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

A LESSON PLAN FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHERS

Funny and sensible colours of objects sentences card games and storybook.

By: Alex Case
Level: Beginner
Theme: Colours
Study Area: Vocabulary
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Lesson Plan Content:


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

 

-----------------------

 

black

 

-----------------------

 

teeth?

 

 

Do you have

 

-----------------------

 

pink

 

-----------------------

 

eyes?

 

 

 

Do you want

 

-----------------------

 

white

 

-----------------------

 

bananas?

 

 

 

Do you want to buy

 

-----------------------

 

gold

 

-----------------------

 

socks?

 

 

In this room, are there

-----------------------

 

green

 

-----------------------

 

forks?

 

 

 

In your house, are there

-----------------------

 

silver

 

-----------------------

 

shoes?

 

 

 

In your kitchen, are there

-----------------------

 

orange

 

-----------------------

 

peas?

 

 

 

Have you ever seen

 

-----------------------

 

red

 

-----------------------

 

chips?

 

 

 

Have you ever eaten

 

-----------------------

 

brown

 

-----------------------

 

flowers?

 

 

Have you ever had

 

 

-----------------------

 

grey

 

-----------------------

 

cheeks?

 

 

 

Did you use to have

 

-----------------------

 

light green

 

-----------------------

 

school shoes?

 

 

 

Would you like to buy

 

-----------------------

 

yellow

 

-----------------------

 

lips?

 

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