QR Challenge: Converting Gerunds and Infinitives
Teacher Notes
A. Prior to the lesson:
1. Arrange students into groups. Each group needs at least ONE person who has a mobile device.
2. If their phone camera doesn't automatically detect and decode QR codes, ask students to
- Download a QR reader (e.g. I-Nigma | NeoReader | Kaywa) onto their mobile devices
- Bring these devices into the lesson.
3. Print out the QR codes.
4. Cut them out and place them around your class / school.
B. The lesson:
1. Give each group a clipboard and a piece of paper so they can write down the decoded questions and their answers to them.
2. Explain to the students that the codes are hidden around the school. Each team will get ONE point for each question they correctly decode and copy down onto their sheet, and a further TWO points if they can then provide the correct answer and write this down underneath the question.
3. Away they go! The winner is the first team to return with the most correct answers in the time available. This could be within a lesson, or during a lunchbreak, or even over several days!
C. TIPS / OTHER IDEAS
4. A detailed case study in how to set up a successful QR Scavenger Hunt using this tool can be found here.
Questions / Answers (teacher reference)
Question | Answer |
| 1. It isn't easy to learn academic English. | Learning
|
2. It is dangerous to ride a bicycle without a helmet. | Riding
| 3. It is important to review your homework every night. | Reviewing
| 4. It is silly to think you can fly. | Thinking
| 5. It must be interesting to be a genius. | Being
| 6. It's always a pleasure to talk to an old friend. | Talking
| 7. It's smart to wear your seatbelt in the car. | Wearing
| 8. It doesn't cost much money to go kayaking at Strouds Run. | Going kayaking
| 9. It is necessary to consider grammar when writing an essay. | Considering
| 10. It takes time to learn how to type. | Learning
| 11. It is essential to get a visa before traveling to Canada. | Getting a visa
| 12. It is impossible to prove a religious miracle. | Proving
| 13. It's impolite to talk with your mouth full. | Talking
| 14. It sounds like fun to travel around the world. | Traveling
| 15. It's more interesting to watch a movie than to read a book. | Watching
| 16. It's less exciting to drive to New York than to fly there. | Driving
| 17. It's not as important to memorize the translation of a new word as to memorize synonyms of it. | Memorizing
| 18. It's harder to stand on your hands than to stand on your head. | Standing
| 19. It's easier to walk to Alden Library than to drive there. | Walking
| 20. It costs more money to fly to Paris than to drive to Columbus. | Flying |
Converting Gerunds and Infinitives: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=It_isn't_easy_to_learn_academic_English.
Question 1 (of 20)
Converting Gerunds and Infinitives: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=It_is_dangerous_to_ride_a_bicycle_without_a_helmet.
Question 2 (of 20)
Converting Gerunds and Infinitives: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=It_is_important_to_review_your_homework_every_night.
Question 3 (of 20)
Converting Gerunds and Infinitives: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=It_is_silly_to_think_you_can_fly.
Question 4 (of 20)
Converting Gerunds and Infinitives: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=It_must_be_interesting_to_be_a_genius.
Question 5 (of 20)
Converting Gerunds and Infinitives: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=It's_always_a_pleasure_to_talk_to_an_old_friend.
Question 6 (of 20)
Converting Gerunds and Infinitives: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=It's_smart_to_wear_your_seatbelt_in_the_car.
Question 7 (of 20)
Converting Gerunds and Infinitives: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=It_doesn't_cost_much_money_to_go_kayaking_at_Strouds_Run.
Question 8 (of 20)
Converting Gerunds and Infinitives: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=It_is_necessary_to_consider_grammar_when_writing_an_essay.
Question 9 (of 20)
Converting Gerunds and Infinitives: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=It_takes_time_to_learn_how_to_type.
Question 10 (of 20)
Converting Gerunds and Infinitives: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=It_is_essential_to_get_a_visa_before_traveling_to_Canada.
Question 11 (of 20)
Converting Gerunds and Infinitives: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=It_is_impossible_to_prove_a_religious_miracle.
Question 12 (of 20)
Converting Gerunds and Infinitives: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=It's_impolite_to_talk_with_your_mouth_full.
Question 13 (of 20)
Converting Gerunds and Infinitives: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=It_sounds_like_fun_to_travel_around_the_world.
Question 14 (of 20)
Converting Gerunds and Infinitives: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=It's_more_interesting_to_watch_a_movie_than_to_read_a_book.
Question 15 (of 20)
Converting Gerunds and Infinitives: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=It's_less_exciting_to_drive_to_New_York_than_to_fly_there.
Question 16 (of 20)
Converting Gerunds and Infinitives: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=It's_not_as_important_to_memorize_the_translation_of_a_new_word_as_to_memorize_synonyms_of_it.
Question 17 (of 20)
Converting Gerunds and Infinitives: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=It's_harder_to_stand_on_your_hands_than_to_stand_on_your_head.
Question 18 (of 20)
Converting Gerunds and Infinitives: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=It's_easier_to_walk_to_Alden_Library_than_to_drive_there.
Question 19 (of 20)
Converting Gerunds and Infinitives: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=It_costs_more_money_to_fly_to_Paris_than_to_drive_to_Columbus.
Question 20 (of 20)
