NOUGHTS & CROSSESNOUGHTS & CROSSESOPPOSITES

1] 2] 3] 4] 5] What’s the opposite

of ‘fast’?

MAKE NEGATIVE1] 2] 3] 4] 5]

Ali’s brothers speak French.

PAST SIMPLE1] 2] 3] 4] 5]

I drink tea in the morning.

SPELLING – CLOTHES1] 2] 3] 4] 5]

You wear them on your feet for jogging.

MAKE QUESTIONS1] 2] 3] 4] 5]

I’m a bank clerk.

SPELLING – FOOD1] 2] 3] 4] 5]

It begins with ‘p’; Italians eat it.

SAME SOUND?1] 2] 3] 4] 5]

Are these vowel sounds the same or different? won / one

DEFINITIONS1] 2] 3] 4] 5]

It has a keyboard and legs; you play

music on it.

ODD SOUND OUT1] 2] 3] 4] 5]

Which vowel sound is different? Aunt / plant / want / can’t

HOW TO PLAY THIS GAME

HOW TO PLAY THIS GAMEHOW TO PLAY THIS GAME

a) 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.

b) 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.

c) 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’?

d) If the ‘noughts’ team gets the wrong answer, the ‘crosses’ team can either choose the same question or another category.

e) The first team to get either a diagonal, horizontal or vertical line is the winner.

1) DO THESE WORDS HAVE THE SAME VOWEL SOUNDS? “dead / said”

2) WHICH VOWEL SOUND IS DIFFERENT: “boot – foot – food – shoe”

3) MAKE QUESTIONS: “It’s my dictionary.”4) SPELL something you wear beginning

with ‘b’.5) DEFINITIONS: “You sit or stand under it

in the sun or rain.”

1) WHICH VOWEL SOUND IS DIFFERENT? ‘wear – near – here – beer’

2) Spell a type of meat beginning with ‘c’.3) DO THESE WORDS HAVE THE SAME VOWEL

SOUND: “some / gone”?4) DEFINITIONS: “It’s a place where people make

things, e.g. cars.”5) PAST SIMPLE: “I have an English lesson on

Tuesday.”6) MAKE QUESTIONS: ‘240 kph’

1) DEFINITIONS: It’s like a small sea.

2) SPELL something you wear beginning with ‘t’.

3) MAKE THIS PAST SIMPLE: “Ahmed buys a new car every year.”

4) What’s the opposite of ‘boring’?

5) WHICH VOWEL SOUND IS DIFFERENT: “break – take – speak – make.’

6) DO THESE WORDS HAVE THE SAME VOWEL SOUND: ‘laugh / caught’?

1) MAKE A QUESTION: “78 kg”

2) Spell a fruit beginning with ‘m’.

3) What’s the opposite of ‘quiet?

4) WHICH VOWEL SOUND IS DIFFERENT: “brown – cow – know – now”

5) SPELL something you wear beginning with ‘s’.

1) What’s the opposite of ‘wide’?

2) DEFINITIONS: “It’s a place where you can see old things.”

3) MAKE A QUESTION: “1metre 75cm”.

4) MAKE THIS NEGATIVE: “Peter and Tom watched TV.”

5) What’s the opposite of ‘horrible’?

6) MAKE NEGATIVE: “They were here.”

1) Make Past Simple: “Many young people drive fast.”

2) Spell something you wear beginning with ‘j’.

3) MAKE THIS NEGATIVE: “Peter’s got a dog.”

4) DO THESE WORDS HAVE THE SAME VOWEL SOUNDS? ‘ought/ put’’

5) SPELL a vegetable beginning with ‘p’.

1) MAKE THIS NEGATIVE: “There are some eggs.”

2) What’s the opposite of ‘low’?

3) Spell a type of food beginning with ‘h’.

4) MAKE A QUESTION: “Tom is my teacher.”

5) WHICH VOWEL SOUND IS DIFFERENT? ‘your – door – hour – floor’.

1) Spell a vegetable beginning with ‘c’.2) MAKE NEGATIVE: “Peter plays football

every day.”3) Spell something women wear beginning

with ‘s’.4) Spell something you eat beginning with

‘I’.5) MAKE NEGATIVE: “I’m learning English.”

1) MAKE PAST SIMPLE: “I often think about my brother.”

2) DO THESE WORDS HAVE THE SAME VOWEL SOUNDS: ‘should / put’?

3) DEFINITIONS: “It goes over a river.”

4) MAKE PAST SIMPLE: “John can’t swim fast.”

5) MAKE NEGATIVE: “I’m learning English.”