Dictionary Bluff

Target level: B2/C1 (CEF)

Aim of the activity: acquisition / recycling of vocabulary

Duration of the activity: 10-15 min

• Split the class into groups.
• Give the handout (available here) to the groups.
• Hand in the pieces of paper with the words for them to research (available here).
• The groups have to research the three (3) words given, write down the words' meanings on their papers and invent two definitions for each word (or copy from other words in the dictionary).
• Each group has to present the words they have one by one and give the 3 definitions, both real and invented ones, for the other groups have to guess the real meaning of the word.
• The winner is the one who can guess most correct definitions.
• Here's the key.

This activity was shared by Leandro Toledo, who is a very creative teacher.