Qualities Brainstorm

Purpose: To practice speaking; review nouns and adjectives.

Preparation Time: None.

Procedure:

1. Choose a quality, such as round.
2. Have learners name as many things as possible that have that quality (e.g., wheel, sun, moon, clock, etc).
3. You may write down what your students say or you may have them write a list themselves.

Here are some categories:

Things that …

• Are red/blue/black/white.
• Are round/square/oval/flat.
• Are hard/soft/liquid.
• Are sweet/sour/bitter/chewy.
• Fly/float/jump.
• Come in twos/threes/fours.
• Have holes/handles.
• Use electricity.
• Are made of plastic/wood/metal/glass.
• Move quickly/slowly.

Variation: To turn the activity into a game, have each student read his or her list while the rest of the class tries to identify the quality.