32 Mini-Max Dominoes
| Level | Materials |
| All levels | Handout |
In this variation of the traditional domino vocabulary game, students prepare the dominos themselves.
Prepare a handout with two columns and 7 to 10 rows. On the left column, type in vocabulary (or questions or answers) you want to revisit.
See some examples of different handouts below:
Vocabulary/Expressions
| Annoying | |
| Witness | |
| Despite | |
| Blade | |
| To bare one’s teeth | |
| Barefoot | |
| Uproar |
Questions
| Where are you from? | |
| What time do you get up? | |
| Whose car is this? | |
| How do you spell your name? | |
| How old are you? | |
| Where do you live? | |
| Do you like English? |
Collocations
| Take | |
| Go to | |
| Have | |
| Make | |
| Do | |
| Read | |
| Bring |
Leave the right column blank. Give each student a handout and ask them to individually complete the right column to make a domino (make sure they understand that the answer cannot be in the same row). If you have vocabulary, students can write a sample sentence leaving a blank space to be completed with the word, or the definition of the word (allow them to use dictionaries). If you have questions, they write an appropriate answer; if you have answers, students produce the questions. If you have collocations, they complete the second column with a word or expression that collocates with the verb (e.g. Take – a shower).
Distribute scissors around and let students cut out the domino pieces. Place 3 or 4 students together, ask them to use shuffle up all their domino pieces together, deal the pieces among the group members, and play the game.
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