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THEME 2 MY ENVIRONMENT

FUNCTIONS
9 GRADE F1 Talking about locations of things
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Asking about and describing neighbourhood
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F3 Making comparisons
5 Where Is It?

This activity aims to help students to practise the prepositions of place and the things in a room.
Materials and Preparation
Photocopy the worksheet on page 42 for each pair of students and cut into two separate worksheets.

Procedure
1 Put the class into two groups, A and B. After warning students not to look at the other group’s
worksheet, hand out the ‘Student A worksheet’ to each student in group A and the ‘Student B
worksheet’ to each student in group B.
2 Tell them that they both have the same pictures of the same room; however, the six things in small
pictures are missing in the room. Have them take turns to ask their partners where these things are,
using “Where is ...?” or “Where are ...?”. After being told the location of the item, they should draw it
on the picture.
3 After they have finished the activity, ask them to compare pictures and check the missing items.

6 Comparative Chain

This activity aims to link the nouns together, making comparisons between the things. It also helps
them to engage with the language and the vocabulary effectively to create meaningful contexts.

Materials and Preparation
Photocopy the worksheet on page 43 for each pair of students and cut the cards.
Procedure
1 Put the class into pairs and hand out each pair of students a set of noun cards. Ask them to shuffle
the cards and distribute them evenly.
2 Have students take it in turns to put down a card to make a comparative sentence. For example,
“A bus is bigger than a car. A car is faster than a tiger. A tiger is heavier than a football player.”,
etc. Whatever the card they put down, they will make meaningful sentences with it, using different
comparatives. Students can put a card before or after a card to make sentences or card chain on
the desk.
3 Warn them they are not allowed to make the same comparative used before. Tell them that if a
student makes a grammar mistake or can’t link the nouns, he/she misses a turn.
4 The first student to finish all their cards wins the game. When they have finished the game, ask pairs
to write the sentences they made and share with the class.

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