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Collocations Challenge

This document provides teaching notes for an activity to practice common verb collocations. The activity involves two games: a matching game where students match verbs with collocations, and a game where they take turns drawing verb cards and making sentences using the verbs. The goal is to practice using 20 common verbs in collocations and sentences. Students work in groups, using verb and collocation cards, to play the two games and improve their use of verb collocations.

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Collocations Challenge

This document provides teaching notes for an activity to practice common verb collocations. The activity involves two games: a matching game where students match verbs with collocations, and a game where they take turns drawing verb cards and making sentences using the verbs. The goal is to practice using 20 common verbs in collocations and sentences. Students work in groups, using verb and collocation cards, to play the two games and improve their use of verb collocations.

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TEACHER’S NOTES

WORKSHEETS, ACTIVITIE S & GA ME S Collocations Challenge

Activity Type Introduction


Matching and speaking In these two verb collocation games, students practice verb
activity collocations and making sentences with 20 common verbs. The
game can be used with the '20 Common Verbs' worksheet, which
provides practice with the same verbs.
Focus
Common verbs Procedure

Verb collocations Students begin with a pelmanism game to practice common verb
collocations.

Aim Divide the students into groups of three. Give each group a set of
verb cards and a set of collocation cards.
To practice verb
collocations and making Ask the students to shuffle both sets of cards separately and
sentences with 20 spread them out face down on the desk in two sets.
common verbs.
Students then take it in turns to turn over one card from each set.

Preparation If the verb matches with the phrase on the other card to make a
Make one copy of the collocation, the student keeps the two cards, scores a point and
cards for each group has another turn. If the cards don't match, the student turns them
of three and cut as back over, keeping them in the same place. Play then passes to
indicated. the next student.

The students continue to play until all the cards have been
Level matched or until no matches are possible.

Elementary (A1-A2) Students then add up their scores and move on to the second
part of the game.
Time Ask the students to shuffle the verb cards and place them face
25 minutes down in a pile on the desk.

The students then take it in turns to pick up a card from the top
of the pile and make a sentence with the verb on the card.

Students are not allowed to repeat a collocation from the first


game and must try to create new sentences using the verbs.

If the sentence uses the verb correctly and is grammatically


correct, the student keeps the card and scores a point. If the
student is unable to make a correct sentence, the card is placed
at the bottom of the pile.

The next student then takes a card from the top of the pile and so
on. The game continues until all the cards have been used.

The students then add up their points from both games to find
the overall winner.

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VERBS

WORKSHEETS, ACTIVITIE S & GA ME S Collocations Challenge

Verb cards

call come do find

get give go have

know look make say

see take tell think

try use want work

Collocation cards

some money on the


a friend home from school the housework
floor

a plate from the


a pen to your friend to class a bath
cupboard

the meaning of a
in your bag a sandwich "I love you"
verb

the moon in the sky a nap a joke about the future

to learn common a computer


something to eat in a restaurant
verbs program

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