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    The document provides instructions for two games that students can play to learn the names of countries and their capital cities. For the first game, students are divided into groups where they match country and capital city cards. For the second game, one student reads out countries for the other students to race matching the capital city cards.

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    TEACHER’S NOTES

    ESL / EFL RESOURCES Countries and Capital Cities Game

    Activity Type Introduction


    Reading, matching and Here are two fun card games that students can play to learn the
    speaking activity, group names of countries and their capital cities.
    work
    Procedure
    Language Focus Tell the students that they are going to play a pelmanism game
    where they match countries and capital cities together.
    Countries and capital
    cities Divide the students into groups of three. Give each group a set of
    country cards and capital city cards.
    Aim Tell the students to shuffle each set of cards separately and then
    To learn the names spread them out on the table face down in two sets.
    of countries and their
    Students then take it in turns to turn over a country card and a
    capital cities.
    capital city card.

    If the two cards match, the student makes a sentence using the
    Preparation two cards, e.g. 'Bangkok is the capital city of Thailand'.
    Make one copy of the
    cards for each group The student then keeps the cards and has another turn.
    of three and cut as
    If the cards do not match, the student turns them back over,
    indicated. Keep the
    keeping the cards in the same place.
    country cards and capital
    city cards separate. The students continue to play until all the cards have been matched.

    The student with the most cards at the end of the game is the winner.
    Level
    Next, tell the students that they are going to play a game where
    Elementary
    they race against each other to match capital cities to countries.

    One student takes the country cards, shuffles them and places
    Time them in a pile face down.
    25 minutes
    The other two students take the capital city cards, shuffle them
    and spread them out face up on the table.

    The student with the country cards picks up a card from the pile
    and reads out the country on the card to the two students.

    The two students then race to find the corresponding capital city
    card and give it to the student, saying the name of the capital city
    at the same time.

    The first student to do this wins and keeps the two cards. This
    continues until all the cards have been matched. The student with
    the most cards at the end of the game wins.

    Afterwards, students swap roles and play again.

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    COUNTRIES AND NATIONALITIES

    ESL / EFL RESOURCES Countries and Capital Cities Game

    Egypt Greece Cairo Athens

    North Korea Ethiopia Pyongyang Addis Ababa

    Mexico Iran Mexico City Tehran

    Malaysia Argentina Kuala Lumpur Buenos Aires

    New Zealand Belgium Wellington Brussels

    Cuba Denmark Havana Copenhagen

    Chile Libya Santiago Tripoli

    Indonesia Brazil Jakarta Brasilia

    Nepal Iceland Kathmandu Reykjavik

    Pakistan Taiwan Islamabad Taipei

    India Afghanistan New Delhi Kabul

    Australia Cambodia Canberra Phnom Penh

    Japan China Tokyo Beijing

    Russia Zimbabwe Moscow Harare

    Thailand Vietnam Bangkok Hanoi

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