Time: 10 minutes per game
Type of activity: Teacher-led picture bingo
activity, with the students working individually (or in pairs in larger
classes).
Preparation: Copy the eight students' cards and cut them out -one card per
student (or
per pair
if the class is large).
If you plan to play the
game twice, give each student two cards to start with. Also make one copy of the teacher's handout.
[You will
need to cut out the bottom half into
small squares.)
Lexical area/Topic Useful 'action' verbs
climb, cook, cry, dance, drink, drive, eat, jump, kick, laugh, phone,
read, run, sing, sleep, swim
Method
1 Give out the bingo cards.
Allow the students a few minutes to look through them before beginning. (If the
class
is large, students work in pairs.)
2 Put the sixteen squares you
have cut up into some kind of container (hat, cup, etc.) and draw them out one
at a
time. Say the name on the square and place it on your 'Master board'. If
the students have the word (a picture on
their cards), they cross it out.
3 Continue until a student has
crossed out every picture, in which case s/he shouts out Bingol
4
Now you stop the game and ask the student
to say the six verbs on his/her card that s/he has crossed out. (You
can
ask another student to monitor this, to avoid any cheating!) Check on your
board that these verbs have been
called out.
5
If a mistake has been made,
continue with the game until someone wins.
6
You can then play again with
different cards. You might even ask one of the students to be the caller!
