Playing Uno
Have fun playing Uno with the whole family
and talking about every move!
TASL Level 1
(single words and word combinations)
Mommy plays. (noun-verb)
Daddy plays. (noun-verb)
Open the box. (verb-noun)
cards (noun)
more cards (adjective-noun)
The cards are in my hand. (noun-noun)
Drop a card. (verb-noun)
The cards are on the table.
two cards (adjective-noun)
a green card (adjective-noun)
my turn (expression)
Where is blue? (interrogative)
a blue card (adjective-noun)
The cards match. (noun-adjective)
Pick a card. (verb-noun)
one card (adjective-noun)
THE
MOOG CENTER
FOR DEAF EDUCATION
Where Deaf Children Talk
12300 South Forty Drive, St. Louis MO 63141
www.moogcenter.org
TASL Level 2
(simple sentences of three or more words)
Let’s play Uno. (subject-verb-object)
Mommy will play with me. (subject-verb-prepositional phrase)
I need seven cards. (subject-verb-object)
I can hold my cards. (subject-verb-object)
Don’t look at my cards. (subject-verb-prepositional phrase)
It is my turn. (subject-verb-object)
I have a green card. (subject-verb-object)
I dropped my card. (subject-verb-object)
The cards are on the table. (subject-verb-prepositional phrase)
Who will go next? (interrogative)
It is Mommy’s turn. (subject-verb-object)
Do you have red? (interrogative)
You can pick a card. (subject-verb-object)
What color did you find? (interrogative)
You have a blue three. (subject-verb-object)
Put the card on the pile. (subject-verb-object-prepositional phrase)
I have one card. (subject-verb-object)
My cards are all gone. (subject-verb-adjective)
I won the game. (subject-verb-object)
THE
MOOG CENTER
FOR DEAF EDUCATION
Where Deaf Children Talk
12300 South Forty Drive, St. Louis MO 63141
www.moogcenter.org
TASL Level 3
(simple and complex sentences of 6 or more words)
I want to play Uno with you. (subject-verb-object-prepositional phrase)
Will you play Uno with me? (interrogative)
We should start with seven cards. (subject-verb-prepositional phrase)
You will deal the cards to everyone. (subject-verb-object-prepositional phrase)
Hold your cards in your hand. (subject-verb-object-prepositional phrase)
You shouldn’t look at my cards. (subject-verb-prepositional phrase)
Daddy said, “You can go first.” (direct discourse)
It is my turn to go. (subject-verb-object)
I should lay down a blue card. (subject-verb-object)
I put a card on the pile. (subject-verb-object-prepositional phrase)
I put down a blue three. (subject-verb-object)
You should lay down a blue card. (subject-verb-object)
Mommy doesn’t have a blue card. (subject-verb-object)
Mommy picked a card from the deck. (subject-verb-object-prepositional phrase)
Pick a card and put it down. (two clauses + a conjunction)
You picked a “wild” card from the deck. (subject-verb-object-prepositional phrase)
What color are you looking for? (interrogative)
Mommy said, “I will look for red.” (direct discourse)
I put a “draw two” card on the pile. (subject-verb-object-prepositional phrase)
You should pick two more cards. (subject-verb-object)
I have one card in my hand. (subject-verb-object-prepositional phrase)
My cards are gone so I won. (two clauses + a conjunction)
THE
MOOG CENTER
FOR DEAF EDUCATION
Where Deaf Children Talk
12300 South Forty Drive, St. Louis MO 63141
www.moogcenter.org
TASL Level 4
(complex sentences of 8 or more words containing 2 verb forms)
I would like to play Uno after dinner. (one clause + a infinitive)
Where do you want to play the game? (interrogative)
Mommy said she wants to play at the table. (indirect discourse)
First you need to shuffle all of the cards. (one clause + a infinitive)
You can shuffle the cards and deal them. (two clauses + a conjunction)
Hold your cards so I can’t see them. (two clauses + a conjunction)
I will go first because I am the youngest. (two clauses + a conjunction)
I need to lay down a blue card on the pile. (one clause + an infinitive)
When do I pick a card from the deck? (interrogative)
You pick a card when you don’t have a match. (two clauses + a conjunction)
If you don’t have blue, you can match the number. (two clauses + a conjunction)
Now, it is your turn to put down a card. (one clause + a infinitive)
Daddy said he doesn’t have blue or a three. (indirect discourse)
You have to pick a card from the deck. (one clause + a infinitive)
Daddy picked a card and put it down. (two clauses + a conjunction)
Mommy said, “Daddy picked a “wild” card from the deck.” (direct discourse)
Will you match the number or the color? (interrogative)
Daddy said, “I am going to pick red.” (direct discourse)
Daddy put down a “wild” card and chose red. (two clauses + a conjunction)
I have a “draw two” card so I will use it. (two clauses + a conjunction)
Mommy needs to draw two cards from the deck. (one clause + an infinitive)
Mommy put down “reverse” so it’s my turn again. (two clauses + a conjunction)
I have one card left but I can’t use it. (two clauses + a conjunction)
You say “Uno!” when you have one card left. (two clauses + a conjunction)
I used all my cards so I won. (two clauses + a conjunction)
THE
MOOG CENTER
FOR DEAF EDUCATION
Where Deaf Children Talk
12300 South Forty Drive, St. Louis MO 63141
www.moogcenter.org
TASL Level 5
(very complex sentences of 10 or more words containing 3 verb forms)
We are going to play Uno after we eat dinner. (two clauses + a secondary verb)
Are we going to play the game at the table? (interrogative)
Mommy said we need to play at a table. (indirect discourse)
I would like to shuffle the cards and deal them. (two clauses + a secondary verb)
Daddy said, “Each player has to start with seven cards.” (direct discourse)
Pick up your cards and hold them so I can’t see them. (three clauses + two conjunctions)
I get to go first because I am the youngest. (two clauses + a secondary verb)
I picked the blue card that was in my hand and put it down. (three clauses + two conjunctions)
When do I need to pick a card from the deck? (interrogative)
You need to pick a card when you don’t have a match for the top card on the pile. (two clauses + secondary
verb)
You can match a card by the color or match a card by the number when it’s your turn. (three clauses + two conjunctions)
Are you going to lay down a card or pick a new one? (interrogative)
I am going to pick a new card because I don’t have blue or a three. (two clauses + a secondary verb)
You have to pick a card from the deck until you find a match. (two clauses + a secondary verb)
Daddy picked a card and put it down but it wasn’t blue. (three clauses + two conjunctions)
Mommy said, “Daddy found a “wild” card and put it down.” (direct discourse)
What color will you pick since you played the “wild” card? (interrogative)
Daddy said, “I will pick red!”, after he put down the “wild” card. (direct discourse)
I have a “draw two” card so Mommy has to pick up two cards. (two clauses + a secondary verb)
When Mommy went, she played “reverse” so it’s my turn again. (three clauses + two conjunctions)
I have one card left but I can’t use it so I will pick a card. (three clauses + two conjunctions)
Daddy told me to say “Uno!” when I have one card left. (indirect discourse)
I used all my cards first so that means I win. (two clauses + a secondary verb)
THE
MOOG CENTER
FOR DEAF EDUCATION
Where Deaf Children Talk
12300 South Forty Drive, St. Louis MO 63141
www.moogcenter.org