| Grammar activities and games make learning | | | | want to bid only on correct sentences. You |
| about grammar fun for students. And why | | | | then auction off sentences, both correct and |
| shouldn't learning be fun? Here are four | | | | incorrect ones. Whichever group ends up with |
| grammar activities and games: | | | | the most correct sentences wins. |
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| Grammar Activities and Games - Tic Tac Toe | | | | Grammar Activities and Games - Sentence Maze |
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| | | | For this game you need to draw a "maze" and |
| For this fun grammar activity, you can either | | | | print it out for each student. Students all |
| draw a giant tic tac toe board on your | | | | start at the start space at the same time. |
| blackboard or make some in advance. In each | | | | You then read a sentence. If the sentence is |
| square of the grid, you need to put a | | | | correct, the students take the dotted line |
| sentence with a blank where the verb must be. | | | | out of the start space and to the next space. |
| If your students can fill in the blank with | | | | If the sentence is incorrect, they take the |
| a verb of the proper tense, then they get an | | | | bold line to the next space. Then you read |
| X. The trick with this game is that the | | | | another students and if it is correct, the |
| teacher must check the answers as the game | | | | students take the dotted line, etc. |
| goes on (which can be a problem when you have | | | | Eventually, if the student has correctly |
| a large group of students divided into | | | | answered all sentences, she wins (all correct |
| pairs.) | | | | students will win at the same time). |
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| You can also use this tic tac toe method to | | | | Grammar Activities and Games - Sentence |
| practice other parts of grammar, as well. | | | | partners |
| You can have your students put the given | | | | |
| sentence in past tense, finish a sentence | | | | Give each of your students a word. Give some |
| correctly, etc. | | | | students subject nouns, others should get |
| | | | verbs, and some should get verbs (more |
| Grammar Activities and Games - Sentence | | | | advanced classes can have adverbs, |
| Auctions | | | | prepositions, etc.) Then have your students |
| | | | go about the classroom and find at least two |
| This grammar activity is slightly more | | | | other students that they can make a sentence |
| advanced. Divide your class into groups and | | | | with. When everyone has found a sentence to |
| tell them what auctions are and how they | | | | be a part of, read the sentences to the |
| work. Then allot each group a certain amount | | | | class, and then do it all over again! |
| of "money" or points and tell them that they | | | | |