Warming up activities

Warming up activities

03.11.20

Ivanova Z.P.

• What do sportsmen do before their trainings?
• What do ballet dancers do before their performances?
• Do you think a teacher needs some warming up activities at the beginning of a lesson?

ODD ONE OUT

• put your students into English mode
• give them some time to get used to speaking English.
• review language from a previous lesson
• evaluate the true knowledge of a pupil
• arouse students’ curiosity about the topic
• captivate the students and draw them into the lesson

ideas for spicing up those first few minutes of your lesson.

• Ranking Task
• Running Dictation
• What do you know about bananas? (Free Association)
• Provocative statements
• Compound word quiz
• Two truths and a lie
• What does your name mean?
• …… .

What’s the missing word?

ear _____

boxing ____

finger ____

diamond _____

wedding _____

The missing word is

ear ring

boxing ring

finger ring

diamond ring

wedding ring

Compound word quiz

• tea, soup, table, dessert ( spoon )
• kitchen, tea, bath, beach ( towel )
• green, light, ware, work, wife ( house )
• life, club, time, mare ( night )
• burn, set, shine, rise ( sun )
• fall, bed, proof, colour ( water )
• boat, time, guard ( life )
• paste, ache, brush ( tooth )
• ball, man, board ( snow ).

Odd one out  

• apple, peach, banana, tomato 
•   branch, bowling ball, boat, iceberg
• window, river, envelope, client, oregano
•   comb, champagne, knife, plum 

Two truths and a lie

1. I used to be a member of the political youth organization known as KOMSOMOL.

2. I have never seen the Star Wars films.

3. My dad took part in the World War II

What does your name mean?

Find and write down an appropriate adjective that begins with each letter of your first name. For example:

• F lirtatious
• R elaxed
• E xtrovert
• D esirable

Quote or Question

Story Cards

• https://eslgames.com/teaching-online/
• https://www.teachingideas.co.uk/subjects/time-fillers

Make the wheels

in your students' heads

start turning and open up

the gateway to knowledge