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unit 14 What someone said

14.2 No more than

seven words

Before class

Copy the Prompt cards (p.115) so that there is one for each member of the class.

This is a game which requires learners to report what others say and

becomes a game of memory as it progresses.

Level

intermediate –

upper-intermediate

Divide the class into groups of three or four and give one Prompt card to each

learner. Ask learners to complete their Prompt cards with simple sentences for

each prompt, each one no more than seven words. For example:

Class size

groups of three of four

Promise:

Language focus

sentence patterns after

various reporting verbs.

I’ll save you a seat.

Ask a question:

Have you got any change?

Ask permission:

Pronunciation

weak form: that /

Can I leave early?

D´t

linking: asked

≈

if /

a…sktIf

As learners do this, encourage them to help each other within their groups and

go around the groups yourself helping with any problems. When they have

completed their Prompt cards , you are ready to begin the game.

Preparation time

5 minutes

Game time

30 minutes

The aim of the game is to report correctly as many things said to you

as possible.

Give each group a letter (A, B, C etc.) and write these letters on the board so

that you can keep score. Nominate one player from group A to read out a

prompt and one player from group B to report what is said, requested, asked

of him/her etc. For example:

Team A: Have you got any change?

Team B: He/she asked me if I had/have any change.

Only allow the prompt to be read once. If the player from group B gets it right,

he/she scores two points for his/her group. If not, the first player to shout out

the correct answer from one of the other groups wins one point for his/her team.

Nominate a player from group C to read a prompt to a player from group D etc.

Continue like this until all players have had a go at reporting.

Following this, you can increase the difficulty of the game by asking two

players from one group to read prompts consecutively and nominating a

player from another group to report both of them. Score one point for each

correct answer.

The winning group is the one with the most points at the end of the game.

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0521575796 - The Grammar Activity Book

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14.2 No more than seven words

Prompt cards

Ask permission:

Apologise:

Promise:

Make a prediction:

Ask a question:

Make a suggestion:

State a fact:

Ask a question:

Demand something:

Introduce yourself:

Ask the time:

Announce something:

Ask for something:

Ask about a friend:

Inquire about someone’s health:

Disagree with someone:

Make a suggestion:

Ask the price:

Agree with someone:

Make a promise:

Tell someone the time:

Wish for something:

Make an excuse:

Make a prediction:

Ask permission:

Make a guess:

Ask ‘why’:

Offer someone something:

Apologise:

Threaten someone:

Give advice:

Ask ‘where’:

Give an order:

Demand something:

Warn someone:

Refuse permission:

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The Grammar Activity Book

by Bob Obee © Cambridge University Press 1999

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