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50 Scatter Sheets
1. The Family
2. On the Internet
3. Websites
4. Information Technology
5. Jobs
6. In the Office
7. Stationery
8. In the Lab
9. Brands
10. Meetings and Presentations
11. Law and Order
12. Crime and Punishment
13. Money
14. At the Zoo
15. The Countryside
16. Sea Life
17. Up in the Sky
18. Transport
19. The Car
20. Travel
21. Countries
22. In the Bathroom
23. In the Kitchen
24. In the Bedroom
25. In the Garage

26. In the Garden

27. Sports
28. Exercise
29. Hobbies
30. Nightlife
31. In a Supermarket
32. The High Street
33. In the Street
34. Christmas
35. Famous People
36. Special Occasions
37. In a Toolbox
38. Toys and Games
39. Clothes
40. Accessories
41. Music
42. The Movies
43. The Press
44. Current Affairs
45. Literature
46. Musical Instruments
47. Fruit and Vegetables
48. Drinks
49. Snacks
50. At the Restaurant

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About this book

The Scatter Sheets in this book are designed to be used as warm up and theme introduction
exercises. They can be used as a quick vocabulary review and fluency exercise or the follow-up
questions can be used to underpin a longer and deeper lesson. The core skills practiced are fluency
and vocabulary activation therefore they are unsuitable for beginner level classes.

How to use Scatter Sheets

Scatter Sheets are designed to be used as a vocabulary activation exercise. If the vocabulary on the
worksheet is totally unfamiliar to the majority of the students then the activity will only cause
confusion. If you want to use the Scatter Sheets in this situation, then present the vocabulary items
individually to the class before moving on to the describing phase.
Of course there will often be leftover words which are unknown to the whole class and it's the
teacher's job to go through these at the end of the exercise.
Give each student a copy of the chosen sheet and give them a few minutes to look at the vocabulary
with their neighbour or with a dictionary to see how many words are familiar. Make sure to keep
this part short.
Explain that you are going to define a word from the Scatter Sheet and the students must identify
it. Describe a word any way you want, for example it's a type of bird, it hunts at night, there's one
in Harry Potter. If the student's recognise the word Owl then they can signal it by shouting out the
answer or putting their hand up. If the answer's correct get the students to circle the word Owl on
their sheets.
Run through the first few examples with stronger students in order to shape some nice example
sentences, keep these examples on the board as sentence models.
Students now take it in turns to go through the Scatter Sheet choosing a word which they are
comfortable with and describing it to the class. Each word in turn is described and circled until the
final words on the sheet are left for the teacher to define.

Extra Questions
Each Scatter Sheet also has an accompanying sheet of extra exercises. The first section is made up
of five relatively simple gap fill sentences to further cement the acquisition of some of the lexical
items used. The varied grammatical form of these gap-fill sentences could also be used to trigger
interesting avenues of grammar or lexical exploration.
This section is followed by three discussion questions which can be done in pairs, groups or
together as a class. Listen carefully during this phase, feed in vocabulary where needed and make
notes of interesting output that can be expanded on after the discussion phase.

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1.

The Family

aunt
brother
cousin
daughter
father
grandchildren
grandmother
mother
nephew
niece
sister
son
stepmother
uncle
wife
husband
mother in-law
brother in-law
great grandfather
half sister

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1.

The Family

1. Complete the sentences:

a) My brothers daughter is my _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.

b) My wifes father is my _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.

c) My childrens children are my _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.

d) My fathers sister is my _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.

e) My uncles children are my _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.

2. Discussion questions
a) Who are the youngest and oldest people in your family?
b) Does your family get together often? Do you get on well together?
c) Is family important?

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2.

On the Internet

browser
scrollbar
window
search engine
checkbox
form
field
tab
bookmark
the cloud
blog
mobile site
stream
e-mail
podcast
social network
URL
homepage
comment
link

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2.

On the Internet

1. Complete the sentences:

a) Facebook, Twitter and Google Plus are all _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.

b) A _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ is like a radio show on the internet.

c) Whats the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ? is another way of asking whats the web address?

d) If you want to save a webpage to read later you can _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ it.

e) One way to backup your files is to save them in _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.

2. Discussion questions
a) Are you happy to store important information in the cloud?
b) Do you listen to any podcasts?
c) Are you a member of any social networks?

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3.

Websites

YouTube
Twitter
Yahoo
Facebook
Google
Flickr
Amazon
eBay
PayPal
Wikipedia
Bing
Tumblr
Pinterest
Reddit
Blogger
Baidu
Instagram
Wordpress
Netflix
Craigslist

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3.

Websites

1. Complete the sentences:

a) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ is an online auction site.

b) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ is a good source of information on almost anything.

c) _ _._ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ is the most popular social network in the world.

d) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ is a rival to Googles search engine.

e) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ is a popular online payment system.

2. Discussion questions
a) Which websites do you spend the most time on?
b) Do you buy much online? Which sites do you use?
c) Have you ever had a blog? Which blogs do you follow?

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4.

Information Technology

application
browser
bug
cookie
crash
cursor
driver
FAQ
firewall
font
hardware
click
homepage
cable
software
scanner
spam
virus
delete
password

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4.

Information Technology

1. Complete the sentences:

a) To physically connect one piece of hardware with another, you will need the right
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.

b) Arial, Georgia and Verdana are all types of _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.

c) To connect a new piece of hardware to your computer, you often need to install the right
___________.

d) Unwanted, unimportant e-mail is often called _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.

e) If you have too many programs running, your computer might _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.

2. Discussion questions
a) Whats your homepage?
b) Can you remember the first computer you owned or used?
c) What do you find frustrating about using computers?

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5.

Jobs

Lawyer
Software Developer
Politician
Estate Agent
Travel Agent
Scientist
Vet
Nurse
Doctor
Accountant
Lecturer
Actor
Entrepreneur
Graphic Designer
Social Worker
Receptionist
Journalist
Illustrator
Plumber
Decorator

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5.

Jobs

1. Complete the sentences:

a) A _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ is someone who paints your house.

b) A person who starts new businesses is called an _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.

c) An _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ s drawings are often used in books and magazines .

d) You could go to a _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ if you want to book a holiday.

e) A _ _ _ _ _ looks after sick animals.

2. Discussion questions
a) What was your first job?
b) What do you like/dislike about your job?
c) What job would you really like to have?

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6.

In the Office

clock
monitor
laptop
printer
whiteboard
meeting
presentation
canteen
coffee break
lift
reception
calendar
photocopier
filing cabinet
office draw
fax machine
wastepaper basket
shredder
open-plan
boss

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6.

In the Office

1. Complete the sentences:

a) Confidential documents should be disposed of with a _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .

b) Hard copies of customer records are often kept in a _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .

c) If you don't want to take the stairs, you can use the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .

d) Some companies still use a _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ to send documents.

e) Office workers often keep their belongings in their _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.

2. Discussion questions
a) Would you rather work in an open plan office or have your own office?
b) Have you ever worked in an office? Did you like it?
c) Is there a lot of paperwork in your current or last job?

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7.

Stationery

stapler
envelope
diary
calendar
folder
hole punch
pencil
paperclip
shredder
stamp
scissors
glue
drawing pin
sticky tape
rubber band
post-it note
notebook
ruler
clipboard
eraser

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7.

Stationery

1. Complete the sentences:

a) Use a pair of _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ if you want to cut something out.

b) If youre going to send a letter, youll need to put a _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ on the envelope.

c) You can use a _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ to attach one document to another.

d) If you want to draw a straight line, use a _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .

e) People often use a _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ to remind themselves to do

something.

2. Discussion questions
a) Do you carry a notebook? What do you write in it?
b) What do you use to keep track of your appointments?
c) Would you describe yourself or your workplace as well organised?

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8.

In the Lab

test tube
scientist
experiment
result
invention
calculation
physicist
biologist
chemistry
acid
equipment
gravity
equation
cell
microscope
clone
specimen
goggles
ventilator
fire extinguisher

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In the Lab

1. Complete the sentences:

a) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ is a force that attracts objects to each other.

b) If you are working with dangerous substances, you should wear _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.

c) E = mc2 is Einsteins most famous _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.

d) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ is the opposite of alkaline.

e) A _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ is a device that freshens the air in a room.

2. Discussion questions
a) What do you think are the most important inventions of the last ten years?
b) What life-changing inventions or discoveries might be made in the next ten?
c) What scientists or scientific discoveries come from your country?

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9.

Brands

Google
BMW
Ferrari
Coca Cola
Apple
Samsung
Pepsi
McDonalds
Disney
Sony
Toyota
Mercedes
Gillette
Yves Saint Laurent
Nescafe
Budweiser
LOreal
Ikea
Nike
Levis

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9.

Brands

1. Complete the sentences:

a) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ is famous for its shaving products.

b) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ is well known for its flat-pack furniture.

c) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ has several large amusement parks around the world.

d) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ and _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ are great rivals in the soft drinks market.

e) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ is famous for its denim clothing.

2. Discussion questions
a) Which brands do you use the most?
b) Do you prefer branded food products to supermarkets own label products?
c) What do you think are high-status brands?

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10.

Meetings and Presentations

slide
presenter
attendees
agenda
the minutes
chairperson
demonstration
report
chart
projector
powerpoint
discussion
argument
negotiation
deal
speech
prototype
flipchart
vote
confidential

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10.

Meetings and Presentations

1. Complete the sentences:

a) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ is another word for secret.

b) If all sides agree they may shake hands and make a _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.

c) The people who are present at a meeting are the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.

d) Keeping a record of what is said in a meeting is called taking _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .

e) A _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ is a diagram which shows information.

2. Discussion questions
a) How often do you attend meetings? What percentage are a waste of time?
b) What do you do if you get bored in a long meeting?
c) Public speaking is one of peoples greatest fears. Is it one of yours?

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11.

Law and Order

police
court
judge
case
lawyer
defendant
prison
sentence
guilty
innocent
jury
under arrest
witness
trial
bail
suspect
alibi
crime
charge
evidence

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11.

Law and Order

1. Complete the sentences:

a) The place where cases are heard is called a _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .

b) The person in charge of the court is the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.

c) A _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ is a person who saw a crime take place.

d) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ is produced in court to prove whether the defendant is

guilty or innocent.

e) If the defendant is found guilty, they may get a long _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ sentence.

2. Discussion questions
a) Have you ever been to court?
b) If you had the power to make something illegal, what would it be?
c) Is it sometimes ok to break a law?

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12.

Crime and Punishment

murder
assault
mugger
robbery
death penalty
life sentence
a fine
shoplifter
thief
pickpocket
arson
blackmail
fraud
vandalism
burglar
drug dealer
victim
kidnapping
counterfeiter
identity theft

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12.

Crime and Punishment

1. Complete the sentences:

a) If you are caught speeding, you may have to pay _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.

b) Somebody who makes copies of products or money is a _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .

c) A person who breaks into a house to steal things is called a _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .

d) In some states of the USA the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ is carried out by

electric chair or lethal injection .

e) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ is when someone pretends to be another person.

2. Discussion questions
a) Have you ever had anything stolen?
b) Do you think graffiti is vandalism or art?
c) What would you do if you saw someone being mugged?

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13.

Money

wallet
purse
banknote
coin
credit card
gift voucher
change
bills
receipt
currency
bank account
cash machine / ATM
debt
interest
loan
mortgage
wages
profit
deposit
poor
valuable

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13.

Money

1. Complete the sentences:

a) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ are paid by your employer in exchange for your work.

b) The dollar is the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ of the USA

c) If you keep your money in a savings account you will receive _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.

d) Instead of money, you might get a _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ for your birthday.

e) If you want to rent an apartment you have to put down a _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ first.

2. Discussion questions
a) How much money are you carrying at the moment?
b) If you had $100,000 would you put it in a savings account or invest it somewhere else?
c) Do you think people will still use coins and banknotes in 20 years?

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14.

At the Zoo

giraffe
monkey
crocodile
snake
tortoise
lion
tiger
lizard
rhinoceros
elephant
hippopotamus
wolf
eagle
owl
seal
cheetah
penguin
flamingo
bear
zebra

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14.

At the Zoo

1. Complete the sentences:

a A _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ has a very long neck.

b) A _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ is a flightless bird which lives in Antartica

c) An _ _ _ _ _ _ _ is a bird which hunts at night.

d) A _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ is the fastest animal on land.

e) A _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ has black and white stripes.

2. Discussion questions
a) Does your country have an animal as a national symbol?
b) Do you think animals should be kept in zoos?
c) Whats your favourite animal?

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15.

The Countryside

river
autumn
clouds
landscape
view
hills
stream
bush
reflection
forest
field
lake
path
wildlife
birdsong
sunset
dawn
mist
rainbow
sheep

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15.

The Countryside

1. Complete the sentences:

a) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ and _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ could both be described as white and fluffy.

b) You might see a _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ when it stops raining and the sun comes out.

c) At the end of the day you might see a beautiful _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.

d) You can have a great _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ from the top of a hill or mountain.

e) Animals, birds, plants and flowers are all examples of an areas _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.

2. Discussion questions
a) Can you remember an amazing view you have seen.
b) Do you have a favourite plant or flower?
c) Do you prefer to go for walks in the town or the country?

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Answer Key
1 a) niece, b) father in law, c) grandchildren, d) aunt, e) cousins
2 a) social networks, b) podcast, c) URL, d) bookmark, e) the cloud
3 a) eBay, b) Wikipedia, c) Facebook, d) Bing, PayPal
4 a) cable, b) font, c)driver, d) spam, e) crash
5 a) decorator, b) entrepeneur, c) illustrator, d)travel agent, e) vet
6 a) shredder, b) filing cabinet, c) open plan, d) fax machine, e) office draw
7 a) scissors, b) stamp, c) stapler / paperclip, d) ruler, e) post it note
8 a) gravity, b) safety goggles, c) equation, d) acid, e) ventilator
9 a) Gillette, b) Ikea, c) Disney, d) Coca Cola & Pepsi, e) Levi's
10 a) confidential, b) deal, c) attendees, d) the minutes, e) chart
11 a) court, b) judge, c) witness, d) evidence, e) prison
12 a) fine, b) counterfeiter, c) burglar, d) death penalty, e) identity theft
13 a) wages, b) currency, c) interest, d) gift voucher, e) deposit
14 a) giraffe, b) penguin, c) owl, d) cheetah, e) zebra
15 a) sheep & clouds, b) rainbow, c) sunset, d) view, e) wildlife
16 a) submarine, b) lighthouse, c) tanker, d) shark, e) harbour
17 a) parachute, b) missile, c) frisbee, d) planets, e) helicopter
18 a) motorbike, b) jet ski, c) ferry, d) tank, e) sledge
19 a) rear view mirror, b) reverse, c) accelerator, d) speedometer, e) indicator
20 a) accommodation, b) passport, c) customs, d) reservation, e) hike
21 a) India, b) Scotland, c)Canada, d) Germany, e) Brazil
22 a) conditioner, b) razor, c) deodorant, d) towel, e) plug
23 a) microwave, b) teaspoon, c) kettle, d) blender, e) oven glove
24 a) clothes, b) make-up, c) slippers, d) curtains, e) pillow
25 a) kite, b) axe, c) wheelbarrow, d)freezer, e) ladder
26 a) greenhouse, b) spade, c) weeds, d) path, e) squirrel
27 a) sprint, b) tennis, c) Monopoly, d) pool, e) chess
28 a) treadmill, b) trampolining, c) weight lifting, d) gym, e) boxing
29 a) DIY, b) drawing, c) pottery, d) calligraphy, e) gardening
30 a) cocktail, b) art gallery, c) casino, d) bowling, e) karaoke
31 a) queue, b) receipt, c) dairy product, d) special offer, e) out of stock
32 a) Jeweller, b) DIY store, c) florist, d) tailor, e) butcher
33 a) post box, b) bridge, c) pedestrians, d) traffic warden, e) road sign
34 a) stocking, b) carol, c) Boxing Day, d) candle, e) sleigh
35 a) Yuri Gagarin, b) Pele, c) Paul McCartney, d) Bob Marley, e) Marilyn Monroe
36 a) housewarming, b) stag night, c) engagement, d) Ramadan, e) retirement
37 a) safety goggles, b) sandpaper, c) glue, d) drill, e) hammer
38 a) balloon, b) toy farm, c) walkie talkies, d) teddy bear, e) rubber duck
39 a) shirt, b) suit, c) pyjamas, d) blouse, e) belt
40 a) bracelet, b) tie, c) umbrella, d) purse, belt, e) gloves
41 a) volume, b) keyboard, c) chorus, d) classical, e) tune up
42 a) director, b) plot, c) review, d) documentary, e) trailer
43 a) editor, b) advertising, c) quote, d) interview, e) headline
44 a) assassination, b) unemployment, c) discovery, d) riot, e) election
45 a) dictionary, b) comic book, c) library, d) index, e) non-fiction
46 a) drum, b) piano, c) violin, d) accordion, e) double bass
47 a) lettuce, b) mushrooms, c) grapefruit, d) peas, e) cherries
48 a) tea, b) yoghurt, c) champagne, d) cocktail, e) whisky
49 a) popcorn, b) hot dog, c) ice cream, d) quiche, e) doughnut
50 a) napkin, b) dessert, c)cutlery, d) tip, e) bill

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