Activity 14: Crazy descriptions

 Topic related: Vocabulary (adjectives and nouns), grammar

Who is it best for: Teenagers

Explanation and objectives:

The object of the game is to come up with the most creative combination of an adjective and a noun. Some examples are "green egg", flat cat" and "delicious cat".

Material:

Prepare two sets of cards.

1. The first set has a different adjective written on each card with blue ink. The adjectives should be descriptive, such as hard, soft, pretty, dry, wet, and so on. You will need a set of 20 of these adjective cards for each group of students.
2. The second set has a different noun written on each card with green ink. The nouns should be things, animals, food, and so on. You will need a set of at least five noun cards for each group. 

Instructions:

1. Dive the class into groups of three or four students.
2. Give each group of students a set of adjective cards and a set of noun cards, and elect one person in each group to be the dealer.
3. The dealer hands out five adjectives to each group member. Then the dealer turns over one noun card and shows it to the group. 
4. The students in the groups must select onde adjective card from the five in their hand to pair with the noun. 
5. The students then need to use their adjective-noun combination in a sentence. For example: if the noun is car, and a student chooses the adjective delicious, he or she might say, "We made a cake in the shape of a car. It was the most delicious car in the world." 
6. The student with the most creative combination as decided by the players wins that round and takes the adjective and noun cards. 
7. Play continues as the next noun card is overturned. The student with the most pairs of cards at the end wins the game.