Warmup: Exercise
Simple Discussion Questions.
Talkmor Suggestions:
Teacher-student activity OR pair work if your students have the ability.
Duration: 5-15 minutes, depending on the size and ability of your class.
Level: Beginner
Word Library: Exercise
Vocabulary list and useful phrases.
Talkmor Suggestions:
Vocabulary that students should remember at this level.
Useful everyday phrases that students can remember to understand native English speakers.
Level: Beginner – Elementary
Get In Line: Exercise
Put the letters in the correct order.
Students unscramble the words and then make a sentence with the words.
The teacher’s key is included.
Talkmor Suggestions:
Student activity.
Duration: 5-15 minutes.
Level: Beginner – Elementary
True or False: Exercise
True or False discussion.
Fun activity.
Talkmor Suggestions:
Teacher-student activity.
The teacher reads the sentences; students decide whether they are True or False.
Duration: 10+ minutes.
Level: Beginner – Elementary
Fix The Spelling: Exercise
Put the letters in the correct order.
Put the words in alphabetical order.
Teacher’s key included.
Talkmor Suggestions:
Student activity.
Duration: 10-15 minutes.
Level: Beginner
My Friend And I: Exercise
A variety of questions for students to answer and ask their partners.
Talkmor Suggestions:
Student activity. Easy layout.
Pair work.
Duration: 10+ minutes.
Level: Beginner – Elementary
Match the Word With the Pictures: Exercise
Draw a line from the word to the matching picture.
Quiz included with answers where necessary.
Talkmor Suggestions:
Student activity.
Students need to match the words with the correct picture.
An excellent activity for the expansion of vocabulary, a bit of creative thinking, and an easy/fun quiz.
Duration: 10-15 minutes.
Level: Beginner
News: Exercise
Students write some simple sentences about the lesson topic in a box.
Talkmor Suggestions:
Student activity.
This activity can be extended into an easy conversation between two students OR the teacher can ask random students to read what they wrote.
Duration: 10-15 minutes, depending on your students’ abilities and how much you want to extend the activity.
Level: Beginner
“W” Questions: Exercise
Asking and answering questions.
Talkmor Suggestions:
Student activity.
Students create their own “W” questions for their partners. They ask and answer these questions and take turns to do so.
Pair work.
Duration: 5-10 minutes.
Level: Beginner
My Friend And I: Exercise
A variety of questions for students to answer and ask their partners.
Talkmor Suggestions:
Student activity. Easy layout.
Pair work.
Duration: 10+ minutes.
Level: Beginner – Elementary
Can You Name 3: Exercise
Fun and creative thinking.
Fun activity.
Talkmor Suggestions:
Teacher-student activity OR pair work.
Duration: 10-15 minutes.
Level: Beginner – Elementary
Choose a Column: Exercise
Where do I belong?
Talkmor Suggestions:
Individual activity.
Students choose words from a word bank and add them to the correct column.
Duration: 5-8 minutes.
Level: Beginner
