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Compound Adjective Catchphrase

The document describes a teaching activity where students play a game to guess compound adjectives from clues and mimes given by other students. The activity aims to help students practice compound adjectives. It provides instructions for playing the game and includes a list of compound adjective cards for students to use.

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Compound Adjective Catchphrase

The document describes a teaching activity where students play a game to guess compound adjectives from clues and mimes given by other students. The activity aims to help students practice compound adjectives. It provides instructions for playing the game and includes a list of compound adjective cards for students to use.

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TEACHER’S NOTES

ESL / EFL RESOURCES Compound Adjective Catchphrase

Activity Type Introduction


Listening, speaking and In this amusing teaching activity, students play a game where
miming activity, group they guess compound adjectives from clues and mimes given by
work other students.

Procedure
Language Focus
Divide the class into two teams.
Compound adjectives
One player from each team comes to the front of the class.
Aim
Both players are given the same compound adjective card together
To guess compound with a definition and related vocabulary.
adjectives from clues and
mimes given by other The players' task is to get their team to say the compound
students. adjective on the card.

The players do this by giving clues containing synonyms of the


Preparation vocabulary on the card along with gestures and mimes to help
their team guess the word.
Make two copies of
the cards and cut as
Players are not allowed to say any form of the compound adjective
indicated. Keep the two
or words used in the definition or related vocabulary. Students are
sets separate and in the
also not allowed to say the first letter of the word or give clues
same order.
that rhyme.

Level The first team to guess the compound adjective scores a point.

Intermediate Two new players then come up to give clues and mimes for the
next compound adjective and so on.

Time This continues until all the cards have been used.
25 minutes
The team with the most points at the end of the game wins.

As an alternative, you can remove gesturing and miming from the


game to make the activity more challenging.

Note: This is an editable PDF. To edit the document, select the Edit
PDF tool in Acrobat.

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COMPOUND ADJECTIVES

ESL / EFL RESOURCES Compound Adjective Catchphrase

not paying attention


absent-minded
(forgetful, distracted, unaware)

known widely or thoroughly


well-known
(popular, common, everyday, established)

middle-aged around 40-60 years old

no longer current or common


old-fashioned
(not modern)

relaxed approach or manner


easy-going
(calm, unworried, casual)

showing an ability to think or respond quickly or


quick-witted
effectively

determined to do something
strong-willed
(stubborn)

high-spirited lively and cheerful in behavior or mood

home-made made or produced in the home or by yourself

kind-hearted kind, caring, generous, helpful

making you think a lot about a subject


thought-provoking
(interesting, provocative, stimulating)

someone who has a lot of knowledge about


well-educated
many subjects

admired by many people for your qualities or


highly-respected
achievements

mass-produced made in large quantity by machines

narrow-minded not open to different ideas or thoughts

a lot of things or people in a small area


densely-populated
(crowded)

short-sighted unable to see far; lacking foresight

behaving in a polite or correct way


well-behaved
(orderly, obedient, disciplined, cooperative)

worn-out exhausted, extremely tired

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