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Type of activity: small groups, matching

Function practised: comparing and contracting, discussing advantages and disantavages.

Exponent:

It would be easier to. . . . ..

The. . . .. . . . would be better/stronger

The. . .. . .. . was . . . . er/the. . . . -est because

The. . .. . . was not as. . . .. as the. . .. .

The. . . . . was too. . . .

The . . . was not. . . enough,

Lexical areas: names of tools and instruments, action verbs

Problem vocabulary: tweezers, twig, coat, hanger, wedgem unblock, squeezing, crack, floorboard, accidentally

Phrasal verbs: get out, fix onto, push into.

How to use the game: Divide the class into groups of three or four. Play the PowerPoint presentation to make sure students learn the vocabulary. Give students the worksheet with the task list. The object of the game is for each group to decide which implement would be more useful in each situation. They should compare the implement and discuss the advantages and disadvantages of each. When they have finished, one person from each group go to another group to compare results and discuss advantages and disadvantages of the different methods employed.

If your students are adults, you might bring in the actual implement for each group instead of the presentation.

Optional rules: 1. Another suggestion will be to monitor, and give points to the team/students who uses the 'exponent vocabulary'. 2. Each implement is to be used only once.

 

Task list:

1. You have a bottle of wine but no corkscrew

2. The cupboard door keeps swinging open

3.This sink is blocked

4. The neighbour's dog keep squeezing through a hole in the fence

5. Your ring has dropped into a saucepan of boiling water

6. You have dropped some money through a crack in the floorboard

7. You can't get the lid off the jam pot

8. Your house is locked and you can't get in.

9. A water pipe is leaking and water is dripping onto the floor. 

Download the worksheet here