Are your EFL/ESL students confused about the rules of pronunciation of final -S in present simple - 3rd person singular? With this activity you can both teach the rules and practice the pronunciation in a fun way. Suitable for pair work, small groups and team activities. A chart and a handout are included.

INCLUDED IN THIS PRODUCT:

♥ Suggestions on how to use

♥ An anchor chart / a grammar overview

♥ Handouts

♥ 45 sentence cards with verbs in 3rd person singular

♥ 3 bug cards with verb endings (/s/, /z/, or /ɪz/)

♥ A printable fly swatter

INSTRUCTIONS:

☻Print & Prepare

• print out and laminate the bugs
• print out, cut up and laminate the sentence cards
• print out, cut up and laminate two fly swatters (optional)
• It’s best to use real fly swatters. Students can also just use their hands.

☻Play

SMALL GROUP ACTIVITY:

• place the bugs on the floor (facing up) and the sentence cards in a pile beside the bugs (facing down)
• students take turns flipping over a sentence card and swatting the bug with the corresponding ending
• then they read the sentence on the card

PAIR ACTIVITY:

• each student in the pair has their own fly swatter
• a teacher / helper or a fellow student flips over a sentence card
• the first student to swat the correct bug gets a point
• then they read the sentence on the card

TEAM GAME:

• the students form 2 lines (team A and team B)
• the first student at the front of each line gets a fly swatter
• the teacher flips a sentence card
• the first student to swat the correct bug wins a point for their team
• then he / she reads the sentence
• they hand over the fly swatters to those second in line and go to the back of the line

EXTENSION ACTIVITY

• students mix up the sentence cards and then work together to place them under the correct bug

OPTIONS FOR USE:

♥ Pair Work

♥ Small Group Activity

♥ Team Games

♥ Review

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