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    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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    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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    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

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    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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