Pick and Act- Imperatives Card Game
A LESSON PLAN FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHERS
Fun TPR verb and don't + verb practice for giving instructions/ commands/ orders, with students following instructions their classmates make from cards about what to do or not do around the class.
Lesson Plan Content:
Pick and act imperatives card game
with classroom vocabulary and negative imperatives
Instructions for teachers
Copy and cut up one copy per class, or one copy per group of two to four students if you want to play the game in groups. Students take turns choosing and arranging words to make actions that they want their partner(s) to do or nearly do, e.g. putting the cards “Lift up + the + basket” together to make their classmates do that. If they make a negative imperative sentence like “Don’t + write on + the + teacher”, their partner(s) should nearly do that thing, e.g. pretend to write a few millimetres in front of the teacher.
Cards to cut up
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don’t |
the |
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touch |
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open |
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close |
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pick up |
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stand on |
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sit on |
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look at |
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listen to |
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write on |
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draw on |
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walk to |
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stand next to |
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stand in front of |
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sit under |
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point at |
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turn |
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take |
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push |
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pull |
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colour |
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kick |
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punch |
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cover |
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put a hand on |
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brush |
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cut |
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run to |
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paint |
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bring me |
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lift |
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knock |
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blow |
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hold |
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smell |
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clean |
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jump on |
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shoot |
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squeeze |
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slap |
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bag |
boy |
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girl |
CD player |
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window |
chair |
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chairs |
teacher |
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table |
box |
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carpet |
basket |
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pen |
pencil |
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notebook |
textbook |
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jacket |
CD |
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map |
calendar |
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poster |
board |
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door |
clock |
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folder |
tissue |
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light |
wall |
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walls |
bottle |
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bin |
closet |
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shelf |
shelves |
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