Everyday life

  • Basic Word Game

    Basic Word Game

    Playing games brings a nice change to regular lessons, while also being an effective way to learn. In the Basic Word Game, students practice everyday vocabulary related to home and living, and form sentences using the words shown on the game board. Vocabulary learning requires plenty of repetition. In this simple game, the words are…

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  • Good mood

    Good mood

    Let’s focus on the good things – big or small! In this exercise, students discuss about different positive feelings and aspects in their everyday life. Together they determine what the good mood means, and how is it possible to spread it among others. Cover image: Sara KaartinenActivity contributed by: PO / Johanna Pihlava   Learning objectives: …

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  • Fortune teller

    Fortune teller

    Would you like to help your learners improve their grammatical skills while stimulating their creativity? This fun and playful activity makes it possible. First, your learners will be able to concentrate individually on producing written sentences that will enable them to systematise the construction rules for conjugating verbs in the future tense. Secondly, your students…

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  • Mentoring an alien

    Mentoring an alien

    Giving instructions can sometimes be tricky, and it becomes especially difficult when you’re trying to give instructions to an alien! The purpose of this exercise is to explain how everyday inventions work and how they are used. This exercise makes it easy to practice not only vocabulary but also, for example, the imperative and verb…

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