Do you want black teeth? Questions about Colours- Mix and Match

Do you want black teeth? questions about colours mix and match

Instructions for teachers and parents

There are three versions of this activity. The first is on one page to save paper and photocopying. The second one is on cards to make it easy for students to match the words, and to make it easier to add more words and/ or take some away if you want to. However, this activity is usually most fun as a book where students turn the flaps to make good and bad matches, similar to the classic book Do You Like Ketchup on Your Cornflakes? or the picture books where different heads, bodies and legs can be mixed and matched.

To make a book, the pages need to be stapled together on the right-hand side (not the left as you might imagine) and then cut along the dotted lines. You could also draw suitable pictures on the back of the next page on the right-hand side (e.g. a face with a thought bubble opposite “Do you want…?”), but as you read it is best to do so without looking at the pictures if possible in order to make them pay more attention when reading or listening.

The activity is amusing enough just done freestyle, but you could ask them to try to make matches which people (truthfully) answer “Yes” to and/ or to make the most ridiculous matches (there is at least one good match and at least one silly match for each option).

After reading, they could draw suitable pictures on their own copy of the book. To save time, it’s best if the colours are just a small bubble on each page (rather than colouring in the whole flap). The colour “white” can be done with just a bubble with nothing in it, or they can colour round it in black to emphasize the lack of colour. Alternatively, to save time and photocopying, each person could draw a picture of their favourite silly combination instead of making pictures for every page.

They could also make their own versions of this mix and match activity, perhaps keeping the same question starters but changing the objects.

 

Do you want black teeth?

One-page version

Do you have Do you like Do you want Do you want to buy In this room, are there In your house, are there In your kitchen, are there Are you wearing Have you ever eaten Have you ever had Have you ever made Have you ever seen Have you ever touched Would you like to buy Would you like to wear Did you use to have

black blue bright pink brown dark blue dark brown dark green gold green grey light blue light green orange pale orange pink purple red silver turquoise white yellow … and…

bananas? cake? cheeks? chips/ French fries? cookies? eyes? fingers? fingernails? flowers? forks? glasses? sunglasses? lips? peas? school shoes? shoes? socks? teeth?

 

 

Do you want black teeth?

Cards version

Are you wearing		Did you use to have
Do you have		Do you like
Do you want		Do you want to buy
Have you ever eaten		Have you ever had
Have you ever made		Have you ever seen
Have you ever touched		In this room, are there
In your house, are there		In your kitchen, are there
Would you like to buy		Would you like to wear
black	blue	bright pink	brown
dark blue	dark brown	dark green	gold
green	grey	light blue	light green
orange	pale orange	pink	purple
red	silver	turquoise	white
yellow	… and…	charcoal grey	cream/ off white

 

 

bananas?	cake?	cheeks?
chips/ fries?	cookies?	eyes?
fingers?	fingernails?	flowers?
forks?	glasses?	sunglasses?
lips?	peas?	shoes?
socks?	teeth?	sweets?

 

 Do you want black teeth?

Questions about colours mix and match

Book version

 

 

Do you like

 

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black

 

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teeth?

 

 

Do you have

 

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pink

 

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eyes?

 

 

 

Do you want

 

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white

 

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bananas?

 

 

 

Do you want to buy

 

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gold

 

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socks?

 

 

In this room, are there

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green

 

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forks?

 

 

 

In your house, are there

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silver

 

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shoes?

 

 

 

In your kitchen, are there

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orange

 

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peas?

 

 

 

Have you ever seen

 

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red

 

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chips?

 

 

 

Have you ever eaten

 

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brown

 

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flowers?

 

 

Have you ever had

 

 

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grey

 

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cheeks?

 

 

 

Did you use to have

 

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light green

 

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school shoes?

 

 

 

Would you like to buy

 

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yellow

 

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lips?