Colours Crossword

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TEACHER’S NOTES

WORKSHEETS, ACTIVITIE S & GA ME S Colours Crossword

Activity Type Introduction


Vocabulary Activity: In this colours activity, students complete a crossword by
unscrambling, completing describing and guessing primary and secondary colours.
gap-fill clues, describing,
guessing (pair work) Procedure
Divide the class into two groups (A and B).
Focus
Give each student a corresponding worksheet.
Primary and secondary
colours
First, students unscramble letters to form the names of primary
and secondary colours.
Aim
Afterwards, check the answers and spelling of each colour with
To complete a crossword each group.
by describing and
guessing primary and Exercise A - Answer key
secondary colours.
1. purple 5. blue 9. pink
2. green 6. white 10. black
Preparation 3. red 7. orange 11. grey
4. yellow 8. brown
Make one copy of the two
worksheets for each pair
Next, students write clues for the colours shown in their crossword
of students.
by thinking of two things that represent each colour.

Level After that, students pair up with someone from the other group
and take turns asking their partner for a clue to one of the missing
Elementary (A1-A2) colours in their crossword, e.g. 'What's 1 down?'

Their partner reads out the clue for that word, and the other
Time student tries to guess the colour.
25 minutes
If the student guesses the word successfully, they write it in their
crossword.

If not, their partner continues to give more clues until the student
is able to guess the word.

Finally, students compare worksheets with their partner to check


their answers.

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COLOURS

WORKSHEETS, ACTIVITIE S & GA ME S Colours Crossword

Student A

A. Put the letters in the correct order to reveal the names of 11 colours.

1. ................ LERPUP 5. ................ LEBU 9. ................ KPIN

2. ............... ENERG 6. ................ EWTIH 10. .............. CABLK

3. ................ ERD 7. ................ ENGOAR 11. .............. EYRG

4. ................ OYLELW 8. ................ WNROB

1 2

3
P U R P L E
4 5

6
B R O W N
7

8 9
R E D W H I T E
10

11
B L A C K

B. Create clues for the colours across by writing down two things that represent each
colour.

Clues across

3. This is the colour of ............................................ and of ............................................

6. This is the colour of ............................................ and of ............................................

8. This is the colour of ............................................ and of ............................................

9. This is the colour of ............................................ and of ............................................

11. This is the colour of ........................................... and of ............................................

C. Now, take turns asking your partner for clues to the missing colours in your
crossword (e.g. What's one down?) and complete the crossword.

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COLOURS

WORKSHEETS, ACTIVITIE S & GA ME S Colours Crossword

Student B

A. Put the letters in the correct order to create the names of 11 colours.

1. ................ LERPUP 5. ................ LEBU 9. ................ KPIN

2. ............... ENERG 6. ................ EWTIH 10. .............. CABLK

3. ................ ERD 7. ................ ENGOAR 11. .............. EYRG

4. ................ OYLELW 8. ................ WNROB

1 2
O Y
3
R E
4 5
G A L G
6
R N L R
7
E G O P E
8 9
Y E W I E
10
B N N
11
L K

B. Create clues for the colours down by writing down two things that represent each
colour.

Clues down

1. This is the colour of ............................................ and of ............................................

2. This is the colour of ............................................ and of ............................................

4. This is the colour of ............................................ and of ............................................

5. This is the colour of ............................................ and of ............................................

7. This is the colour of ............................................ and of ............................................

10. This is the colour of ........................................... and of ............................................

C. Now, take turns asking your partner for clues to the missing colours in your
crossword (e.g. What's three across?) and complete the crossword.

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