Grammar-Lexical competition

Grammar-Lexical Competition

 

The type of  the  lesson: Revision Lesson

Method: Interactive

The aims of the lesson:

1. to test students’ grammar and lexical knowledge

2. to develop students’ memory and the ability to identify and practice using homonyms,

    antonyms, countable and uncountable nouns, plural form of noun, define English sounds

3. to work in groups, to carry out labor upbringing

 

Procedure

• Good morning, dear students. I am glad to see you at our competition. It is devoted to English Vocabulary and Grammar. I am sure you have  learnt English Lexical and Grammar very well, you have got useful information from Grammar References. Two teams will take part in this competition. Let’s greet the members of our teams. This competition will show your knowledge of the matter. I wish you success. Good luck!

1.  Way of pronouncing “OU”. The latter – combination “OU” is pronounced in many different ways. Underline the word with the different pronunciation.

A	your	court	neighbour	pour
B	would	should	shoulder	could
C	accountant	country	count	fountain
D	brought	ought	bought	thought
E	enough	cough	rough	tough
F	anonymous	mouse	enormous	furious
G	trouble	double	doubt	country
H	through	group	soup	though

 

1. The sound task is Sounds and Spelling

1. Put the circle around the symbols that matches the vowels underlined in the words. All words begin with letter W

Team I

 

Team II

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1. In the following groups of words three words rhyme. Underline the odd one out

Done/phone/ won/sonWould/should/good/blood

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1.  Correct stress

Take the cards with words, read them paying attention on the stress and translate them. Where is the stress when the word is used as a noun and as a verb.

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1.  Homonyms

a)These words have different meanings according to the stress. Write the transcription and translate into Kazakh.

Invalid (adj / n)

Object (n/v)

Minute (n/adj)

Contract (n/v)

Refuse (n/v)

Present (n/v)

Content (adj/n)

b)These words have different meaning according to the pronunciation. Write down the transcription and translate into Kazakh

 

1. Countable and Uncountable nouns

Take the card with a noun and stick it on the correct place.

Team I	Team II
	Dollar

 

1. Singular and Plural . Write the plural form of the following nouns.

Team I	Team II
Elf - …… (elves) Mouse - …….. (mice) Sheep - …….. (sheep) Datum - …….. (data) Tooth - ……. (teeth) Child - ……. (children) Phenomenon - …….(phenomena) Wolf - …… (wolves) Analysis - …….. (analyses) Baby - …… (babies) Hero -…… (heroes) Brush - …… (brushes) Kilo - …… (kilos) Postman - …… (postmen) Monkey - …… (monkeys)	Belief - …… (beliefs) Ox - …… (oxen) Deer - …… (deer) Louse - ….. (lice) Goose - …… (geese) Woman - …… (women) Formula -…….. (formulas) Wife - …… (wives) Church - …… (churches) Puppy - ……. (puppies) Oasis - ….. (oases) Donkey - ….. (donkeys) Passer-by - …… (passers-by) Brother-in-low - …..(brothers-in-low) Handkerchief - ….. (handkerchiefs)

 

1. Antonyms

Stick prefixes (un-/in-/dis-/ir-/im-) and read the opposite meaning of the words

Team I	Team II
Kind – un Correct – in Employment – un Modest – im Trust – dis Pleased – dis Professional – un Polite – im Mature – im Fire – un Important – un Honest – dis Friendly – un Loyal – dis Expensive - in	Religious – ir Safe –un Conscious – un Measurable – im Happy – un Attractive – un Sensitive – in Probable – im Interesting – un Formal – in Helpful – un Credible – in Responsible – ir Popular – un Appear - dis

 

   Today we have revised your  Vocabulary and Grammar knowledge. Thank you for talking an active part in the game. You are really bright and active student. You can do different kind of work. We have all worked hard and your mark ….. I hope you’ve enjoyed our lesson-competition. And I’m sure that your good knowledge of English will help you in your future life.

 

 

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