ECE 201Creative Grammar Resource for

Upper Primary English Language Teachers

The Amazing ‘Phrasal Verb’ Race

Objectives :

•To explore phrasal verbs

•To arouse interest in learning phrasal verbs

The Amazing ‘Phrasal Verb’ Race

Target age group :

• Primary 5 ( 10 – 11 years )

• Mixed ability

The Amazing ‘Phrasal Verb’ Race

Specific grammar focus :

•Phrasal verbs

Grammatical features :

• a verb with an adverb

• a verb with a preposition

The Amazing ‘Phrasal Verb’ Race

Materials :

• Whiteboard, duster, whiteboard marker

• Bag (to contain the phrasal verb cards)

• 20 pairs of phrasal verb cards (for every 2 groups)

• Coloured papers• Markers

• Follow-up activity

The Amazing ‘Phrasal Verb’ Race

Prior knowledge

1.Verbs

2. Adverbs

3. Preposition

• The first team will choose a player to pick a card from the bag.

The Amazing ‘Phrasal Verb’ Race Instructions

• Team members have 2 minutes to guess the phrasal verb.

The Amazing ‘Phrasal Verb’ Race

• If successful, the team members will have to look for the other matching card placed around the class.

The Amazing ‘Phrasal Verb’ Race

The Amazing ‘Phrasal Verb’ Race

The Amazing ‘Phrasal Verb’ Race

The group will be awarded 2 points for a completed yellow card and 5 points for a completed pink card.

The next group will then have their turn.

The group with the most number of points will win the game.

The Amazing ‘Phrasal Verb’ Race

Post Activity

• Pupils will have to read the completed sentences to their classmates

• Pupils will make a booklet of phrasal verbs

The Amazing ‘Phrasal Verb’ Race An example of a

phrasal booklet

The Amazing ‘Phrasal Verb’ Race

Post Activity

Teacher will check the booklets

Exchange booklets with other groups

The Amazing ‘Phrasal Verb’ Race

Thank You !

Goh Wanna

Koh Meng Hoe

Mohamad Farhan Ishak