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