Fire, Water, Flash

Objectives

The learner can understand simple instructions.

Instructions

• Explain the exercise.
  When you hear Fire!, run to the door
  When you hear Water!, climb onto something.
  When you hear Flash!, sit on the floor or on a chair.
• Walk around the classroom.
• Say one of the three words aloud. The earners react accordingly.
• Shout all clear between every round: the learners start walking around again.

Variant

• You can change the words and the instructions to relate them to treated vocabulary.
• Let the learners take turns to shout a word.

Tips for the instructor

To add a competitive element, after every round eliminate the learner who’s last to react, until there is only one person left.