How to Use These ESL Flashcards

• Vocabulary Introduction: Show each card, model the phrase (e.g., "make a mistake" while pretending to drop something), and have students repeat.

• TPR and Movement: Act out phrases like “Make noise by clapping,” “Make friends by shaking hands,” “Make a mess by scattering toys,” “Make progress by climbing stairs.”

• Songs and Chants: Create chants like “Make a plan, make a call, make a decision—let's do it all!” or adapt to songs about daily routines.

• Speaking Practice: “I make a mistake sometimes.” “Let's make friends.” “I need to make a decision.” “She makes progress every day.”

• Listening Games: “What phrase am I acting out?”

• Mime an action; students point to or hold up the correct card.

• Phonics and Spelling: Focus on sounds in phrases (m for make/mistake/mess, p for plan/progress/phone, d for decision).

• Categories and Sorting: Positive vs. negative actions (e.g., make friends vs. make a mistake); daily routines (make the bed) vs. social (make a phone call).

• Prepositions and Places: “Make a plan at the table,” “Make noise in the classroom,” “Make the bed in the bedroom.”

• Games: Bingo with phrases, memory matching, Go Fish (“Do you have 'make a decision'?”), charades acting out the phrases, or I Spy (“I spy someone making progress”).

• Quick Checks: Phrase-to-picture matching, exit tickets (“Draw yourself making friends”), and mini oral quizzes.