How witty you are. Quiz.

How witty you are. Quiz.

Level – A2  Pre – Intermediate

Teacher: Oksana Faryna, teacher- methodologist

The Objectives:

•              to practice pupils’ oral speech based on familiar grammar structures;
•              to activate pupils’ vocabulary; 
•              to develop pupils’ language skills using interactive forms
•              (group work, games, reciting poems etc.)
•              to develop pupils’ thinking, imagination & creativity.

 Equipment:

•              handouts with different activities for the teams.

Procedure.

Announcer: Good afternoon, ladies & gentlemen & the jury.

I’m sure you know why we have gathered here. Today we shall witness a strained competition between two teams. They will show how quick, witty & clever they are. It’s quite clear there are a lot of fans of our teams in this hall. I think they will do their best to support their teams. Everybody is going to get a lot of fun watching different contests. So, it’s the time to greet our teams. Here they are:

Team “Witty Heads” & Team “Brave Hearts”. Let’s welcome our participants!

And now we are going to witness the first contest, which is a traditional one. Of course, it’s teams’ greeting!

1.          Teams’ greeting.
2.      Tell a name.

Team 1 gives a description of a thing we often use, but doesn’t name it.

Team 2 guesses & tells a word.

The activity stops when every member of a team tells his description .

III. Game “In my school we must…”

The first pupil in a team starts, e.g. In my school we must wear a uniform.  The second pupil must repeat this & add another item, e.g. In my school  we must wear a uniform & be quiet  at the lesson. The third pupil must repeat  this & add another item, etc. Pupils say the sentence in turn. They must  remember what everyone has added to the list so far & then add another item. So the list gets longer all the time. If the pupil misses something from the list or can’t add a new item, he/she is out. The game continues until only 1 member of the team is left.

IV. Match A & B in order to read a proverb.

1. There is no place ………………………. a) quick to perform

2. Never put off till tomorrow …………… b) of shoes

3. An hour in the morning …………………c) like home

4. Early to bed & early to rise ……………..d) then speak

5. That’s another pair ……………………...e) what you can do today 

6. Be slow to promise & …………………...f) worth two in the evening

7. First think, ………………………………..g) makes a man healthy, wealthy & wise

Key: 1c; 2e; 3f; 4g; 5b; 6a; 7d.

V. Can you recite a poem?

     Every team is going to recite the same poem as if:

1. you were a child;
2. you were an actor;
3. you were an old person.

VI. Arrange the paragraphs in the correct order.

Every team gets some strips of paper. Each strip corresponds one paragraph in the text.

Sample text

VII. If I were the Headmaster of my school.

Pupils in every team sit in a circle. Every pupil makes a sentence,

e.g. If I were the Headmaster of my school I would buy new computers.