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sure all the words are understood. Give a minute for everyone to
look at them, then erase or conceal them. Individually or in pairs
or groups, the students try to recall as many as they can and write
them down. Find out who remembered the most (and spelt them
correctly).
Use an overhead projector for this activity, if you have one;
then the words can be quickly and easily hidden and revealed.

Variation: Use whatever happens to be left over on the board
after the previous activity as a basis for recalling.

Rub out and replace
Changing text while maintaining grammatical accuracy.
Procedure: Write a sentence of about ten words on the board,
which can be from the course book.

The students suggest substitutes: one, two or three words that
could be rubbed out and others (not necessarily exactly the same
number or even consecutively) put in their place.

And so on.

Same word, different meanings

Vocabulary expansion through study of homonyms and
homophones.

Procedure: Dictate two or three words to your students, each of
which has two or more meanings.
For instance, bear, meaning 'a big animal' or 'to tolerate'.

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