ESL Warmer: Draw me Something
Draw me Something is a simple activity that can be used as a way of starting a lesson on articles but can be adapted for other grammar points such as dependant prepositions.
Activity time: 5 minutes
Level: teens and adults (A2 +)
Skills practiced: Speaking, listening
Materials needed: Pencil and paper for each pair of students.
Method
- Put the class in pairs, A and B. Tell them that they will be giving each other a series of instructions to draw various simple pictures.
- Give each pair the handouts below, making sure each pair has one copy of A and one of B, which they keep secret from each other. They take it in turns to read out the descriptions of each picture and draw what they hear.
- When they have finished, get the students to compare their pictures with their partners and look at the sentences they read out.
Handout for student A (find a printable version below)
Student A
Tell your partner to draw these pictures:
a room with a glass on the door
a man buying paper.
a boy with egg on his head.
a girl with a long hair.
a cat on TV.
a bowl with an apple in it.
Student B
Tell your partner to draw these pictures:
a bowl with an apple in it.
a room with a door with a girl with long hair on it.
a boy with an egg on his head
a man buying a paper
a cat on a TV
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