Phrasal verbs- Reversi Game
A LESSON PLAN FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHERS
Card game to memorise phrasal verbs
Lesson Plan Content:
Instructions for teachers
Photocopy one copy of the worksheet per pair of students and cut it up so each card has the phrasal verb and its meaning next to it (i.e. don’t cut between the phrasal verb and definition). Fold the cards so you can only see the phrasal verb or its meaning when you put it on the table.
Give each pair of students a pack of cards. They must put them in a vertical line in front of them. It doesn’t matter which side of the card is face up before they start.
The first player must look at the card closest to them (at the bottom of the line) and try to say what is on the other side of the card. If they can see the phrasal verb, they have to describe what it means, and if they can see the explanation, they have to say the phrasal verb. They can then turn the card over and check. If it is correct (including other things which are right but aren’t on the card), it stays turned over and they can try the next one. If they made a mistake, the card is turned back and play passes to the next person. They always have to start again from the first (bottom) card. The first person to reach the last (top) card without making any mistakes is the winner.
If students get stuck, you can let them work together rather than against each other.
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Cards to cut up
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To rip into pieces |
To tear up |
To give someone accommodation in your house |
To put someone up in your house
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The car stopped outside the shop
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The car pulled up outside the shop |
To put someone off their work |
To distract someone from their work |
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Finish your dinner!
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Eat your dinner up! |
To put down a deposit |
To pay a deposit |
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We’ve finished the milk.
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We’ve used up the milk |
The vet put the old ill dog down |
The vet killed the old ill dog |
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Increase the volume on the TV
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Turn the TV up |
I like it more and more |
It’s growing on me |
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To inflate |
To blow up
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The brother and sister fell out
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The brother and sister stopped being friends |
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To learn a language without effort
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To pick up a language |
He dropped off in his armchair |
He fell asleep in his armchair |
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I’m off!
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I’m going! |
It lived up to my expectations
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It was as good as I expected. |
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The milk’s gone off
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The milk’s gone bad |
We consider it our home. |
We look on it as our home. |
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Sales have increased |
Sales are up |
I could see him in the distance. |
I could make him out in the distance.
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To fall asleep |
To drop off
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He communicates his ideas well. |
He puts his ideas across well.
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