
The Grammar Activity Book
A Resource Book of Grammar Games for Young Students
Bob Obee(Author)
Cambridge University Press
Published on 18. March 1999
Book
Spiral bound
128 pages
978-0-521-57579-9 (ISBN)
Description
A resource book of grammar games for young students. The Grammar Activity Book is a collection of photocopiable grammar games and activities designed to liven up the English language classroom.
Reviews / Votes
'It is very much a book to pick and choose from, and a handy tool for any teacher of English in search of ideas to spice up those often boring grammar classes.' VVLE Newsletter, BelgiumMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
ELT/ESL
Dimensions
Height: 222 mm
Width: 298 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
392 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-521-57579-9 (9780521575799)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
Map of the Book; Introduction; UNIT 1: TIME LIKE THE PRESENT; 1.1 Global animal bingo; 1.2 Behind the screen; 1.3 Wildlife whoopers; 1.4 Adverb backgammon; UNIT 2: QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS; 2.1 'So what's the question?'; 2.2 Sporting chances; 2.3 Do card quiz; 2.4 Zig-zag questions; UNIT 3:TALKING ABOUT THINGS PAST; 3.1 Round about when; 3.2 Last week's news; 3.3 Joke go-betweens; 3.4 Past identities; UNIT 4: MAKING COMPARISONS; 4.1 Line up accordingly; 4.2 ratio roulette; 4.3 Psychic partners; 4.4 Comparative short straws; UNIT 5: DESCRIBING THINGS; 5.1 Four card adjectives; 5.2 Collocation bridges; 5.3 Square routes; 5.4 Sort yourselves out; UNIT 6: LOOKING TO THE FUTURE 6.1 Dedication poems; 6.2 Arrangement squares; 6.3 Pantomime fish; 6.4 Collecting evidence; UNIT 7: THINGS WE CAN COUNT; 7.1 Determiner dominoes; 7.2 Pieces of me; 7.3 Building captions; 7.4 Open 'the' doors; UNIT 8: USING THE PERFECT; 8.1 Record breakers; 8.2 What have you done; 8.3 Jigsaw mischief; 8.4 Adverb rummy; 8.5 Opposite number changes; 8.6 Point in a story; UNIT 9: CONDITIONAL MEANING; 9.1 Homophone healing; 9.2 Blanks and brackets; 9.3 Seeking scruples; 9.4 Memory consequences; UNIT 10: OBLIGATION AND POSSIBILITY (MODAL VERBS); 10.1 Headline investment; 10.2 Streetwise surveys; 10.3 Royal behaviour; 10.4 Rules and lines; UNIT 11: INDICATING TIME, MOVEMENT AND PLACE; 11.1 Preposition chequers; 11.2 Opposite moves; 11.3 Time pieces; 11.4 Last card wins; UNIT 12: FUNCTIONAL EXCHANGES; 12.1 Answer keys; 12.2 On the floor debate; 12.3 Conversation pyramids; 12.4 Answer hopping; UNIT 13: WHAT SOMEONE SAID; 13.1 Beyond belief; 13.2 Something to report; 13.3 Connecting speech; 13.4 Who asked you? UNIT 14: USING THE PASSIVE; 14.1 Signs of the passive; 14.2 Whose house?; 14.3 Causative day out; 14.4 Fairy tale jigsaw races; UNIT 15: REVISION GAMES; 15.1 Slide rules; 15.2 Tense squares; 15.3 Throw out puzzles; 15.4 Sole mates.