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!
Way of pronouncing “OU”. The latter – combination “OU” is pronounced in many different ways. Underline the word with the different pronunciation.
The sound task is Sounds and Spelling
Put the circle around the symbols that matches the vowels underlined in the words. All words begin with letter W
Team I
- C
wonder
Ʌ
ou
u
D
woman
u
i
u:
E
warm
o
o:
Ʌ
F
word
o:
Ə:
Ə
G
wear
eƏ
ai
ei
H
weight
eƏ
ei
ai
Team II
- o
ou
B
work
o
Ə
o:
C
wander
Ʌ
ai
o
D
women
i
i:
u
E
worm
o
o:
Ʌ
F
ward
o:
a:
ei
G
weary
eƏ
ai
ei
H
weird
eƏ
ei
ai
In the following groups of words three words rhyme. Underline the odd one out
Done/phone/ won/son Would/should/good/blood
Move/love/prove/groove Though/through/throw/sew
Weak/break/ache/shake Flower/power/tower/lower
Worth/birth/north/earth Hate/wait/weight/height
Fear/near/pear/clear Share/mayor/prayer/layer
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.
1.protest 8.content
2.import 9.expert
3.increase 10.decrease
4.record 11.progress
5.produse 12.refund
6.transport 13.permit
7.survey 14.contract
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
-
Countable and Uncountable nouns
Take the card with a noun and stick it on the correct place.
- Hair
Money
Knowledge
Cash
Health
Honey
Show
Dish
Journey
Disease
Motorway
photo
Luggage
Coin
Food
Tool
Advice
Field
Corn
Job
Opera
Music
Leather
Dollar
Singular and Plural . Write the plural form of the following nouns.
- 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)
Antonyms
Stick prefixes (un-/in-/dis-/ir-/im-) and read the opposite meaning of the words
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.
