TEACHER’S NOTES
WORKSHEETS, ACTIVITIE S & GA ME S Same Same
Activity Type Introduction
Vocabulary Game: In this fast-paced compound nouns game, students race to create
forming words (group as many compound nouns as they can from specified words.
work)
Procedure
Focus Divide the students into teams of four or five.
Compound nouns
Give each team a piece of paper and pen. Assign one student in
each team to do the writing.
Aim
Tell the students that you are going to call out a word on a card
To practice forming and that their task is to write down as many compound nouns as
compound nouns. they can using the word.
Explain that your card also contains three compound nouns using
Preparation the word and that if the students write down the same compound
nouns they score extra points.
Make one copy of
the cards and cut as
As an example write the word 'hair' on the board and see how
indicated.
many compound nouns the students can create using the word,
e.g. hairbrush, hairdresser, haircut, hairstyle, etc.
Level
Next, begin the game by picking up a card and calling out the
Intermediate (B1) word in bold. Then, set a time limit, e.g. one minute.
In their teams, students then race to write down as many
Time compound nouns as they can think of using the word.
30 minutes
When the time limit has been reached, teams stop writing and
swap papers for marking.
For each suitable compound noun that is not on your card, teams
score a point.
If a team has a compound noun that is on your card, they score
two points.
This process continues until all the cards have been used.
The team with the most points at the end of the game wins.
Finally, review the meaning of each compound noun and elicit the
compound elements for each one, e.g. noun + noun, preposition
+ noun, etc.
This game can also be played in groups with students playing
individually and taking it in turns to pick up a card and call out a
word.
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COMPOUND NOUNS
WORKSHEETS, ACTIVITIE S & GA ME S Same Same
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light source storm
ground brow bell
under dog eye ball door knob
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water fall head light key hole
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