Household stuff: Great tools for teaching... grammar! Part 3

Hi everyone!

Welcome back to my series about using household stuff for teaching English as a foreign language!

Today's item is

 DRINKING STRAWS €1 (100 pcs)

PURPOSE: I used drinking straws to check my students' comprehension of COUNTABLE and UNCOUNTABLE "FOOD & DRINKS" NOUNS.

WHAT I DID BEFORE CLASS: - I printed out this template and I wrote down a food noun in each glass, then I cut each glass out. 

- I stuck two sheets of paper on the desk: 

1) COUNTABLE "FOOD & DRINKS" NOUNS

2) UNCOUNTABLE "FOOD & DRINKS" NOUNS

STUDENTS: (3-6) PRE-TEENS/TEENS/YOUNG ADULTS (A2 LEVEL)

WHAT I DID IN CLASS: After teaching a bunch of  COUNTABLE and UNCOUNTABLE "FOOD & DRINKS" NOUNS I told my students they were going to play a game and I showed them the drinking straws. I placed the "paper" glasses at a certain distance from the sheets. 

WHAT MY STUDENTS DID: All students stood up around the table and I told them the rules of the game.

Students took turns to blow into their drinking straw in order to make the "paper" glasses move towards/onto the right sheet.

They got one point for each right word and lost one point for each wrong one.

It was a very funny game and I felt especially satisfied with their positive results.

Watch the video: Drinking Straws - EFL game

Until the next item ;-)