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English "kotowaza" Warm-up Quiz!

Warm up quiz for older students. Students will listen to the idiom/saying and guess the meaning based on A, B, or C.

Kotowaza (saying) and kanyouku (idiom) warm-up quiz! Works best with older students. No specific grammar review, just a way for students to get warmed up for class and work together as a team and learn about funny English sayings.

Students should make teams of 3-4 (with their deskmates) and choose options A, B, or C based on what they think an idiom means. The answer is revealed in the next slide. 1 correct guess = 1 point, last question is 5 points. Max points are 10. Students with 5-10 points will be deemed as masters of English B)

Files include the Powerpoint presentation, a preview of the slideshow, and English room decorations of the same kotowaza in case students want to use/review them! I tried this game with my small special needs class (without teams) and they wanted to use them a lot! Enjoy!

Files:
Small files
  • English kotowaza-Englishroomdeco.pdf (501 KB)
  • Medium files (requires an account to download) -
  • English kotowaza and kanyouku quiz.pptx (11.2 MB)
  • English kotowaza and kanyouku quiz-ALTopediapreview.pdf (1.38 MB)
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    Submitted by meatydog April 22, 2024 Estimated time: 10 minutes
    1. mmakuniru April 24, 2024

      This is really cool, thank you!

    2. HeyItsMori April 24, 2024

      Looks really fun! Thanks for sharing!

    3. meatydog April 24, 2024

      @mmakuniru Thanks! I hope your class enjoys!

    4. jiggswalsh May 1, 2024

      Please please please change "Let's quiz!".... This is such a common mistake we don't need to contribute to it further. How about "Let's do a quiz!" or "It's quiz time!"?

    5. meatydog May 2, 2024

      @jiggswalsh Okay I fixed it! It didn't really occur to me that it would reinforce any mistakes. Thanks for the advice!

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