Phrasal Verb Dominoes: An activity for intransitive phrasal verbs

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1 Instructions for the teacher: Step 1 Hand out Quiz 1. Have students complete the quiz in solos. Then ask them to pair up to compare their answers. Finally, correct the quiz as a class. [Definitions based on the Longman Dictionary of American English.] Step 2 Copy enough sets of dominoes for students to play in groups of 4 (5 is also possible). Cut horizontally to create 20 slips of paper. Hand each group a set. Shuffle the dominoes (slips of paper) and distribute evenly. Note: This game must be played around a flat surface (either a small table or a few desks pushed together to create a central area). Step 3 Playing the game: The student with the first birthday in a calendar year will start by placing any domino in the center of the table. Moving clockwise, each student will have a chance to make a match. Matches are made when a sentence opener (one right side of domino ) can be placed alongside a particle (one left side of domino ). Two dominoes can be placed to make a horizontal line or to create an L-shaped pattern. The player who makes a match must read the sentence aloud. If no match can be made, the next student takes his or her turn. If a match is made, the other players must confirm it s correct by looking at Quiz 1 answers. IMPORTANT: The first player to use all his or her dominoes wins, but the game must be played until all dominoes are used. Step 4 Suggestion: It s ideal to play 2-3 rounds of dominoes so that students learn to make different matches and the model sentences are read aloud by the group more than once. After the game is over, have students take Quiz 2. Correct answers as a class.

2 QUIZ 1 Fill in the missing particle. The first has been done for you. 1. give up = quit, lose hope 2. eat = eat at a restaurant 3. get = get out of bed 4. come = enter (a room or house) 5. go = start to make a loud noise 6. close = stop operating as a business 7. pay = be successful, result in success 8. go = leave 9. come = appear 10. dress = wear special clothes (usually very formal) 11. run = use all of something 12. keep = avoid going near somewhere or someone 13. fit = be accepted into a group, to adjust to a social group 14. play = not be serious and just have fun 15. break = stop working (said of machines) 16. slip = make a mistake 17. break = stop being a couple 18. work = stop being a problem, resolve itself 19. get = meet and spend time with 20. pick = increase or get faster

3 QUIZ 2 Fill in the missing particle. The first has been done for you. 1. Sales were slow at first, but then they began to pick _up. 2. I miss spending time with you. Perhaps next week we could get. 3. When jobs were shipped overseas, factories here closed. 4. The dog isn t friendly. Don t go near it. Keep. 5. If the couple learns to cooperate, then everything will work. 6. Be serious. Now is no time to play. 7. After two years of dating, the couple suddenly broke. 8. Please buy some milk. We already ran. 9. If you don t concentrate at work, it s easy to slip. 10. Hello! I m so glad you came. Please come. 11. At exactly 6:00 am the alarm went. 12. It s late. It s 10:00 am. Time to get. 13. On such a clear night many stars come. 14. Oh no! The car broke. 15. Don t you like it here? I can t believe you plan to go. 16. I don t want to cook. Let s eat. 17. The new student had little in common with the others, so it wasn t easy to fit. 18. The party is casual. There s no need to dress. 19. I believe you can do this. Don t give. 20. The businessman was thankful that the risk paid.

4 down. away. off. in. out together. off. around. down. away. in. I believe you can do this. Don t give At exactly 6:00 am the alarm went Sales were slow at first, but then they began to pick If you don t concentrate at work, it s easy to slip When jobs were shipped overseas, factories here closed I don t want to cook. Let s eat Hello! I m so glad you came. Please come It s late. It s 10:00 am. Time to get The dog isn t friendly. Don t go near it. Keep The new student had little in common with the others, so it wasn t easy to fit After two years of dating, the couple suddenly broke Please buy some milk. We already ran If the couple learns to cooperate, then everything will work On such a clear night many stars come Oh no! The car broke Be serious. Now is no time to play Don t you like it here? I can t believe you plan to go The businessman was thankful that the risk paid The party is casual. There s no need to dress I miss spending time with you. Perhaps next week we could get

Unit 1 Money. 1 loves 2 usually saves 3 doesn t want 4 doesn t like 5 always wants 6 doesn t spend. countable nouns (e.g.

Unit 1 Money. 1 loves 2 usually saves 3 doesn t want 4 doesn t like 5 always wants 6 doesn t spend. countable nouns (e.g. Unit Money loves usually saves doesn t want doesn t like always wants doesn t spend like believe / know understands want know prefers don t like don t believe / don t know doesn t understand don t want