Overview
  Home
Teaching Ideas
Classroom Language

  Resources
  Optional Activities
Review Board Games

  In Addition . . .
  About the Author
Learn About the Course
ESL/EFL Home
 
Adjective crossword

Activity type: Crossword puzzle

Time: 20–25 minutes

Preparation:  Click here to download the puzzle sheets. Print them out. Photocopy "Student A" sheets for half of the class and "Student B" sheets for the other half.

Procedure: Divide the class into two groups: "Student A" and "Student B." Explain that they have half of the words of a crossword puzzle but these words have been scrambled. Tell group A that their sheet contains words used to describe appearance. Tell group B that their sheet contains words used to describe personality. Have students form pairs with someone in the same group. Working with this partner, the students should first unscramble the words and then write them in the puzzle. When they are finished, put them into new pairs – this time with each "Student A" joining a "Student B." Tell students to complete the puzzle by exchanging information using the following model:

    What's X across?
    What's X down?
Option: Have the students first work individually to solve their part of the puzzle. Then put them into pairs to exchange information.

Correct answers:  Click here for the answer key.

© Cambridge University Press