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Sentence Race

Teams race to build a grammatically correct sentence from a set of word cards.

⏱ 10-15 min⚡ Medium energy👥 Teams of 3-5

• sentence structure

• word order

• grammar from the lesson

• tenses

• Word cards (one word per card for each sentence)

• One set of cards per team

📋 How to Play

Prepare sets of word cards — each set contains the words of one sentence scrambled.
Example: cards might say "the / cat / sat / on / the / mat"
Give one scrambled set to each team face down on the desk.
On "GO!" teams flip their cards and race to arrange them into a correct sentence.
First team to arrange their sentence correctly and read it aloud wins the round.
Teacher checks the sentence is grammatically correct.
Play 5-8 rounds with different sentences each time.
Team with the most round wins at the end wins overall.

✓Use sentences from the current lesson text or grammar point.

✓Include punctuation cards — full stop, question mark, comma.

✓Start with short sentences and increase length as teams improve.

✓This game is outstanding for reinforcing word order and sentence structure.

→Play individually — first student to arrange correctly wins.

→Include one extra wrong word — teams must identify and remove it.

→Use two sentences mixed together — teams must separate and arrange both.

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