TEACHER’S NOTES
WORKSHEETS, ACTIVITIE S & GA ME S Describe it
Activity Type Introduction
Vocabulary Game: In this describing things game, students match four adjectives to
matching, forming a picture and then describe the picture with the adjectives.
sentences from prompts
(group work) Procedure
Divide the students into groups of three.
Focus
Give each group a set of picture cards and adjective cards.
Describing things
Adjectives Ask the students to shuffle the adjective cards and deal out four
each.
Adjective order
The remaining adjective cards are placed face down in a pile with
the top card facing up next to the pile.
Aim
The picture cards should be placed face up on the table.
To match four adjectives
to a picture and then to
The aim of the game is to get four adjective cards that describe
describe the picture with
one of the pictures.
the adjectives.
The players take it in turns to pick up and put down an adjective
card.
Preparation
Make one copy of the Players can choose to pick up a card from the face down pile or
cards for each group take the top face up card next to the pile.
of three and cut as
indicated. Keep the Players must always have four cards in their hand and must put a
picture cards and card down in the face up pile after picking one up.
adjective cards separate.
When a player has four adjective cards that describe one of the
pictures, they place the cards in front of the picture and describe
Level it, e.g. 'This ice cream is tasty, soft and creamy. It is also cheap'.
Upper-intermediate (B2)
If all the players agree the adjectives match and the description is
appropriate, the student wins and keeps the picture card.
Time
The adjective cards are then reshuffled and the game begins
25 minutes again.
The game continues until all of the picture cards have been
described.
The student with the most picture cards at the end of the game
wins.
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DESCRIBING THINGS
WORKSHEETS, ACTIVITIE S & GA ME S Describe it
modern convenient useful portable
dangerous powerful wild big
well-made concrete high-rise occupied
tasty cheap soft creamy
common rectangular modern digital
fast expensive economical stylish
vast high scenic steep
protective friendly loyal obedient
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