TEACHER’S NOTES
WORKSHEETS, ACTIVITIE S & GA ME S Verb-Preposition Dominoes
Activity Type Introduction
Vocabulary Game: In this dependent prepositions game, students practice common
matching (group work) verb-preposition collocations by playing dominoes.
Procedure
Focus
Divide the students into groups of three.
Dependent prepositions
with verbs
Give each group a set of dominoes.
Ask the students to shuffle the dominoes and deal out five each,
Aim
leaving the rest in a pile face-down on the table.
To practice common
verb-preposition Groups of four are also possible with each player having four
collocations by playing a dominoes.
game of dominoes.
Tell the students to turn over the top domino from the pile and
place it face-up on the table.
Preparation
The first player tries to combine a verb and preposition together
Make one copy of the
to form a sentence or question by placing a domino down either
dominoes for each group
before or after the domino on the table.
of three and cut as
indicated.
If the player thinks that the verb and preposition match and the
cards make a complete sentence or question, they read it to the
Level group to show the match is correct.
Intermediate (B1) The next player then tries to put down one of their dominoes at
either end of the domino chain and so on.
Time If a player cannot put down one of their dominoes, they take a
20 minutes domino from the top of the pile and put it down if they can.
If there are no dominoes left in the pile, play passes to the next
student.
The first player to get rid of all their dominoes wins the game.
The other players should continue to put down their dominoes,
as when all the dominoes have been matched they form a loop.
If a loop is not formed, then students haven’t matched the
dominoes correctly and they should look for the mistake.
The correct answers can be seen on the uncut worksheet.
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WORKSHEETS, ACTIVITIE S & GA ME S Verb-Preposition Dominoes
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