Use of English Part 4 Made Fun. CAE

I knocked up a little powerpoint with some of my students favourite activities to practice UOE part 4. This is for the Advanced exam but it can be easily adapted for CPE and FCE.

There are 4 basic "games"

The first one is to simply remove the word. students then try and guess the newly transformed sentence and with it the missing word.

The second is a little more tricky. One student (S1) has to sit with their back to the board. The other students (S2) work out the answer and must relay the answer to S1. S1 then has to guess what the first sentence is. This is an excellent activity as it makes students think carefully about exactly what grammar they have used. Whether S1 has to use a noun or a verb. If it's a set phrase or a phrasal verb. It's really tough at first but once they get the hang of it they seem to really enjoy it.

The third activity is mix and match. Students have to find which sentences match and then try and guess what the answer is. They are provided with all of the words, however, they have to figure out which one goes with which question.

The final activity is by far the most fun. It's exactly the same as the previous one but done with glue and a piece of card. Students are given six questions cut up into their various parts. They have to stick them down in the correct order, with the correct word and then figure them out.


I hope you find this useful. My class and I spent a full hour and a half working through these as did my CPE class last year. I was told it was the most useful class they'd had in terms of exam prep, so I hope your students like it too.

You can find the PowerPoint just here and the Cut and Stick workshet here.

Enjoy

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It's been a fair old while since I had time to throw a little blog together. So I thought as the kid is in bed and my delightful wife is yet to return from work I'd add some materials I've made recently and see if anyone fancies using them.

I've been putting a great deal of foucs in my classes on pronunciation of late. Sadly, it is the one skill that is far too often glossed over by textbooks nowadays.

I made this little powerpoint to help with binomials bʌɪˈnəʊmɪəlz/or word twins as I like to call them. 

It starts with a "hilarious" joke and goes on to help students form these word twins. It's just a quick selection of ten sets of words that are placed in a specific order.  The aim of this activity isn't only to make students aware of the fact these words come in a certain order but also to draw their attention to the weak and which comes between them. 

The powerpoint is right here Word Twins Powerpoint. If you fancy having a look at anything else from this blog then it's all shoved in and around that powerpoint.

Right then. I'm just about done here. If you have any questions please feel free to chuck a comment below.

'til the next time.