Concentration game (Extreme sports)

Target Language:

- Vocabulary game to help students easily remember the names of some extremesports by remembering and bring together the two parts that form the word, forexample Scuba + diving = Scuba diving

- Also help students see how easily some words are formed in English. For examplewind + surfing = wind surfing

(Teachers only-don’t give to students)

1. Scuba diving2. Hang gliding3. Water skiing4. Rock climbing5. Bungee jumping6. Snow boarding7. Mountain biking8. in-line skating9. Marathon running10. Sky diving

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1.

Scuba2.

hang3.

skiing4.

rock5.

jumping6.

snow7.

biking8.

sky9.

mountain10.

in-line 11.

boarding12.

water13.

gliding14.marathon

15.

running16.

bungee17.

skating18.

diving19.climbing

20.

diving

(Draw grids on the board for students-as shown below)

1 2 3 4 5

6 7 8 9 10

11 12 13 14 15

16 17 18 19 20

Guidelines for Playing the Game

1. Students take turns saying two numbers that have a possible lexicalconnection.

2. Teacher refers to his sheet and then writes out the words into theboxes of the two numbers students guessed and if the words have aconnection they get a point after defining what the word is. If theycan’t define the word, another member of the group can help. If theycan’t, then the other group could get the point if they give a correctdefinition. If the combination is wrong, the teacher wipes out the wordsquickly. For example if a student says 1 & 18 have a possible connection,the teacher writes out the words into the squares. That will produce thecombination Scuba diving which is correct according to the teacher’sanswer sheet.

3. If they are correct as in the example they will only get the point if theydescribe or define what scuba diving is.

Follow up exercise: Hand out copies of the word chop exercise below.

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Word Chop (Extreme Sports)

1) Scuba _____

2) ______ gliding

3) Water __________

4) ______ climbing

5) Bungee _________

6) ______ boarding

7) Mountain ______

8) in-line _______

9) ________ running

10) _______ diving

1.

Scuba2.

hang3.

skiing4.

rock5.

jumping6.

snow7.

biking8.

sky9.

mountain10.

in-line 11.

boarding12.

water13.

gliding14.marathon

15.

running16.

bungee17.

skating18.

diving19.climbing

20.

diving

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