Pick and Act- Imperatives Card Game

A LESSON PLAN FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHERS

Fun TPR verb and don't + verb practice for giving instructions/ commands/ orders, with students following instructions their classmates make from cards about what to do or not do around the class.

By: Alex Case

Level: Beginner

Theme: General

Study Area: Verbs and Tenses

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Lesson Plan Content:

Pick and act imperatives card game

with classroom vocabulary and negative imperatives

Instructions for teachers

Copy and cut up one copy per class, or one copy per group of two to four students if you want to play the game in groups. Students take turns choosing and arranging words to make actions that they want their partner(s) to do or nearly do, e.g. putting the cards “Lift up + the + basket” together to make their classmates do that. If they make a negative imperative sentence like “Don’t + write on + the + teacher”, their partner(s) should nearly do that thing, e.g. pretend to write a few millimetres in front of the teacher.

Cards to cut up

*don’t*		the
*touch*
*open*
*close*
*pick up*
*stand on*
*sit on*
*look at*
*listen to*
*write on*
*draw on*
*walk to*
*stand next to*
*stand in front of*
*sit under*
*point at*
*turn*
*take*
*push*
*pull*
*colour*
*kick*
*punch*
*cover*
*put a hand on*
*brush*
*cut*
*run to*
*paint*
*bring me*
*lift*
*knock*
*blow*
*hold*
*smell*
*clean*
*jump on*
*shoot*
*squeeze*
*slap*
bag	boy
girl	CD player
window	chair
chairs	teacher
table	box
carpet	basket
pen	pencil
notebook	textbook
jacket	CD
map	calendar
poster	board
door	clock
folder	tissue
light	wall
walls	bottle
bin	closet
shelf	shelves

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