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These are quick and fun Listening Activities to break the pace of your English language teaching classes and give students a breath of fresh air while at the same time, reviewing some grammar points like the Simple Past Tense, Simple Present, Present Perfect, adjectives, etc.
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This is the GRAMMACLIP CHALLENGE featuring the song and music video for “Beautiful Things” by Benson Boone! The challenges are divided by level of difficulty. Choose the most appropriate for your students and ENJOY!
HAPPY TEACHING!
OBJECTIVES OF THIS ACTIVITY:
- Provide quick and fun listening activities for English language teaching classes using a music video
- Challenge students with different levels of difficulty, including identifying verbs in the Simple Past, Present Continuous, Simple Present, etc, and understanding the meaning of the lyrics.
How To Play The GrammaClip Challenges:
Step 1.
Divide students into pairs or trios, and tell them they are going to watch/listen to various video clips of a song and in each one, they have to listen to different things and write them down on a blank sheet of paper. (or on the chat box, if you’re teaching online. in this case, tell them to send you the answers privately!)
Step 2.
Before playing each clip, say what you want the students to listen to and make sure they know it. In order to do that ask them if they can give you examples of the vocab words/grammar structures they must listen to.
Step 3.
Tell them they have 3 chances to try to get the right word. Then, play the first clip 3 times and they write down the answer for number 1.
Step 4.
Check what the teams wrote down and assign points. (1 for each right word, if there is more than 1 word in the clip)
Step 5.
Repeat steps 2, 3, 4 for the next clips. The team with more points, in the end, is the winner!
GrammaClip Challenge 01
ATTENTION! Choose the most appropriate game level for your students: Basic, intermediate or advanced!
Basic (easy):
WATCH THE CLIP BELOW AND IDENTIFY 2 verbs in the Simple Past:
Other options for identification: IDENTIFY a number; IDENTIFY a month; IDENTIFY family words; IDENTIFY at least 2 verbs in the Simple Present
Intermediate (medium):
WATCH THE CLIP BELOW AND IDENTIFY 1 comparative adjective AND IDENTIFY 1 modal verb
Advanced (hard):
WATCH THE CLIP BELOW AND IDENTIFY 1 verb in the present perfect continuous + IDENTIFY 2 adjectives AND Answer the question: What is the singer’s current state compared to the past? Justify your answer using the lyrics.
(ANSWERS and lyrics key in the pdf instructions)
Teacher’s Tips:
After completing the challenge, take a moment to reinforce the grammatical structures identified. Discuss their usage within the song’s context and how they contribute to the overall meaning of the lyrics. Encourage students to come up with additional sentences using the identified structures to solidify their understanding.
GrammaClip Challenge 02
ATTENTION! Choose the most appropriate game level for your students: Basic, intermediate or advanced!
Basic (easy):
WATCH THE CLIP BELOW AND Identify at least 2 verbs in the Simple Present AND IDENTIFY 1 verb in the Simple Past:
Intermediate (medium):
WATCH THE CLIP BELOW AND IDENTIFY at least 4 verbs in the Simple Present + IDENTIFY 1 verb in the Simple Past AND IDENTIFY an adjective describing emotion.
Advanced (hard):
WATCH THE CLIP BELOW AND IDENTIFY a relative pronoun + IDENTIFY a comparison AND Answer the question: Why does the singer thank God? Use lyrics to support your answer.
(ANSWERS and lyrics key in the pdf instructions)
GrammaClip Challenge 03
ATTENTION! Choose the most appropriate game level for your students: Basic, intermediate or advanced!
Basic (easy):
WATCH THE CLIP BELOW AND IDENTIFY 1 adjective AND IDENTIFY 1 negative verb in the Simple Present
Intermediate (medium):
WATCH THE CLIP BELOW AND IDENTIFY 2 imperative verbs AND Answer the question: How many times does the singer say “please”?
Advanced (hard):
WATCH THE CLIP BELOW AND IDENTIFY 2 imperative verbs AND Answer the question: How is the singer feeling? Justify your answer with words from the lyrics.
(ANSWERS and lyrics key in the pdf instructions)
GrammaClip Challenge 04
ATTENTION! Choose the most appropriate game level for your students: Basic, intermediate or advanced!
Basic (easy):
WATCH THE CLIP BELOW AND IDENTIFY at least 2 adjectives
Intermediate (medium):
WATCH THE CLIP BELOW AND IDENTIFY 1 verb in the Simple Past AND at least 1 verb in the Present Continuous
Advanced (hard):
WATCH THE CLIP BELOW AND IDENTIFY 1 verb in the Present Perfect + 1 question AND Answer the question: What are the things the singer has got?
(ANSWERS and lyrics key in the pdf instructions)
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