T E A C H E R ’ S N O T E S

Make & do

Type of activityMime game/drill.

A i mTo revise and practise collocations of m a k e and d o.

Ta s kTo mime an action involving a m a k e or d o

e x p ression for other students to guess.

P re p a r a t i o nMake one copy of the worksheet and cut it up as

i n d i c a t e d .

T i m i n g15–20 minutes

P ro c e d u re1 If possible, ask the students to sit in a circle or

h o r s e s h o e .

2 Give one card to each student.

3 Tell the students that they are going to mime

the expression on their card. Give a couple of

examples, e.g. do the iro n i n g or make a sandwich

and get the students to guess them.

4 Give the students a few seconds to think of a

way of miming the expression. Help them if

n e c e s s a r y.

5 The first student mimes their expression. When

another student guesses what it is, they shout

it out. When the expression is corre c t l y

guessed, the next student in the circle starts

m i m i n g .

6 The process continues round the circle, with

each student miming a l l the expressions that

came before, while the other students

simultaneously chorus the expression. So for

example, student number ten will have to

mime the previous nine as well as their own.

7 The activity continues until all the students

have mimed the expressions on their card s .

Notes & commentsThis activity works with anything up to twenty

students. For larger classes, divide the students

into two groups and have two independent

activities going on.

B e f o re the activity, the cards can be used to check

or teach the collocations. (1) Put the students into

small groups and give each group a set of card s .

Get the students to group the cards according to

whether they are make or d o e x p ressions. (2) Give

each student a card and get the students to stand

in two groups according to whether they have a

make or d o e x p ression.

13BJon Hird

© Sue Kay & Vaughan Jones, 2000. Published by Macmillan Publishers Limited. This sheet may be photocopied and used within the class.

Make & do

I N S I D E O U T R e s o u rc e P a c k

P h o t o c o p i a b l e

a decision a mistake money the bed

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a mess a phone call dinner a noise

. . . . . . . . . . . .

an effort friends anappointment a coffee

. . . . . . . . . . . .

up yourmind a sandwich your best some work

. . . . . . . . . . . .

the cleaning the driving some damage nothing

. . . . . . . . . . . .

the ironing the shopping the cooking someone afavour

. . . . . . . . . . . .

your homework yoga the washing

the washingup

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