B1 Vocabulary

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2B Adjective dominoes
Aim B1
PRELIMINARY Vocabulary
to practise using -ing and -ed adjectives

2B Adjective dominoes
Activity type
playing a game of dominoes by matching sentence A F
when you can’t
beginnings and endings remember the name That man’s voice it’s very annoying!
I only got 25% in the
test –
of someone you’ve is really loud and
met before. screechy –

Classroom dynamics C B
pairwork and groups of four I was really The instructions they were so
I think your project is
really disappointing –
disappointed. were in French – confusing!

Time taken
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15 minutes When he heard
why didn’t you work he was really
that the train was
harder on it? annoyed.
cancelled,

Preparation
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You will need a copy of the activity sheets for each group of I’ve always found
She was really
four, cut into cards. confused
by the unclear map. dinosaurs really
fascinating;

Procedure M G
I want to learn more When we had the she was really She had never seen
1 Divide the class into groups of four, then divide each about them! surprise birthday surprised – she a kangaroo before –
party for my sister hadn’t expected
group into two pairs. Tell students that each pair will work anything!
together as a team.
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2 Give each group a set of cards, face down. Students she was totally The number of
fascinated! B1 Vocabulary
people who can’t
shuffle the cards and divide them equally between the PRELIMINARY
swim is really
surprising –
two teams.
3 Explain that the cards contain sentence beginnings (grey) 2B Adjective dominoes
and endings (white) which use -ing and -ed adjectives.
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The first team puts one of their cards on the table, face I need
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I thought everyone I want to swim and Some people were
up. Tell students to ignore the letters – these are only for could!
relaxing day by the
beach –
have fun! so bored of the film

checking answers. The other team checks to see if they

have a sentence beginning or ending on one of their S P
cards that matches with the card on the table. They add that they started The girl was so
that she didn’t sleep
playing on their excited about her
a domino if they can. The teams decide together if the phones. birthday
at all!

completed sentence is correct and makes sense. Monitor

and support as necessary if teams cannot agree whether E U

a sentence is correct. If students have a domino with a Do you like Yes, they’re really This maths lesson is
rollercoasters? exciting! so boring!
blank space and none of their dominoes are suitable,
they can complete the card with their own ideas. In this
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case, the other team must agree that the sentence is Why can’t we study When she came
but then she saw all
correct. If students cannot complete a sentence, they something more back from her
her emails!
interesting, like holiday she was
miss a turn. English? really relaxed –

4 Play continues until one team wins by using all their I J

dominoes. I am really
frightened of
they look so
I always get
embarrassed when
horrible!
spiders; people ask my age;

Adaptation and extension

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As an extension activity, students can work in pairs and take that’s private The TV show was so that he couldn’t It’s very
it in turns to read one of the sentence beginnings on the information! frightening sleep that night! embarrassing

dominoes. Their partner must provide a suitable ending.

Answer key
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