Activities

This is my first activity:

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Quiz: Antonyms and Synonyms

Choose the correct answer.

Q1 - 'Big' and 'small' are...
antonyms.

synonyms.

Q2 - 'Big' and 'large' are...
antonyms

.synonyms.

Q3 - 'Black' and 'white' are...
antonyms.

synonyms.

Q4 - 'Huge' and 'vast' are...
antonyms.

synonyms.

Q5 - 'Huge' and 'tiny' are...
antonyms

.synonyms.

Q6 - 'Dark' and 'light' are...
antonyms.

synonyms.

Q7 - 'Fantastic' and 'wonderful' are...
antonyms

.synonyms.

Q8 - 'Fantastic' and 'awful' are...
antonyms.

synonyms.

Q9 - 'Dry' and 'wet' are...
antonyms.

synonyms.

Q10 - 'Cheap' and 'costly' are...
antonyms

.synonyms.

Q11 - 'Expensive' and 'costly' are...
antonyms

.synonyms.

Q12 - 'Sad' and 'miserable' are...
antonyms.

synonyms.

Q13 - 'Sad' and 'happy' are...
antonyms

.synonyms.

Q14 - 'Terrific' and 'terrible' are...
antonyms.

synonyms.

Q15 - 'Wonderful' and 'terrible' are...
antonyms.

synonyms.

Q16 - 'Wonderful' and 'terrific' are...
antonyms

.synonyms.

Q17 - 'Glad' and 'happy' are...
synonyms.

antonyms.

Q18 - 'Dead' and 'alive' are...
synonyms

antonyms

Analysis

This exercise is focus on vocabulary. The students should choose the right alternative, identifying the synonyms or the antonyms according the word and they must know how differentiate false cognates. This activity is important to the students know the different meanings of the words. The teacher’s role is teach about false cognates, synonyms and antonyms and also accompany the task’s realization and resolve the student’s doubts.
This activity works with the cognitive domain. I think that the teaching approach that can guide its development is the structural approach and the approach based on the content.

This is my second activity:

Home > Testing > Language Quizzes > Must & Can
Quiz: Must & Can

Choose the correct answer.
Q1 - That's ridiculous- you ____ be joking.
can
must

Q2 - That's the phone- who ____ it be?
can
must

Q3 - They haven't eaten for hours- they ____ be starving.
can
must

Q4 - I'm busy this morning, but I ____ see you this afternoon if you like.
can
must

Q5 - It ____ be the postman; it's far too early.
can't
mustn't

Q6 - You ____ enter the country without a visa.
can
must

Q7 - They're two hours late- there ___ be something wrong.
can
must

Q8 - She left two hours ago, so she ____ have arrived by now.
can
must

Q9 - My doctor says I ____ lose some weight.
can
must

Q10 - ____ you smell something burning?
Can
Must

Analysis

The focus of this activity is the grammar structure. The teacher must teach grammatical rules about modal verbs to the students. The students’ role is to understand the meaning of the modal verbs and choose the right modal to complete each phrase. This activity is important to students know how the modal verbs are used in different occasions that requires writing, reading, speaking or listening skills.
This activity also works with the cognitive domain. I think that this activity can be guided by many teaching approaches, such as structural approach, functional approach, situational approach and by the approaches based on competences, tasks and also content.

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Source: http://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/

Carine