B1 Vocabulary

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8B Ten out of ten

Aim B1
PRELIMINARY Vocabulary
to practise describing specific words, revising vocabulary
from Units 1–8
8B Ten out of ten
Activity type
describing and guessing words
audience track waterfall scene
Classroom dynamics
groups of four and pairwork

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Time taken cliff captain ingredient stall
25 minutes

Preparation
You will need one copy of the activity sheet per group, cut mushroom athlete podcast recycling
into cards.

Procedure
1 Elicit phrases which can be used to describe something robot report litter resort
for which you do not know the word in English.
For example:
• It’s a kind of …
• It’s a thing which …
• It’s something you use to … changing cave branch tool
• It’s made of … room
• It’s someone who …
2 Divide the class into groups of four and then into two PHOTOCOPIABLE © Pearson Education Limited 2020 34
pairs (A and B). Give each group a set of cards and ask
them to share the cards out equally between the two
pairs. Each pair should have ten cards, which they should
not show to each other. Give the pairs about 10 minutes
to prepare how they will describe the words on their
cards without saying what the word is.
3 Join the two pairs together again to make groups of
four. Explain that each pair has 3 minutes to guess as
many words as possible. Pair A should describe the
words on the cards while Pair B try to guess. If Pair B
guess correctly, they win the card and Pair A moves onto
describing the next one. If Pair B do not know the answer,
they can ask extra questions. Pair B can skip a card if they
think they are not likely to guess the answer. In this case,
the skipped card should be put aside so that they can
come back to it if they guess all the other cards.
4 When the 3 minutes are up, Pair A should show Pair B the
words which they could not guess (if there are any).
5 This process is then repeated, but with Pair B describing,
and Pair A guessing the words. At the end, the pair with
the most cards is the winner.

Adaptation and extension

In smaller groups, divide the class into two teams. One
member of each team comes to the front. They are shown
the card and have to describe it to each of their groups. The
first group to shout out (or write down) the correct term wins
the point. This version of the activity can get quite loud!

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