Grammar Games
Children work in small groups or pairs and move around the stations.
1. Parts of Speech
Children are given an envelope containing different words and are to sort
them into nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs. Once done, they will check
their answers against an answer sheet.
2. Alphabetical Order
Children are given different sets of words to sort alphabetically. They will be
colour coded to make sure that children know which words go in which lists.
Colour coding will also be used to differentiate.
3. Countdown
In a countdown style, children have to come up with as many words as they
can from 9 letters at random. Points can be awarded for this, e.g. letter score
per word, bonus for using all 9 letters.
4. Word Breakdown
Children are given a word which contains a root, suffix(es) and prefix(es)
which is broken down into it’s constituent parts, e.g. un-will-ing-ly. They are
to come up with as many words as possible that contain each part. e.g. for un
they could have undress, unopened, undone etc.
5. Speech Marks
Children will be given some unpunctuated sentences containing speech. Their
job will be to put speech marks in the correct places. Additional clauses can
be added for the purpose of differentiation. Where facilities allow, this can be
done on the IWB and printed out as evidence.
6. Apostrophes
Children will be given a set of sentences that all contain words with
apostrophes in them. They are to decide whether the sentences are correct or
not. This can be done with a correct/incorrect box to post the sentences into
or they can stick them into a pre-made table.
7. Homophones
Children are given an envelope of homophones and they are to match the
words up. If time allows, they can write a sentence with one of the
homophones from each pair.
8. Conjunctions
Children are given an envelope of clauses from sentences. They will be asked
to join the sentences together with the correct joining word.
Language Challenge
Group Name: _____________________________
1. Parts of Speech – How many of each did you match correctly?
Nouns:Verbs:Adjectives:Adverbs:2. Alphabetical Order – Tick all the lists you got correct
Red
Black
Blue
Grey
Green
Brown
Purple
Yellow
3. Countdown – List all your words below
4. Word Breakdown – Put the word parts in the columns and list your
words below.
5. Print out your answers and give them to your teacher. Make sure
your name is on them.
6. Apostrophes – Look at the sentences. Put a tick or a cross next to the
numbers to show if you think they are correct or not.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
7. Homophones – Write the numbers of the matching homophones
below. Write your sentences in the space below.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
8. Conjunctions – Under each conjunction, write the correct numbers of
the clauses it can be used to join.
and
but
so
if
Parts of Speech
Your job:
In the envelope, you will find the headings cards Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives and
Adverbs. Put these on the table in front of you. There will also be lots of other cards
with words on. You should decide which heading to put your card under. Once you
have finished, check the answer sheet and find out how many words you got in the
correct place.
Nouns
table
fur
key
pavement
bulb
beak
air
Edinburgh
Verbs
play
hit
talk
slam
throw
walk
think
blow
Adverbs
loudly
sneakily
thoughtfully
quickly
swiftly
happily
endlessly
carefully
Adjectives
white
large
hard
clean
full
cold
tall
black
Alphabetical Order
Your job:
In the envelopes you will find lots of different words in different colours. Your job is
to find all the words of the same colour and arrange them into alphabetical order.
Some are easier than others but it is up to you which way you work through them.
Once you have finished, check your answers against the answer sheet. On your
challenge sheet, put a tick next to all the lists you got correct.
3. Countdown
art
apple
brow
base
camp
stand
track
grand
bat
dotty
frail
bend
candy
step
trail
grape
cry
France
kick
bird
cent
still
dog
igloo
robin
blast
Celtic stomp
eat
lemon under
born
clap
fir
open
burn
cramp
zebra
tramp graph
trap
grasp
Strap
trash
grass
stud
tray
greed
Your job:
In front of you is a countdown style letters game. There are 9 letters which have been
drawn at random. Use these letters to make as many words of 3 letters or more as
possible. Make a note of your words on your challenge sheet.
L P S A E E R S I
4. Word Breakdown
Your Job:
Look carefully at this word:
Unfriendly
You will notice that the word is broken into 3 parts: a prefix (un) a root word (friend)
and a suffix (ly).
Break this word into its 4 parts and put each part into one of the columns on your
challenge sheet.
Unknowingly
Underneath each of the parts, write down as many words as you can which contains
the word part, e.g. for the word above, part of it is ‘friend’ and you could have
friendly, befriend or girlfriend.
6. Apostrophes
Your job:
In the envelope in front of you are some numbered sentences. Each sentence has an
apostrophe in it somewhere. Your job is to decide whether the apostrophe is in the
correct place or not. Make a note on your challenge sheet to show whether you think
the sentence is correct.
1. David took hi’s dog out for a walk.
2. “You’re beginning to annoy me,” mum said to Gavin.
3. “Please sit down and get on with your math’s,” ordered Miss Walker.
4. The boy’s were playing hide and seek in the playground.
5. John thinks that Miss Walker’s slightly crazy!
6. We searched for Diane’s gloves and found them in the sock drawer.
7. Gwen had so many Barbie’s she didn’t know what to do with them.
8. The girls were’nt at their house; they had gone to the park.
7. Homophones
Your job:
You have been given 16 numbered words. Each word in this game has a pair. You
should find the matching pairs and write their numbers into the space in your
challenge sheet. Once you have done this, you should try to write interesting
sentences with one word from each pair.
1. through
2. boar
3. ceiling
4. our
5. road
6. fair
7. hear
8. sore
11. threw
15. bore
10. sealing
16. hour
12. rowed
9. fare
14. here
13. soar
8. Conjunctions
Your job:
Match the numbered
clauses to make a
sentence. Missing
something? Choose the correct conjunction (linking word) to make the sentence
complete. Put the number of the sentence next to the correct linking word on your
challenge sheet.
1. Jane went to the beach
1. Kerry went too.
2. Mum said we couldn’t go out to play
2. we did anyway.
3. It started to rain
3. we went indoors.
4. Miss Walker said we could draw
4. we finished our work.
5. David helped us tidy
5. we finished the job quickly.
6. Maths is easy
6. you know your times tables.
7. I love reading
7. I don’t like art.
8. Jenny wanted a new pair of shoes
8. she couldn’t afford them.