This little tool by google called Google Set Labs has lots of potential . It helps you to produce sets of items from a few examples so if you write a few items from a list of things it automatically creates a list of items from the same group.
I’ve decided to try with sports and personality adjectives and I wrote a few related-words as you can see from the pictures below
Then , you can choose whether you want to a large set or a smalll set and it produces a massive list of words related to this area. It’s great for teachers to try to predict what sort of words related to a topic might be used in class and also great for students to try to extend their vocabulary.
Want to have a go at it??
flexible, hard , understanding, strict, compassionate, well-mannered,well-meaning, well-balanced,well-educated,loving, tender….and you can never ever complain as you , as everybody knows, enjoy a scandalous amount of holidays. But /and this is why I love being a teacher.
All right, I know you are all on tenterhooks waiting for me to tell you but first of all ,I’m going to give you an example … or several to make you rack your brains. I know, I know you’ve nearly finished exams and they have been hard enough but we don’t want you to put your mind at rest just yet, do we? Enough of beating about the bush …here’s the example: “
