dominoes in which they form
Aim compound adjectives.
To practise forming compound adjectives. 2 Divide the class into groups of three to four
students and give each group a set of
Task dominoes placed face down on the table.
To match dominoes to make compound adjectives.
3 Ask the students to take five dominoes each
and leave the rest in a pile, face down.
Preparation 4 Ask the students to take turns to place their
dominoes, for example,
Make one copy of the worksheet for each group
of three to four students. Cut up the dominoes behaved cold- hearted absent- minded ready-
as indicated.
If they do not have a domino that works, they
pick up a domino from the pile and miss a
Timing
turn. Circulate, checking that the students
20 minutes
have found the correct connections. The first
student to get rid of all their dominoes wins.

Notes & comments

To maximise oral practice, ask the students to say
each word as they play.