Collocations- Counting Syllables Practice
A LESSON PLAN FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHERS
Making compound nouns and similar collocations by meaning and number of syllables activity, for vocabulary and pronunciation practice, with extra counting syllables practice.
Lesson Plan Content:
Make the collocations counting syllables practice
Join the words in one group below to make common English compound nouns etc with 2 syllables, 3 syllables, 4 syllables, 5 syllables and 6 syllables (one of each).
automatic building
convenience desk
front store
office noodles
pot pencil
hole apartment
salad app
security dressing
smartphone guard
studio punch
co buffet
department operation
eat-all-you-like scarf
white store
winter tea
apartment block
assistant manager
ballpoint media
lap pen
social top
airport shuttle bus
roller celebrity
ski coaster
steering slopes
TV wheel
mixed bag
petrol commercial
plastic carrier gel
shower race
TV station
free control
hot oven
microwave sales
remote springs
summer time activities
Label the collocations with their number of syllables to check that you’ve made the right collocations. Then go through the answers as a class, from the shortest in each section, making sure that you pronounce the right number of syllables each time.
Answer key
2- front desk
3- pot noodles
4- office building
5- convenience store
6- automatic pencil
2- hole punch
3- smartphone app
4- salad dressing
5- security guard
6- studio apartment
2- white tea
3- winter scarf
4- department store
5- cooperation
6- eat-all-you-like buffet
2- laptop
3- ballpoint pen
4- apartment block
5- social media
6- assistant manager
2- ski slopes
3- steering wheel
4- roller coaster
5- airport shuttle bus
6- TV celebrity
2- mixed race
3- shower gel
4- petrol station
5- TV commercial
6- plastic carrier bag
2- hot springs
3- summer sales
4- remote control
5- microwave oven
6- free time activities
Test each other on counting syllables:
- Say words and expressions and see if your partner can count the syllables
- Say a number of syllables and see if your partner can say a word/ expression that matches
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