From the article: Quick Lessons - Short Grammar Activities
Sooner or later all English teachers need some fun grammar activities to help fill in the gaps in class, or to provide some extra fun for students. Most ESL / EFL teachers have some trusted grammar activities that help out in a pinch. Here are quick grammar activities that teachers from the around the world have chosen to share. Thanks for the help! Share your quick lessons
vocabulary
- i noticed my students play a game named ( bus complete ). They divided a sheet of paper to 5 columns , wrote in above of every column the words ( boy,girl,country,animal,food ). every turn , one of them choose a letter to start these words.The first who finished say ( bus complete) . then they share the answers. I shared them the game and turn it to english words . during the game I could correct the words and the students can get new vocabulary.
- —Guest neven
Vocabulary
- A teacher can divide his class into two groups . Lets say A and B . Then on the board he can make two charts, one for each group. then T. Asks ss. to start giving any word . T.writes it on the board and for the 2nd group start with the last letter in the word the 1st group gives . And so the activity goes on . Actually this evoke an spirit of challenge between them and at the same time it is a kind of brain-storm strategy to exercise their vocabulary. I hope this may be helpful to fill the remaining gap in the period.
- —Guest Taj Alsir
Giving an advice
- Make students sit in a circle. Ask them to write on a piece of paper a problem that they have in their lifes in one sentence using can't e.g. I can't speak English. I can't leave home at night. etc. Then make them pass his/her sheet of paper to the partner to the left. He she will read the problem an write an advice to his / her friend, using SHOULD, e.g. You should take an extra English course. They will continue passing the sheet of paper to his/her left and each classmate will write a different advice for this problem. At the end the owner of the sheet will have a lot of advice to his/her problem and students will practice this two modal verbs.
- —Guest M
