Scramble game

VERB(2) SCRAMBLE

        Name ____________________   Date __________________

NO.	A	B
1.	NEWT	WENT
2.	TEA
3.	DEMA
4.	DASI
5.	TOKO
6.	DWER
7.	TOG
8.	VEGA
9.	WAS
10.	MASW
11.	DAH
12.	KRAND
13.	DOLT
14.	MECA
15.	TWOER
16.	NAR
17.	POKES
18.	TENS
19.	VODRE
20.	DDI

NOUN WORD SCRAMBLE

        Name ____________________Date __________________

NO.	A	B
1.	CRA	CAR
2.	SARERE
3.	ITYC
4.	PAM
5.	RAPEP
6.	MFILAY
7.	CFEH
8.	KIN
9.	OYB
10.	LOWB
11.	OOCHSL
12.	RKATME
13.	CLUNE
14.	DUNSTET
15.	THA
16.	KOSCS
17.	HOESS
18.	BRLYRIA
19.	LLOD
20.	FORUNMI

Chart of tenses

Grammar of tenses chart to highlight the patterns of twelve tenses used in English. It consists of verbs, time signal, and sentence examples. 

	SIMPLE	CONTINUOUS	PERFECT	PERFECT CONTINUOUS
PRESENT	V1/VS	IS/AM/ARE + VING	HAS/HAVE + V3	HAS/HAVE + BEEN + VING
	Every day, always, usually, often, sometimes, seldom, never	Now, rigt now	Just, yet, already, ever	For,since
	·       She eats rice every day. ·       She eat rice every day.	·       She is eating rice right now.	·       She has just eaten rice.	·       She has been eating rice for an hour.
PAST	V2	WAS/WERE + V2	HAD + V3	HAD + BEEN + VING
	Yesterday, last night, an hour ago	At this time yesterday, when, while	Before, after	For, since (past action)
	·       She ate rice yesterday	·       She was eating rice when her friend came in.	·       She had eaten rice before she left to school.	·       She had been eating rice for an hour when her friend came in.
FUTURE	WILL + V1	WILL + BE + VING	WILL + HAVE + V3	WILL + HAVE + BEEN + VING
	Tomorrow, next morning	Tomorrow at 3 o’clock	By the time...tomorrow	For, since (future action)
	·       She will eat rice tomorrow.	·       She will be eating rice tomorrow at 3 o’clock.	·      She will have eaten by the time you come in.	·       She will have been  eating rice by the time you come tomorrow morning.

"Star Chart" to motivate students learning English

Motivation is one of the important factors in successful language learning. So, selecting a certain technique to encourage students motivation is one of the ways. Students "star chart" is one of them.

They have a challenge activity about certain topic

The winner of a challenge gets a star and attach it on star chart

The winner of a challenge gets a star and attach it on star chart

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"Make A match" cards for learning continuous tense

This game can be used to learn and review about present continuous, past continuous, and future continuous. Cut the sheet consisting of some cards below and  find a match of each card. Here, we have the review of infinitive and -ing form of verbs on the first sheet, while questions and answers cards are on the second sheet. 

PLAY	PLAYING	STUDY	STUDYING
COOK	COOKING	TAKE	TAKING
GIVE	GIVING	GO	GOING
WATCH	WATCHING	EXAMINE	EXAMINING
VISIT	VISITING	SLEEP	SLEEPING
GET	GETTING	WORK	WORKING
SAY	SAYING	THINK	THINKING
WASH	WASHING	EAT	EATING
DRINK	DRINKING	READ	READING
WRITE	WRITING	LISTEN	LISTENING

What are they doing now in the music room?	They are listening to the music.
What was Mr. John do at this time yesterday?	Mr. John was reading a book and eating some snacks.
What will she be doing by the time I come tomorrow?	She will be cooking fried rice when you came by the time tomorrow.
What is the doctor doing now?	The doctor is examining the patient.
What are the nurses doing now?	The nurses are taking patients’ blood sample.
What were the students doing in the class at this time yesterday?	The students were writing a short story at this time yesterday in the class.
What will your mother doing at 10 a.m tomorrow?	I think, my mother will be watching her favorite program on TV.
What will Rania be doing tomorrow morning at 4 p.m?	I think, Rania will helping her mother in the kitchen.
What is Mrs. Tanti doing in her room now?	Mrs. Tanti is doing her scientific paper about nursing.
What are the children doing in the play ground now?	The children are playing slides and seesaw with their friends now.
What were the teachers doing when you came to the office?	The teachers were talking to each other in the office.
What were you doing when you broke your leg?	I was riding bicycle to my uncle’s house when I broke my leg.

Teaching English Vocabulary through Games

Teaching vocabulary is one of the important parts in ELT besides teaching four language skills (listening, speaking, reading and writing). Students usually get difficulties in producing sentences or utterances because they are lack of vocabularies. So, English teachers must improve students' vocabularies using appropriate techniques to get new vocabularies as many as possible. To make students enjoy the process of teaching and learning vocabulary in the classroom, teachers can use games as one of the techniques to improve students' vocabulary. Some studies have proven that teaching vocabulary through games has better result. The following are some recommended games to teach vocabulary taken from some resources and based on the writer's experiences for EFL students.

1. Flash Card

Teachers can prepare their own flashcard or search the printable flashcards on internet. Teachers choose the cards that contain some words relate to the topic under discussion. The cards are also completed by pictures and pronunciations (phonetics) of those words to help students memoirzing them easily. The cards can be designed in a colorful form to attract students' attention.

2. Make a Match Game

In this game, teachers prepare some pieces of thick papers in small size. The English words are written on those cards. They can be in the form of synonym, antonym or question, and answer. Those cards will be spread out to all students and then students have to find the cards' pair. This game is very helpful for students to study the meaning of English vocabularies.

3. Category

In this game, students are divided into small groups. Each group will be given a piece of paper consisting of some columns. There is alphabet A - Z in one column and other categories in other columns (such as animals, fruits and food and drink). Each group must fill the categories based on the letter of alphabets. Group which gets the most words than others will be the winner.

4. Arranging letter/Word Tree

This game can be done in group or individual, it depends on the number of students or situation in the classroom. Students are given a certain word phrase, such as SANDCASTLE, WATERMELON, AEROPLANE, STARFRUIT, etc. After that, students must arrange some new words based on the letter in that word phrase. Students who can make new words more than others will be the winner.

5. Search words

This game is the simple one. Teachers can make their own search words based on the topic or browse this game in printable search word. This technique is very interesting and students usually like this so much. They can study the English more interesting, they also practice focusing on something through this game while studying the meaning and spelling of words. 

Fun English Activity