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GRAMMAR: Demonstrative Pronouns     EXAMPLE: Is that a car? Yes, it is.     DATE ADDED: Sep 03, 2007

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Brief Outline: Parts of pictures are shown to students who must form questions to guess the complete pictures.

 

Materials Needed:

 

Detailed Explanation:

  1. Demonstrate the grammar point using objects in the classroom.
  2. Practice the flashcard vocabulary, to ensure that students know the English word for car, bike, bus, lion etc. Students repeat after the ALT. Write the words on the board.
  3. Have the students form groups of 4-5.
  4. One student from each team stands up. Show the students part of a flashcard. Using the sentence pattern on the chalkboard, students ask: “Is that a ~ ?” The ALT replies: “Yes, it is” or “No, it isn’t”. The first student to correctly guess what's on the flashcard scores a point for their team.
  5. When a student guesses correctly, the students sit down and another member of each group stands up before the next flashcard is shown.
  6. Continue until all the flashcards have been shown or you run short on time.

 

Tips or Cautions:

  • Print the pictures in black and white. Colour copies can make the exercise too easy for the students to figure out.

 

 Comments:

  • (Oct 5, 2011) Anonymous said: Is this perhaps in the wrong section? I can't see what it has to do with pronouns...
  • (June 6, 2011) Andy said: I use this same idea in my class and it works well. I either make a silhouette of an object/a character or zoom in on pictures like what is done here. I find some high res pictures on google (you can set the minimum pic size), I then use the extended desktop option on Windows, zoom way in, and move the window to the TV for everyone to see. I can zoom out gradually if they don't get it right away. With the silhouettes I gradually drag the window onto the screen.
  • (Dec 8, 2010) Anonymous said: yeah the idea is to reveal them a little at a time and make it fun.
  • (Sept 8, 2010) Anonymous said: Good idea but do the pictures are crazy easy. They will get bored of that in a second IMO.

      

 

 

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