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Four-in-a-Row
kindly bravely politely safely nervously
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slowly closely equally sleepily suddenly
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greedily happily sadly thoughtfully healthily
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lazily powerfully punctually cheerfully noisily
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correctly neatly loudly nicely naturally
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smoothly badly silently completely carefully
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gently well easily heavily mysteriously
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hurriedly quickly patiently beautifully hard
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angrily softly clearly perfectly regularly
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Four-in-a-Row
In this compelling teaching activity, students play a game of Connect 4 by associating verbs
with adverbs of manner and then making sentences with the words.
Before class, make one copy of the worksheet for each pair of students. Make extra copies if
you wish to play several rounds.
Procedure
Divide the students into pairs and give each pair a copy of the worksheet.
Each student should have a different coloured pen to their partner.
Students take it in turns to choose an adverb of frequency from the chart.
When a student has chosen an adverb of frequency, they think of a verb that would go with
the frequency adverb. Then they make a sentence using the two words.
If a student manages to do this successfully, they write the verb under the frequency adverb
with their coloured pen.
Students must use a different verb each time they make a sentence.
The aim of the activity is for the students to get four squares in a row, either horizontally,
vertically, or diagonally, while at the same time trying to stop their partner from getting four in
a row.
When a student gets four squares in a row, you check their answers.
If each verb matches appropriately with the frequency adverb, the student wins the round
and scores a point.
If any of their answers are incorrect, the other student wins the round.
Students can play several rounds using a new worksheet each time.
The student who has the most points at the end is the winner.
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