Time to speak!

Speaking Task 1

Describe this classroom. Work with a partner. What do you see?

For instance:

  • What is that? Where is it?
  • It is next to the...
  • It is between the and the ....
  • It is across from the...

 

 

Speaking Task 2

Work with a partner. If you have a pencil case, empty it out and use it for this activity. Otherwise, use the picture here:

Take turns and give each other commands such as ‘put your pencil on the table’, ‘put your notebook in your drawer’, ‘put the eraser under the pencil case’. Be creative!

How many different commands can you make up?

Practice comparing different objects.  For instance: this white board is larger than the bulletin board,’ or ‘this table is messier than that one.’ Use the adjectives from the word list.

 

 

 

 

Speaking Task 3

Picture dictation

Work with a partner. Draw your own classroom like a map. Describe your classroom to your partner, and your partner will try to draw your classroom.  Your partner may ask questions, like ‘Is the bin to the left or the right of the board?’ Try to get it as precise as possible.

  • There is a...
  • There are…(noun) in the corner… (prepositions)
  • The classroom is… (adjectives)