(4) Special People in Our Eyes
a. Pelmanism Game
Vocabulary
Items
Adjectives to describe personalities / qualities of people:
caring, thoughtful, clever, wise, bright, smart, friendly,
sociable, funny, humorous, gentle, good-tempered, loving,
kind-hearted
Activity Description
Pupils play a Pelmanism game. They turn over two cards to match the adjectives that
are synonyms.
Materials
Word cards with synonyms of adjectives
Procedures
1. Pupils play the game in pairs. Each pair is given word cards with synonyms of
adjectives that describe personalities or qualities of people.
2. Pupils place a set of word cards on the desk with the face down. They take turns to
turn over two cards at a time and read aloud the two adjectives. If the two
adjectives form a pair of synonyms, they can keep the cards, otherwise the cards
are to be kept face down again.
3. The game goes on until all the cards are taken by the pupils. The pupil with the
most cards wins.
Answer Keys Accept any reasonable answers.
caring = thoughtful
friendly = sociable
funny = humorous
gentle = good-tempered
loving = kind-hearted
clever = wise = bright = smart
Word cards with synonyms of adjectives
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caring
thoughtful
clever
wise
bright
smart
friendly
sociable
funny
humorous
gentle
good-tempered
loving
kind-hearted