Relative Clause Bingo: Activity Type

 

TEACHER'S NOTES

Relave Clause Bingo

ESL / EFL RESOURCES

 Acvity Type

Introducon

Listening and speaking activity, group work

In this engaging teaching activity, students play a game of bingo by describing people, places and things using dening relative clauses.

Language Focus

Procedure

Dening relative clauses

Divide the class into groups of four. Groups of three are also possible.

 Aim

Give each student in the group a bingo card. c ard.

To play a game of bingo by describing people, places and things using dening relative clauses.

Preparaon Make one copy of the cards for each group of four. Cut out the bingo cards and word cards as indicated.

Also, give each group a set of word cards. Ask the students to shue the word cards and place them face down in a pile on the desk. The students take it in turns to take a card from the top of the pile and describe the person, place or thing on the card using a dening relative clause. Examples: It is a person who... It is a place where... It is something that/which...

Level Pre-intermediate

The student giving the description is not allowed to say the word or use variations of the word. The other students in the group try to guess the word.

Time 25 minutes

When the word has been guessed, the students who have the word on their bingo card cross it o. If the students are having diculty guessing the word, the student who is describing can give more denitions. The next student then picks up a word card and so on. The rst student to cross o all the words on their card shouts 'bingo' and wins the game.

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RELATIVE CLAUSES AND PRONOUNS

Relave Clause Bingo

ESL / EFL RESOURCES

Bingo cards Student A

Student B

mirror

microphone

pu b

journalist

museum

exit

truck

customer

 

wife

passport  

suitcase bicycle

volunteer

 

nurse

teacher

 

truck

museum

 

garden

volunteer

 

nurse

Student C

Student D

suitcase

park

bicycle

folder

desk

exit

garden

microphone

 journalist

pub

teacher

trainers

passport

wife

desk

trainers

folder

 

mirror

customer

 

 

park

Word cards

pub

microphone

truck

suitcase

folder

bicycle

wife

mirror

volunteer

desk

nurse

passport

 journalist

 

 

 

exit

teacher

 

park

garden

customer

trainers

museum

Teach-This each-This.com .com © 2017 Permission granted to reproduce for classroom use.