Content vs. grammatical words

 



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This is a revision activity. Before the lesson, choose 12 idioms and select all the content words (nouns, adjectives and verbs) from the idioms. Write each word on a separate card. In the lesson, display several pictures on the floor. Hand out all the word cards so that each student has a few (if possible, each student has the same number of cards). Ask your students to stand up. The students place the word cards on the corresponding pictures. When they finish, let all the class (or groups, with larger classes) discuss the result. Ask them to make any changes if necessary. Finally, ask the students to say each idiom correctly (now with all the grammatical words, i.e. articles, prepositions and pronouns).