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ESL / EFL RESOURCES That's Fantastic!

Activity Type Introduction

Reading, writing, In this useful teaching activity, students learn and practice
listening and speaking common responses that convey feelings.
activity, pair and group
work Procedure
Divide the class into pairs. Give each pair a set of expression
Language Focus cards.
Common responses that Write the following statements on the board:
convey feelings
I just proposed to my girlfriend and she said yes. (That's fantastic!)
My dog ran away. (Oh no!)
Aim I found some money on the floor. (Lucky you.)
To learn and practice Go through each statement and have the students look at their
common responses that expression cards and provide suitable responses. Possible answers
convey feelings. are in brackets.

Preparation
Make one copy of the
worksheet for each pair
of students and cut as
indicated.
After that, explain that the expressions on the cards are used
in responses to convey feelings. For example, 'That's fantastic!'
can be used to convey joy or happiness. 'Oh no!' can be used for
sadness or sympathy, etc.
Go through each expression and demonstrate it's meaning and
have students practice any appropriate intonation.

Then, tell the students that they are going to write a dialogue
Level using some of the expressions.
Pre-intermediate In their pairs, the students then create a dialogue which includes
at least ten of the expressions from the cards.

Time When the students have finished writing their dialogues, ask the
pairs to practice reading them aloud several times until they can
40 minutes
remember them.

Pairs then perform their dialogues in front of the class and feedback
is given.

Afterwards, have pairs join together to make groups of four.

Ask the students to shuffle one set of expression cards and place
them face down in a pile on the desk.

Students then take it in turns to pick up a card and make a

statement that will elicit the response on the card.

The first student to reply using the correct expression wins and
keeps the card.

The student with the most cards at the end of the game wins.

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ESL / EFL RESOURCES That's Fantastic!

That's fantastic! Lucky you.

Oh no! Have a good time.

I'm so pleased for you. You'll be fine.

That's great. Cheer up.

I'm always here for you. I'm sorry to hear that.

I'm sure everything will be fine. Just do your best.

Oh dear! I know.

No way! Good luck.

I'm glad to hear it. Congratulations!

That's so true. I can't believe it!

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