Define the relationship
Ask for words and definitions, synonyms, opposites or sentence halves. Keep one relationship across the activity.
Help learners connect words with meanings, synonyms or related phrases. ChalkLab creates matching activities from your teaching brief so you can review the pairs and practise them with your class.
Create English matching exercises for vocabulary, definitions and related phrases. Try an interactive matching sample and prepare your own in ChalkLab.
Ask for words and definitions, synonyms, opposites or sentence halves. Keep one relationship across the activity.
Check that each item has one clear partner and that definitions use language your learners understand.
Use the matching set for recall, then ask learners to put the words or phrases into new sentences.
Give learners a compact way to practise the relationship between a word and its meaning.
Pair sentence halves or related expressions to practise chunks of English.
Use matching as a retrieval task before asking students to speak or write with the same words.
Examples include vocabulary and definitions, synonyms, opposites or sentence halves. Tell ChalkLab the relationship you want in the activity brief.
Review all pairs together, not one at a time. If two definitions fit the same word, refine them or choose different items.
It can be. Use a small set of familiar words and simple meanings, then adjust the language and number of pairs for your learners.
Choose a topic, adapt the practice, and share it with your learners.