Magic E bluff

A LESSON PLAN FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHERS

Lying game to practise words with and without magic E after short vowels and single consonants

By: Alex Case

Level: All Levels

Theme: General

Study Area: Pronunciation

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Lesson Plan Content:

Magic E bluff

Student A

Choose one of the lines on your worksheet and make it wrong by:

adding another (imaginary) word to make it into a pair of words both with and without a final Magic E (if there is only one there)
delete one of the words from the pair that is there (pretending that one doesn’t exist)
making up one or more imaginary definitions
swapping the definitions of the word with Magic E and the word without Magic E
changing the pronunciation or spelling of one of the words

Read out the falsified word or words, including spelling, meanings and pronunciation, and see if your partner can spot what is wrong.

Elementary

mad made
same
ten
big
time
not note

Pre-Intermediate

brake
tap tape
at ate
that
jet
him
slim slime
this
bit bite
sit site
hop hope
put

Intermediate

pal pale
tan
rat rate
leg
side
pin pine
kit kite
fog

Upper Intermediate

lab
wed
gen gene
pride
rid ride
’til tile
fin fine
pip pipe
spit spite
cod code
god
cop cope
tub tube

Advanced

dab
glad glade
dam dame
nap nape
sat sate
spat spate
yen
grim grime
din dine
mitt mite
mod mode
nod node
lop lope
slop slope
dot dote
crud crude
tug
jut jute
mutt mute

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Student B