Vocabulary

Objective & content

This A1 sheet practises vocabulary on time words, with six words such as yesterday, tomorrow and afternoon. Under "Read the clue. Unscramble the letters to make a word.", each line gives a clue (for example "The day before today") and jumbled letters (DATSYEREY), and students write the word in the last column. Page 2 is the teacher answer key.

Pedagogical guide

Unscrambling makes students look inside a word, so it suits revision, not introduction: a student who has never met the word can only guess. Yesterday and afternoon have nine letters and are the hardest; the clues for hour (60 minutes) and minute (60 seconds) are numbers, so students must think of units of time.

Suggested procedure

1. (3 min) Ask in English what day it is today and what time the lesson ends.
2. (10 min) Students work alone and write each word in the last column.
3. (5 min) Correct with the answer key, one word at a time; students spell each answer aloud in English.
4. (5 min) Students say one plan for tomorrow, for example Tomorrow I play football.

Adaptations

[S] Let students start with the two four-letter answers and give the first letter of the long ones.

[A] Students write clues in the same style for morning and evening and swap with a partner.

Materials & prerequisites

One copy of page 1 per student; keep page 2 for yourself. The words must already have been taught.