Interacitive grammar games

Interactive Grammar
1. A Visit with an Important Person! – Indefinite articles
2. Plural Soup - Plurals of regular and common irregular nouns
3. Scrambled Sentences - Word Order In a Sentence
4. Living Words – Word Order In a Sentence
5. Funny Animal Bingo – position of adjectives
6. Guess Who? – question words
7. Animal Fun - Personal pronoun it, adjectives
8. Loot Bag - Possessive “s”
9. Messy Classroom - Prepositions of place
10. Chain game - 3rd person singular in the simple present
11. Just do it – Imperative
12. Bingo On Grammar - Simple present tense
13. What Are You Doing? - present continuous
14. Where Is it - Question words who, what, where, when
15. Find It - 3rd person pronouns - he, she, it, they
16. Who’s Wearing What? – possessive adjectives
17. The Jellybean Hunt - Prepositions of place
18. Who is it? - Possessive adjectives, personal pronoun
19. Poor You - Modal auxiliaries: have to, can
20. I’m going to … - Future with “going to”
21. Command Expedition – Imperatives
22. Day by Day – present simple, adverbs of frequency
23. Playing Cards - present continuous
24. Monday Memories - Simple past tense of regular
25. Tic-Tac-Toe - Past tense of irregular verbs


INTERACTIVE GRAMMAR

1

Cycle 2
Competency link
Competencies 1, 2 and 3
Time
15 to 20 minutes

Structure
Theme

AVisit with
an Important Person!

• Indefinite articles (a / an)
• The alphabet • Objects • Food

Material
Classroom set-up

• Chalkboard
• Reproducible 1
• Focus 1
• Groups of 6

Setting the scene
tion
situa

Tell the students they will play a game in which they will have to remember different items.

• The teacher should explain the use of “a” and “an” using Focus 1 and do some examples with the class.

Procedure

• When students are ready, write on the board the following sentence:
“I’m going to visit my grandmother and I’m taking a/an _______”.
• Tell the students that they have to complete the sentence with a word of their choice .
• The single item chosen must start with the letter “a”.
• The second student says the entire sentence and adds another single item starting with the letter “b”.
• The third student must repeat the first two items and add an item starting with the letter “c”, and so forth.
• At the end of the last round (if the teacher chooses to do more than one), students write on the
practice sheet (Reproducible 1) all the items they can remember.

Structure

Language
expected

• I’m going to visit my grandmother and I’m taking a/an __________.
Interaction
• Repeat please.
• How do you spell____?
• It’s your turn.
• What about you?
• Good idea!
• For beginner students, the teacher can provide a few word banks or have the students prepare
some for homework.

Variations
+

follow-up

• Several students may keep a record of the additions to the sentence and help to correct the
practice sheet (Reproducible 1).
• For written practice (in pairs) or as homework (individually), students can write their own list with
letters “a” to “z” using the appropriate article.
• This game can also be played in the past tense. For example:
“ I went to visit my grandmother and I took a/an__________”
• It is also possible to replace “grandmother” by another person or even a place.
For example: “I’m going to school and I’m taking a lunch.”


Reproducible 1

INTERACTIVE GRAMMAR

1

A Visit with an Important Person!
Practice sheet
Instructions:
1. Remember the items of the game.
2. Write each one on a line below.
3. Use “a” or “an” before each item.
4. Illustrate the items in the boxes below.

I’m going to visit my grandmother and I’m taking...
A / An

ITEM

1._______________

_______________

2._______________

________________

3._______________

_________________

4.______________

_________________

5._______________

_________________

6._______________

_________________

ILLUSTRATION


Focus 1

INTERACTIVE GRAMMAR

“a” and “an”
a and an are indefinite articles.
We use an before a word beginning with a vowel (a,e,i,o,u)
Example
an apple

I see an airplane in the sky.

We use a before a word beginning with a consonant.
Example
a dog

I have a pebble in my shoe.


INTERACTIVE GRAMMAR

2

Cycle 2
Competency link
Competency 1
Time
15 minutes

Structure
Theme

Plural Soup
• Plurals of regular and common
irregular nouns
• Classroom objects, animals
and body parts

Material
Classroom set-up

• Picture cards (Reproducible 1)
• Focus 2-A and 2-B
• Groups of 2 to 4 students

Setting the scene
tion
situa

• Review vocabulary related to classroom objects, animals and body parts.
• Tell the students that they are going to play a card game in which they will identify different classroom
objects, body parts and animals. They will also have to use the correct plural form of the vocabulary in
English.
• Form groups of two to four students.

Procedure

• Distribute a set of picture cards to each group of students.
• Students place the picture cards face down in a pile.
• Taking turns, each student draws a picture card from the pile and, speaking aloud, identifies the object on
the card along with the quantity, e.g.: one dog, two books, etc..
• If the student correctly identifies the picture and quantity and pronounces the plural form to the satisfaction of the rest of the team, that student may keep the card. If the student is unable to correctly identify

the picture or does not pronounce the plural form correctly, that card is passed to the next student.
• The teacher should model the pronunciation of the plural “s” by exaggerating, e.g.: “Two bookssssss.”
Students should also be encouraged to exaggerate the pronunciation.
• This continues until all the cards in the pile have been correctly identified. The student with the most
cards wins.

Language
expected

Variations
+
follow-up

Structure
• plural s and es
• irregular nouns child - children, tooth - teeth, foot - feet, mouse – mice, man - men,
woman – women
Interaction
• Whose turn is it?
• It’s my/your turn.
• Very good!
• That’s correct/right.
• That’s not correct/right.
• That’s wrong.
• I don’t understand.
• Please repeat.
• For a more simple version, the teacher may select picture cards that practise only regular nouns with the
plural “s”.
• For more advanced practice, students can write their answers on a piece of paper in addition to saying
them aloud.

• Students can make their own picture cards.
• The activity can also be done with different themes, e.g.: food, sports articles, vehicles, clothing, things
related to different special occasions (Christmas, Halloween, etc.).


Reproducible 1

INTERACTIVE GRAMMAR

2

Plural Soup
Picture Cards


Reproducible 1

INTERACTIVE GRAMMAR

2

Plural Soup
Picture Cards


Reproducible 1

INTERACTIVE GRAMMAR

2

Plural Soup
Picture Cards

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:

Name

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:

Name

:

Name


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INTERACTIVE GRAMMAR

Reproducible 1

2

Plural Soup

Picture Cards

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Focus 2-A

INTERACTIVE GRAMMAR

Plural s
When we put a noun in the plural form in English we add an s.
Example
one dog - two dogs
one cat - two cats

Two heads are
better than one!

Seven smiling snakes.

Plural es
For words that end in the letters s, x , sh or ch, we add es.
Example
one bus - two
one box - two
one brush - two
one church - two

buses

boxes
brushes
churches

The cats are in the boxes.


Focus 2-B

INTERACTIVE GRAMMAR

Plural - Irregular Nouns
Some nouns are irregular.
We must learn the irregular plural forms of these words.
Example
one child - two children
one man - two men
one woman - two women
one foot - two feet
one tooth - two teeth
one mouse - two mice

The children have big feet.

The mice have big teeth.


INTERACTIVE GRAMMAR

3

Cycle 2
Competency link
Competencies 1, 2 and 3
Time
20 minutes

Structure
Theme

Scrambled Sentences
• Word order in sentences
(subject - verb - object)
• Factual information

Material
Classroom set-up

• Word cards (Reproducible 1)
• Envelopes
• Focus 3
• Pairs

Setting the scene
tion
situa

• Tell students that they will place word cards in order to form sentences.

• In advance prepare envelopes containing the word cards. Provide one envelope for each pair of students.

Procedure

• On the board write an example of a simple sentence (subject - verb - object, e.g.: The cat is fat.)
Point out the capital letter at the beginning and the period at the end; other examples can be solicited
from the students.
• Have the students form pairs and give one envelope containing the words for 10 sentences to each pair.
• Tell students to empty the envelope and move the words around to form 10 complete sentences.
• When all the pairs have completed the task, correct the work with the whole class by having different
pairs read their sentences aloud.
• Write the sentences on the board as they are read (a student can also do this). Accept all plausible
combinations.
• Ask students to put the cards back in the envelope when the sentence has been written on the board.

Structure

Language
expected

The cat drinks milk.
subject + verb + object
Interaction
• I’m next.
• It’s my turn.
• I agree.
• No, I don’t think so.

Variations
+
follow-up

• Students can illustrate the sentences and post them in the classroom.
• Students can create their own sentences for homework and repeat the activity with their new sentences
at the next class.
• Silly sentences can be created by moving words around or by adding new words.
• Students can be asked to group the words by category (subject, verb, object).


drinks
eats
plays
reads
is

The cat

The dog

My brother

My sister

An elephant

very big.

a book.

hockey.

a treat.

milk.

INTERACTIVE GRAMMAR
Reproducible 1

Scrambled Sentences

3

Word Cards


drives
is
speaks
has
jumps

The man

A mouse

The teacher

My friend

The dancer

in the air.

long hair.

English.

very small.

a car.

INTERACTIVE GRAMMAR
Reproducible 1

Scrambled Sentences

3

Word Cards


Reproducible 1

INTERACTIVE GRAMMAR

3

Scrambled Sentences
Word Cards
Instructions: Create your own word cards.

(subject)

(verb)

(object)

The cat + drinks + milk.

Example

subject + verb + object

A simple sentence is made up of 3 parts:

Word Order in Sentences

INTERACTIVE GRAMMAR
Focus 3


INTERACTIVE GRAMMAR

4

Cycle 2
Competency link
Competencies 1, 2 and 3
Time
20 minutes

Structure
Theme

Living Words
• Word order in sentences
(subject - verb - object)

Material

• Factual information

Classroom set-up

• Sentence sheets (Reproducibles 1 to 12)
• Focus 4
• Whole class

Setting the scene
tion
situa

• Tell the students that they will have to form a complete sentence with the help of two other students.

• Distribute the three parts of Reproducible 1 to be used as a sample sentence.

Procedure

Model the activity with the students.
• Distribute the cut-up sentences (Reproducibles 2 to 11), one piece to each student in the class.

• Students then move about the classroom and get together with other students who have a different part
of a sentence.
• Each group must agree that the sentence is correct and makes sense.
• When all the groups have been formed, the teacher has one student from each group read its
sentence. The students should change groups if their sentence is incorrect.

Structure

Language
expected

•

The cat

is

big.

subject + verb + object
Interaction

Variations
+
follow-up

•

Let’s get together.

•

Do you agree?

•

I agree./ It’s O.K../ Fine

•

I don’t agree./ No way!

• The sentences can be written in the student’s copy book.
• For more difficulty, adjectives and adverbs can be added to the sentences.
• The teacher can have the students reflect on the different parts of a sentence.
• The blank sentence sheet (Reproducible 12) can be used to create new sentences or even a short story.


Reproducible 1

INTERACTIVE GRAMMAR

4

Living Words

✂

✂

The boy

sharpens

his pencil.

✂


Reproducible 2

INTERACTIVE GRAMMAR

4

Living Words

bananas.
✂

✂

eats

The monkey

✂


Reproducible 3

INTERACTIVE GRAMMAR

4

Living Words

✂

✂

Jim

crosses

the street.

✂


Reproducible 4

INTERACTIVE GRAMMAR

4

Living Words

to music.
✂

✂

listens

My brother

✂


Reproducible 5

INTERACTIVE GRAMMAR

4

Living Words

a computer.
✂

✂

uses

My sister

✂

Reproducible 6

INTERACTIVE GRAMMAR

✂

✂

reads

My mother

✂

the newspaper.

4

Living Words


Reproducible 7

INTERACTIVE GRAMMAR

4

Living Words

the lunch.

✂

✂

prepares

My father

✂


Reproducible 8

INTERACTIVE GRAMMAR

4

Living Words

at the arena.
✂

practise
✂

Hockey players

✂