JET Speaking Activities PDF

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JET
(Ju nior English Ti mesavers)
S pea ki ng Activit ies
W eicome t o JET Speaki ng Activities

Aims
To pies
Our main aim is to provide primary school teachers

with easy-to-prepare supplementary materials to
practise the skill of speaking with young learners of
English. The Photocopiable Pages include, among
others, spot-the-difference pictures, charts, eut-out
game cards and puppets, which act as a trigger for
games, puzzles, role-plays, class surveys and story
telling activities. There is an information -gap aspect
to many of the activities, which prov ides children
with a genuine need to communicate in order to
comp lete the game or activity. The emphasis in the
activities is on having fun while practising useful
lan guage.
The activit ies can be used as one-off extension and
consolidation activities or as part of a fuller theme
based lesson or project. As ail primary EFL teachers
1\0 ,children need to have new language
c stantly recyc led and JET Speaking Act ivities
p
'des a fresh w ay of doing just that. In addition,
e preparation (m uch of which can be done by the
pupils themselves) allows for free and spontaneous
language pr actice.
The activities in this book are topic-based,

have been chose n as far as poss b e 0
top ics chil d ren caver in thelf cour-se:boot:s,
example, an im ais, families, ages a d
hobbies, etc. sa t hat teachers
Il he a e
supplement the co u rsebook w ' h extra spea
g
practice and provide extra practice of a target
language area.
Language Level
We have not specified a target age or language level
for these materials as each activity is designed as a
starting point from which individual teachers can
meet the ir own classroom needs. Most activities can
be adapted for use as whole class, group or pairwork,
depending on class si ze and ability. Our Teacher's
Notes suggest one way of using the Photocopiable
Pages, but these can be easily adapted to suit
different age groups, class sizes and language levels .
Each activity also lead s to ideas for follow-up
activities or alternative approaches.
The Book
Photoeopiable Right s
The book includes 25 Photocopiable Pages

accompanied by Teacher's Notes on facing pages .
Where an idea requires two or more Photocop iable
Pages to be used together (e .g . Anima l Match), the
Notes face the first of the Photocopiable Pages. The
ideas contained here have been selected to include a
variety of activities such as games and making masks
and puppets, and practise different sk ill s such as
matching, describing, listening and responding and
information gap activities.
The Photocopiable Pages prov ided can be

photocopied freely for use in the classroom and do
not need to be declared .
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C) Contents
A
Toy Box
.Beachcombing
Language
Photocopiable material
Pages
colours, numbers 1-7

What c%ur is the (bail)?
Picture to colour
4&5
alphabet, numbers 1-20

beach vocabulary
It's a .. .
present continuous
prepositions
Picture puzzle
6-9
Spiders
Everywhere
furniture vocabulary
Spot the difference
prepositions
15 there ... ? Yes, there is. No, there isn't
10 & 11
Animal Noises
animal vocabulary
animal noises
You're a ... Are you a ... ?
Picture cards
12 - 15
Animal Match
wild animal vocabulary

It's got ...
possessive -5
animal body parts
(head, tait, etc.)
Picture cards
16 -19
Pet Survey
pets vocabulary
Have you got a ... ?
How many?
Survey chart
20 & 21
Pocket Money
toys and snack vocabulary

1 want ...
Ho w m uch is/are ... ?
numbers
p ounds and pence
Picture to complete
22 & 23
Game cards
24 & 25
Happy Birthday mo nths and seasons

When's your birthday?
It's in (A pril).
(ord inals: first to thirty-first)
Wackrt
Fam i les
fam ily vocabu lary

descriptions
15 this your (mum) ?
She's got (long hair).
Game cards
26 - 29
Fussy Eaters
food/dr ink vocabulary

1 /ike .. ./don't /ike ' "
Do y ou /ike ... ?
Pictures to eut up
30 & 31
parts of the body

actions (hop, knee/, stretch)
can/can't questions and short answers
Spinner to make
32 & 33
telephone dialogue
number sequences
requests: Can you .. . ?
time
Pho nes to eut out
34 & 35
sports/leisure vocabulary
personal pronouns:
she, he, they, you
possessive pronouns:
my, your, his, her, their, our
possessive -5
present continuous tense
Spot the mistake picture
36 & 37
.....,
Can
Phone M e!
M He's
VOU
Weari ng
My Skirt !
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What's
She Doing?
o Who am I?
Language
Photocopiable material
Pages
action verbs
present perfect: Have you ever?
Board game
38 & 39
clothes vocabulary
l'm wearing ...
colours
present continuous actions
Picture puzzle
40 &41
Holiday Island
geographical features
imperatives
prepositions
directions
Map of island
42 & 43
Pict ure Pai rs
in the park
Picture cards
44 & 45
Collectors'
Corner
toys and collections

present tense (1 collect ... )
descriptions:
It's very old/modern.
cou ntries/nati on a 1it ies
Picture cards
46 & 47
Who Lives
Here?
pets vocabulary
present tense:
He lives/is/likes ...
hobbies and interests
ages
Logic puzzle
48 & 49
A Day' ln
My Llfe
daily routines and habits

food
time
present simple (first person singular)
short answers
present simple, th ird person
Picture raie cards
W hat 's M y Job? jobs and work vocabu lary
Picture cards
52 & 53
invitations
going to for future p lans
days of the week
present tense: thi rd person singular
Calendars
54 & 55
story telling
present simple tense
It's made of (stra w).
requests: Can 1 .. . ?
future intentions: l'II ...
past simple tense
Finger puppets and story text
56 & 57
story telling
past simple tense
Masks
58 - 61
general review
questions and short answers
Board game and questions
62 - 64
present tense
question forms - present tense
V
After School
W Three
Lit tle Pigs
X
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Little Red
Riding Hood
AskMe
A Question!
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@Toy Box
Language focus
(olours: red, yellow, b/ue, green, pink, grey, brown
* Numbers: 1-7
* Toys vocabulary: teddy, monkey, bal/, aerop/ane,
ca r, skateboard, (Barbie) doll, ballet costume, truck,

rocket, book, computer game, dinosaur, snake
* The (bail) is (b/ue).
7 Put the
pupils into pairs so that one has picture A 1

and one has Picture A2 in each pair. Encourage
them to ask about ail the toys they have not
coloured in their pictures and to mark the colours
with a dot.
What c%ur is the (bail)? /t's (b/ue).
Materials
* copies of han dout A (cut in half) for each pa ir of

pupi ls
* col o ured crayons
* (optional) real toys
8 Give pupils time to finish

9
3 Oivide the class into two groups: Gro up 1 and Group

2. Hand out a copy of Picture A lto each student in
Group 1 an d picture A2 to each student in Group 2. It
is best if Pupils 1 and 2 are not sitting near each
other at this stage as they need to keep thei r pictures
secret.
Tell pupils that they have to find the numbers on

their pictures and colour the toys according to your
instructions. Make sure they have their crayons ready
then give the following in formation asking them to
drawa dot of each colour on the relevant toy:
Number 1 is yellow.
Number 2 is pink.
Number 3 is b/ue.
Number 4 is green.
Number 5 is brown.
Number 6 is grey
Number 7 is red.
5 Get
pupils to check their answers with another

pupil in their group and give them time ta finish
colouring the numbered toys on their pictures.
Get pupils to compare pictures with their partners
Follow-up activities
* Pupils can add a few further toys and colours to their

pictures and colour them in and tell you or a partner
about them: The e/ephant is purp/e.
2 Revise t he colours : red, yellow, b/ue, green, pink,

grey, brown by painting ta things in the classroom
and ask ing: What c%ur is it ?
colouring their pictures.
and check that they have coloured the toys

correctly by asking the class: What c%ur is the
(truck)? Get them to chorus the answer: It's (red).
Procedure
1 Teach/review the toy
lexis using handout A or real

toys : teddy, monkey, bal/, aerop/ane, car, skateboard,
(Barbie) dol/, ballet costume, truck, rocket, book,
computer game, dinosaur, snake
Explain that they now need to find out the colours

of the other toys on their pictures by asking and
answering the question : What c%ur is the (doll)7
/t's (green) . Practise the question several times.
Pupils can draw their own toy boxes containing some

of thei r favourite toys and tell you or a partner about
them. Display their pictures on the classroom walls.
Alternat ive activit y
* Pupils can play a simple guessing game in pairs using

their pictures. Pupil A chooses a toy without telling
their partner wh ich they have chosen . Pupil B guesses
the toy. Pup ils swap roles :
A: It's got 4 whee/s. It's red.
B: A truck?
A: Yeso
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Beachcombing
Language focus
* Beach vocabulary: shell, boat, bird, sung/asses,

bucket, sandcast/e, bail, crab, spade, ice cream
* /t's a ...
* Alphabet: A-Z
Pupils take it in turns to locate the objects and

position their pictures . Once they have positioned
ail five items, they can compare pictures and check
the grid references. Their completed pictures
should be identical.
* Numbers: 1-20
* (optional) present continuous for describing
pictures
(optiona l) prepositions
5 Check
with the whole class by asking: Where is the

(bird)? and getting them to give you four
references for the seagull, e.g. 11 b, 11 c, 12b, 12c.
They can then glue the pictures into position.
Materials
* copies of handouts B1 and B2, one for each pupil
* (optional) scissors and glue
Follow-up activity
* Pupils draw one or two further objects on their

pictures and describe the position to a partner.
Procedure
1 Teach/review the
beach vocabulary using flashcards

or real objects. Review the alphabet and numbers
1- 20 if necessary.
Divide the class into pairs and hand out pictures B1

and B2 to the pairs. Explain that they must not
show t heir picture to their partner.
Get pupils t o eut out the five objects down the side
of their pictures and explai n that the aim of the
activity is to find out w here these ite ms are
positioned on t heir beach picture . They must give
grid ref erences to their partners (as in
'Battlesh ips'.) Point out that each picture takes up
four squares, so they need to look for places where
there are 4 empty squares together on th e grid .
Remind them to keep a note of references they
have tried without success, or mark a cross in pencil
on their pictures, so that they do not waste time
going back to those spaces, e.g .:
Pupi/ 1: 89
Pupi/ 2: Nothing.
Pupi/1: 19y
Pupil 2: Its a boat.
They th en need to give three further references in
order to locate exactly wh ich four spaces are covered
by the boat picture. When they have done this, they
can place their boat in the correct position (ideally
using blu-tack at this stage) .
Alt ernative activity
* Pupils can describe the people in the picture using

the present continuous tense, e.g . He's reading a
book. Turn this into agame by getting pupils to
pretend to be a character in the picture. Their
partner asks several questions in order to guess
which character they are, e.g.
A: Are you in the water?
B: No.
A: Are you sleeping?
B: No.
A: Are you p/aying ?
B: Yeso
A: (point ing) Is this you ?
A: Yeso
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lIa i1 .

1fJ Mi,tl mmu M-l

(Ju nior English Ti mesavers)

S pea ki ng Activit ies

W eicome t o JET Speaki ng Activities

Our main aim is to provide primary school teachers

The activities in this book are topic-based,

The book includes 25 Photocopiable Pages

The Photocopiable Pages prov ided can be

,tj ...,.tiU3j,trM mntii

colours, numbers 1-7

alphabet, numbers 1-20

wild animal vocabulary

toys and snack vocabulary

Happy Birthday mo nths and seasons

(ord inals: first to thirty-first)

fam ily vocabu lary

food/dr ink vocabulary

parts of the body

Pho nes to eut out

Spot the mistake picture

'M i1-tfi ai,te es"'" H-j

Pict ure Pai rs

toys and collections

daily routines and habits

Picture raie cards

W hat 's M y Job? jobs and work vocabu lary

Finger puppets and story text

Board game and questions

Lit tle Pigs

(olours: red, yellow, b/ue, green, pink, grey, brown

ca r, skateboard, (Barbie) doll, ballet costume, truck,

* The (bail) is (b/ue).

pupils into pairs so that one has picture A 1

What c%ur is the (bail)? /t's (b/ue).

* copies of han dout A (cut in half) for each pa ir of

8 Give pupils time to finish

3 Oivide the class into two groups: Gro up 1 and Group

Tell pupils that they have to find the numbers on

pupils to check their answers with another

Get pupils to compare pictures with their partners

* Pupils can add a few further toys and colours to their

2 Revise t he colours : red, yellow, b/ue, green, pink,

colouring their pictures.

and check that they have coloured the toys

lexis using handout A or real

Explain that they now need to find out the colours

Pupils can draw their own toy boxes containing some

Alternat ive activit y

* Pupils can play a simple guessing game in pairs using

* Beach vocabulary: shell, boat, bird, sung/asses,

Pupils take it in turns to locate the objects and

* (optional) present continuous for describing

with the whole class by asking: Where is the

* copies of handouts B1 and B2, one for each pupil