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7A Vocabulary ENGLISH FILE

Elementary

Description Students revise food vocabulary by completing a crossword

Lesson link Use this activity after exercise 1
Time 15 minutes
Extra material Print out and photocopy the Food crossword worksheet for each student - cut up

Instructions
a Write the word banana on the board. Ask SS what
it is. Elicit a simple definition from the class. Now
group SS in pairs and give one student in each pair
part A of the crossword, and the other student part
B. Tell SS not to look at each other’s crossword.
b Tell SS they each have half of the crossword but
need to get the answers from their partner. Their
partner cannot say the word in the crossword. For
example, if the word is banana, they cannot say
the word banana. Tell SS to explain their word in
other ways. You might want to teach SS that in
English we ask for crossword clues by saying
1 down and 1 across respectively.

Answers
1 2 3 4

t o m a t o e s
o u e a
6 8

a s a p p l e s
s h a u
7

t r i c e d g
10

o o a
9

o d i n n e r
5

j a m i
o
11

o r a n g e s

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7A Vocabulary ENGLISH FILE
Elementary

Food crossword
Student A
1 2 3 4

t o m a t o e s
e a
6 8

a p p l e s
a u
7

d g
10

a
9

r
5

11

o r a n g e s
Food crossword
Student B
1 2 3 4

t m
o u
6 8

a s
s h
7

t r i c e
10

o o
9

o d i n n e r
5

j a m i
o
11

n
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