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50 Scatter Sheets
1. The Family 2. On the Internet 3. Websites 4. Information Technology 5. Jobs 6. In the Office 7. Stationery 8. In the Lab 9. Brands 10. Meetings and Presentations 11. Law and Order 12. Crime and Punishment 13. Money 14. At the Zoo 15. The Countryside 16. Sea Life 17. Up in the Sky 18. Transport 19. The Car 20. Travel 21. Countries 22. In the Bathroom 23. In the Kitchen 24. In the Bedroom 25. In the Garage 26. In the Garden 27. Sports 28. Exercise 29. Hobbies 30. Nightlife 31. In a Supermarket 32. The High Street 33. In the Street 34. Christmas 35. Famous People 36. Special Occasions 37. In a Toolbox 38. Toys and Games 39. Clothes 40. Accessories 41. Music 42. The Movies 43. The Press 44. Current Affairs 45. Literature 46. Musical Instruments 47. Fruit and Vegetables 48. Drinks 49. Snacks 50. At the Restaurant

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About this book

The Scatter Sheets in this book are designed to be used as warm up and theme introduction exercises. They can be used as a quick vocabulary review and fluency exercise or the follow-up questions can be used to spin a longer and deeper lesson. The core skills practiced are fluency and vocabulary activation so they are therefore probably unsuitable for a beginner level class.

How to use Scatter Sheets

Scatter Sheets are designed to be used as a vocabulary reactivation exercise. If all the words on the sheet are unfamiliar to all the students then the activity won't work. If you want to use the scattersheets in a case like this, then you will need to present the vocabulary items individually to the class before moving on to the describing phase. Of course there will likely be leftover words which are unknown to the whole class and it's the teacher's job to go through these at the end. Give each student a copy of the chosen sheet and give them a few minutes to look at the vocabulary with their neighbour or with a dictionary to see how many words they already recognise. Make sure to keep this part short. Explain that you are going to give a definition of a word on the sheet and the student's must identify it. Describe a word any way you want, for example it's a type of bird, it hunts at night, there's one in Harry Potter. If the student's recognise the word Owl then they can signal it by shouting out the answer or putting their hand up. If the answer's correct get the students to circle the word Owl on their sheets. Run through the first few examples with stronger students and help to shape some nice example sentences, keep these examples on the board as models. Students now take it in turns to go through the sheet choosing a word which they are comfortable with and describing it to the class. Let weaker students check meaning with a dictionary if they are really floundering. Each word in turn is described and circled until the final words on the sheet are left for the teacher to define.

Extra Questions
Each Scatter Sheet also has an accompanying sheet of extra exercises. The first section is made up of five relatively simple gap fill sentences to further cement acquisition of some of the lexical items. The varied grammatical form of these gap-fill sentences could be used to trigger interesting avenues of grammar or lexical analysis. This section is followed by three discussion questions which can be done in pairs, groups or together as a class. Listen carefully during this phase, feed in vocabulary where needed and make notes of interesting output that could be expanded on after the discussion phase.

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1.

The Family

aunt brother cousin daughter father grandchildren grandmother mother nephew niece sister son stepmother uncle wife husband mother in-law brother in-law great grandfather half sister

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The Family

1. Complete the sentences: a) My brothers daughter is my _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.

b) My wifes father is my _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.

c) My childrens children are my _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.

d) My fathers sister is my _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.

e) My uncles children are my _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.

2. Discussion questions a) Who are the youngest and oldest people in your family? b) Does your family get together often? Do you get on well together? c) Is family important?

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Jobs

Lawyer Software Developer Politician Estate Agent Travel Agent Scientist Vet Nurse Doctor Accountant Lecturer Actor Entrepreneur Graphic Designer Social Worker Receptionist Journalist Illustrator Plumber Decorator

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Jobs

1. Complete the sentences: a) A _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ is someone who paints your house.

b) A person who starts new businesses is callled an _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.

c) An _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ s drawings are often used in books and magazines .

d) You could go to a _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ if you want to book a holiday.

e) A _ _ _ _ _ looks after sick animals.

2. Discussion questions a) What was your first job? b) What do you like/dislike about your job? c) What job would you really like to have?

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Money

wallet purse banknote coin credit card gift voucher change bills receipt currency bank account cash machine / ATM debt interest loan mortgage wages profit deposit poor valuable

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Money

1. Complete the sentences: a) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ are paid by your employer in exchange for your work.

b) The dollar is the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ of the USA

c) If you keep your money in a savings account you will receive _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.

d) Instead of money, you might get a _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ for your birthday.

e) If you want to rent an apartment you have to put down a _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ first.

2. Discussion questions a) How much money are you carrying at the moment? b) If you had $100,000 would you put it in a savings account or invest it somewhere else? c) Do you think people will still use coins and banknotes in 20 years?

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The Car

pedal steering wheel wing mirror clutch brake accelerator boot / trunk bonnet / hood gear stick reverse indicator headlights bumper speedometer rear view mirror engine petrol / gas tank spare wheel handbrake windscreen

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The Car

1. Complete the sentences: a) If you want to see whos behind you, check your _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .

b) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ means to go backwards.

c) If you want to go faster, put your foot on the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.

d) The _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ tells you how fast you are going.

e) Dont forget to use your _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ before turning left or right.

2. Discussion questions a) If you could have any car, what would you like to drive? b) How do you think cars might change in the next ten to twenty years? c) What annoying things do car drivers do?

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23.

In the Kitchen

saucepan wooden spoon frying pan sieve scales tin opener jar oven glove chopping board microwave apron tea towel blender ladle teaspoon herbs baking tray kettle jug rolling pin

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23.

In the Kitchen

1. Complete the sentences: a) A _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ cooks food much faster than a normal oven.

b) Use a _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ to stir your tea or coffee.

c) You can boil water quickly and easily with a _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.

d) A _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ is a kitchen gadget which cuts food into very small pieces.

e) If you are taking hot things out of the oven you will need an _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .

2. Discussion questions a) Do you like cooking? What's your signature dish? b) Who's the best cook you know? c) Whats the last thing you cooked?

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The Movies

screen cinema science fiction front row pop corn intermission trailer Oscar box office genre comedy drama documentary director actor plot review critic scene credits

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42.

The Movies

1. Complete the sentences: a) The _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ is the boss on a film set.

b) The _ _ _ _ _ _ _ describes what happens in a film.

c) A _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ is a professional opinion of a film or other art work.

d) A _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ is a film about real life and real people.

e) A _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ is a short preview of an upcoming film.

2. Discussion questions a) What are some of your favourite films? b) What was the last film you saw? c) If you could have dinner with any actor / actress from any time, who would you choose?

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Answer Key
1 a) niece, b) father in law, c) grandchildren, d) aunt, e) cousins 2 a) social networks, b) podcast, c) URL, d) bookmark, e) the cloud 3 a) eBay, b) Wikipedia, c) Facebook, d) Bing, PayPal 4 a) cable, b) font, c)driver, d) spam, e) crash 5 a) decorator, b) entrepeneur, c) illustrator, d)travel agent, e) vet 6 a) shredder, b) filing cabinet, c) open plan, d) fax machine, e) office draw 7 a) scissors, b) stamp, c) stapler / paperclip, d) ruler, e) post it note 8 a) gravity, b) safety goggles, c) equation, d) acid, e) ventilator 9 a) Gillette, b) Ikea, c) Disney, d) Coca Cola & Pepsi, e) Levi's 10 a) confidential, b) deal, c) attendees, d) the minutes, e) chart 11 a) court, b) judge, c) witness, d) evidence, e) prison 12 a) fine, b) counterfeiter, c) burglar, d) death penalty, e) identity theft 13 a) wages, b) currency, c) interest, d) gift voucher, e) deposit 14 a) giraffe, b) penguin, c) owl, d) cheetah, e) zebra 15 a) sheep & clouds, b) rainbow, c) sunset, d) view, e) wildlife 16 a) submarine, b) lighthouse, c) tanker, d) shark, e) harbour 17 a) parachute, b) missile, c) frisbee, d) planets, e) helicopter 18 a) motorbike, b) jet ski, c) ferry, d) tank, e) sledge 19 a) rear view mirror, b) reverse, c) accelerator, d) speedometer, e) indicator 20 a) accommodation, b) passport, c) customs, d) reservation, e) hike 21 a) India, b) Scotland, c)Canada, d) Germany, e) Brazil 22 a) conditioner, b) razor, c) deodorant, d) towel, e) plug 23 a) microwave, b) teaspoon, c) kettle, d) blender, e) oven glove 24 a) clothes, b) make-up, c) slippers, d) curtains, e) pillow 25 a) kite, b) axe, c) wheelbarrow, d)freezer, e) ladder 26 a) greenhouse, b) spade, c) weeds, d) path, e) squirrel 27 a) sprint, b) tennis, c) Monopoly, d) pool, e) chess 28 a) treadmill, b) trampolining, c) weight lifting, d) gym, e) boxing 29 a) DIY, b) drawing, c) pottery, d) calligraphy, e) gardening 30 a) cocktail, b) art gallery, c) casino, d) bowling, e) karaoke 31 a) queue, b) receipt, c) dairy product, d) special offer, e) out of stock 32 a) Jeweller, b) DIY store, c) florist, d) tailor, e) butcher 33 a) post box, b) bridge, c) pedestrians, d) traffic warden, e) road sign 34 a) stocking, b) carol, c) Boxing Day, d) candle, e) sleigh 35 a) Yuri Gagarin, b) Pele, c) Paul McCartney, d) Bob Marley, e) Marilyn Monroe 36 a) housewarming, b) stag night, c) engagement, d) Ramadan, e) retirement 37 a) safety goggles, b) sandpaper, c) glue, d) drill, e) hammer 38 a) balloon, b) toy farm, c) walkie talkies, d) teddy bear, e) rubber duck 39 a) shirt, b) suit, c) pyjamas, d) blouse, e) belt 40 a) bracelet, b) tie, c) umbrella, d) purse, belt, e) gloves 41 a) volume, b) keyboard, c) chorus, d) classical, e) tune up 42 a) director, b) plot, c) review, d) documentary, e) trailer 43 a) editor, b) advertising, c) quote, d) interview, e) headline 44 a) assassination, b) unemployment, c) discovery, d) riot, e) election 45 a) dictionary, b) comic book, c) library, d) index, e) non-fiction 46 a) drum, b) piano, c) violin, d) accordion, e) double bass 47 a) lettuce, b) mushrooms, c) grapefruit, d) peas, e) cherries 48 a) tea, b) yoghurt, c) champagne, d) cocktail, e) whisky 49 a) popcorn, b) hot dog, c) ice cream, d) quiche, e) doughnut 50 a) napkin, b) dessert, c)cutlery, d) tip, e) bill

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