Here's a nice an entertaining way to practice linking words. I tend to use it with every beginner group and find it very enjoyable and yet educational. I found it a long time ago on one of the ESL web pages and modified it to fit well to my students abilities. This particular version practices SO, AND, BUT and BECAUSE, but it will work great with more advance ones like IN SPITE OF, AS, THEREFORE, WHEREAS etc.
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For this game you need a coin and pieces of paper with sentence entries. Each student throws the coin. If the coin shows HEADS they should finish their entries with sentences beginning with SO and BUT, if the coin shows TAILS they should finish them with AND and BECAUSE. Each sentence must be finished twice.
HEADS - so, but
TAILS - because, ande.g.
She isn't married BUT she has got a boyfriend.
She isn't married SO she spends a lot of time with her friends.
Here are some examples of entries that you may use.
- I'm tired
- There is nothing on television tonight
- This is a very angry dog
- My father is a lawyer
- I can't ride a motorbike
- We haven't got anything to eat tonight
- I didn't have breakfast today
- She's taller than me
- He has got a beautiful girlfriend
- My favourite colour is yellow
- That restaurant is very expensive
- We have an exam tomorrow
- She's unhappy
- I love travelling
- Tigers can’t fly
- There are four chairs in the classroom
- My sister’s hobby is fashion
- I haven’t got any money
- They wake up very early at weekends
- Police officers must be brave
- I have got long hair
- Italy is warmer than Denmark
- I’m late for work
- This woman can sing well
- Bill Gates is the richest American
- She’s single
- My boss drives a fast car
- I don’t drink milk
- My friend speak German
- She hasn’t got a mobile phone
- These brownies are delicious
- I’m not rich
- English is easy
- Professional basketball players can jump high
- Our cousin has got a pet rabbit
- He is at a hospital now
- There are some oranges in the kitchen
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