NOUGHTS & CROSSES

1. NOUGHTS & CROSSES HOW TO PLAY THIS GAME

2. HOW TO PLAY THIS GAME • Divide the class into two teams, one team is the ‘noughts’ and the other is the ‘crosses’. The aim of the game is to get a horizontal, vertical or diagonal line of ‘0s’ or ‘Xs’ by answering the questions correctly. • The ‘noughts’ team starts by choosing a grammatical category, e.g. ‘opposites’ or ‘Past Simple’. The teacher clicks one of the five links in each box in the grid. A page opens with five or six questions. • The students in the ‘noughts’ team must now choose the correct question for that category and answer it correctly to score a ‘O’. For example, for ‘OPPOSITES’ the first question is correct: ‘What’s the opposite of ‘wide’? • If the ‘noughts’ team gets the wrong answer, the ‘crosses’ team can either choose the same question or another category. • The first team to get either a diagonal, horizontal or vertical line is the winner.

3. DO THESE WORDS HAVE THE SAME VOWEL SOUNDS? “dead / said” WHICH VOWEL SOUND IS DIFFERENT: “boot – foot – food – shoe” MAKE QUESTIONS: “It’s my dictionary.” SPELL something you wear beginning with ‘b’. DEFINITIONS: “You sit or stand under it in the sun or rain.”

4. WHICH VOWEL SOUND IS DIFFERENT? ‘wear – near – here – beer’ Spell a type of meat beginning with ‘c’. DO THESE WORDS HAVE THE SAME VOWEL SOUND: “some / gone”? DEFINITIONS: “It’s a place where people make things, e.g. cars.” PAST SIMPLE: “I have an English lesson on Tuesday.” MAKE QUESTIONS: ‘240 kph’

5. DEFINITIONS: It’s like a small sea. SPELL something you wear beginning with ‘t’. MAKE THIS PAST SIMPLE: “Ahmed buys a new car every year.” What’s the opposite of ‘boring’? WHICH VOWEL SOUND IS DIFFERENT: “break – take – speak – make.’ DO THESE WORDS HAVE THE SAME VOWEL SOUND: ‘laugh / caught’?

6. MAKE A QUESTION: “78 kg” Spell a fruit beginning with ‘m’. What’s the opposite of ‘quiet? WHICH VOWEL SOUND IS DIFFERENT: “brown – cow – know – now” SPELL something you wear beginning with ‘s’.

7. What’s the opposite of ‘wide’? DEFINITIONS: “It’s a place where you can see old things.” MAKE A QUESTION: “1metre 75cm”. MAKE THIS NEGATIVE: “Peter and Tom watched TV.” What’s the opposite of ‘horrible’? MAKE NEGATIVE: “They were here.”

8. Make Past Simple: “Many young people drive fast.” Spell something you wear beginning with ‘j’. MAKE THIS NEGATIVE: “Peter’s got a dog.” DO THESE WORDS HAVE THE SAME VOWEL SOUNDS? ‘ought/ put’’ SPELL a vegetable beginning with ‘p’.

9. MAKE THIS NEGATIVE: “There are some eggs.” What’s the opposite of ‘low’? Spell a type of food beginning with ‘h’. MAKE A QUESTION: “Tom is my teacher.” WHICH VOWEL SOUND IS DIFFERENT? ‘your – door – hour – floor’.

10. Spell a vegetable beginning with ‘c’. MAKE NEGATIVE: “Peter plays football every day.” Spell something women wear beginning with ‘s’. Spell something you eat beginning with ‘I’. MAKE NEGATIVE: “I’m learning English.”

11. MAKE PAST SIMPLE: “I often think about my brother.” • DO THESE WORDS HAVE THE SAME VOWEL SOUNDS: ‘should / put’? • DEFINITIONS: “It goes over a river.” • MAKE PAST SIMPLE: “John can’t swim fast.” • MAKE NEGATIVE: “I’m learning English.”