ELA Games

Expression Games

Expression TEKS 4:19H, 4:20B, and others

Try to sort out whether “have” or “have got” completes each expression
http://www.learnenglish.org.uk/CET/flashactivities/have_got.html

Match the definition to each sentence with the verb “give in,” give out,” or “give away”
http://www.learnenglish.org.uk/CET/flashactivities/phrasal_verbs_give.html

Find the proper word for each question tag
http://www.learnenglish.org.uk/words/activities/question_tags.html

Find the right journalist’s question to complete the question
http://www.learnenglish.org.uk/words/activities/question_words01.html

Explore “look forward to” and “-ing” constructions
http://www.learnenglish.org.uk/CET/flashactivities/look_forward.html

Connect “not [adjective] enough” phrases and equivalent “too” phrases http://www.learnenglish.org.uk/words/activities/adj_match.html

Word Category Games

Categories of Words

Find the words that fit each category as fast as you can
http://www.english-online.org.uk/games/wordcategory.htm

Try to catch fish but not the fish that eat people!
http://www.english-online.org.uk/games/gofishingf.htm

Sentence Grammar Games

Sentence Grammar TEKS 4:18B, 4:18C, 4:18F, and 4:19E

Use the cannon to blast the words into a grammatical sentence
http://www.english-online.org.uk/games/buildsent.htm

Try to make to halves to form a complete thought
http://www.learnenglish.org.uk/CET/flashactivities/addition_matching_game.html

Try to match the phrases using the correct “as if” or “as though” construction
http://www.learnenglish.org.uk/CET/flashactivities/as_if.html

Three games to test your ability to pick out simple sentences
http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/grammar/sentencebasics/whatisasentence/game.shtml

Three games about compound sentences
http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/grammar/interestsentences/compoundsentences/game.shtml

Preposition Games

Prepositions TEKS 4:18C and 4:18E

Use these activities to explore prepositions of place and time
http://www.learnenglish.org.uk/words/activities/prepositions_place.html
http://www.learnenglish.org.uk/words/activities/prepositions_time.html

Preposition basketball!http://www.marks-english-school.com/games/b_prepmed.html

Adverb Games

Adverbs TEKS 4:17A, 4:18C, and 4:18D

Adjective and Adverb Hangman
http://www.manythings.org/hmjs/voa-adjadv.html

Sort the frequency adverbshttp://www.learnenglish.org.uk/CET/flashactivities/frequency_adverbs_game01.html

Adjective Games

Adjectives TEKS 4:17A, 4:18C, and 4:18D

A game of adjectives used in newspaper advertisement
http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/grammar/interestsentences/adjectives/game.shtml

Try to sort the superlative forms of common adjectives
http://www.learnenglish.org.uk/words/activities/comparative_adjectives.html

“Too much” or “too many?”
http://www.learnenglish.org.uk/CET/flashactivities/much_many01.html

Adjective and Adverb Hangman
http://www.manythings.org/hmjs/voa-adjadv.html

Match superlative adjectives with pictured nouns
http://www.learnenglish.org.uk/words/activities/superlatives01.html

Decide whether to use the article “the” or nothttp://www.learnenglish.org.uk/words/activities/zero_articles01.html

Pronoun Games

Pronouns TEKS 4:18C and 4:18H

Complete the chart of pronouns, connecting each through various forms
http://www.learnenglish.org.uk/words/activities/pronouns01.html

A personal pronoun treasure hunthttp://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/grammar/interestsentences/pronouns/game.shtml

Noun Games

Nouns TEKS 4:18A and 4:18C

Match the collective noun with the type of animals, plants, or people associated with it
http://www.learnenglish.org.uk/CET/flashactivities/collective_nouns.html

Noun Hangman
http://www.manythings.org/hmjs/voa-nouns.html

Build a chain of Compound Nouns
http://www.learnenglish.org.uk/words/activities/compoundnouns_grammar.html

Distinguish count and non-count nouns
http://www.learnenglish.org.uk/words/activities/countable_nouns.html

Play a treasure hunt about subject-verb agreement
http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/grammar/sentencebasics/verbsubjectagreement/game.shtml

Verb Games

Verbs: TEKS 4:18C and 4:19E

Verb tense basketball!
http://www.marks-english-school.com/games/b_verbs.html

Save the frog from the snake by finding the correct past tense verb
http://www.english-online.org.uk/games/pasttense.htm

This one is difficult, but sort the diagram for a better understanding of future tense verbs
http://www.learnenglish.org.uk/words/activities/future_forms01.html

Match the “have” verb with its sentence
http://www.learnenglish.org.uk/words/activities/have_something_done_ma.html

Play a treasure hunt about subject-verb agreement
http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/grammar/sentencebasics/verbsubjectagreement/game.shtml

Superlative form basketball (this one’s a brain teaser)
http://www.marks-english-school.com/games/basketball.html

Future-past tense verb forms can be confusing. Finish these sentences
http://www.learnenglish.org.uk/CET/flashactivities/future_past.html

Decide which words go with the verb “to make” and which go with the verb “to do”
http://www.learnenglish.org.uk/words/activities/makedo_grammar.html

These activities will help you better understand modals
http://www.learnenglish.org.uk/words/activities/modal_verbs_ma01.html
http://www.learnenglish.org.uk/words/activities/modal_verbs_ma02.html

Fill in the sentences with the correct multi-word verb
http://www.learnenglish.org.uk/CET/flashactivities/multi_word_verbs.html

Work with these activities to explore the past-perfect tense
http://www.learnenglish.org.uk/words/activities/pastperf01.html
http://www.learnenglish.org.uk/words/activities/pastperf02.html

Sort the past-simple verbs by “d” pronunciation
http://www.learnenglish.org.uk/Words/Activities/past_simple01.html

Find the best verb to match the definition provided. Win Cokes
http://www.learnenglish.org.uk/grammar/phrasal.asp

A game of past-tense verb basketball
http://www.marks-english-school.com/games/b_past.html

Verb Hangman
http://www.manythings.org/hmjs/voa-verbs.html

A treasure hunt about verbs
http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/grammar/tenses/getting_the_right_tense/game.shtml

Basketball for the auxiliary verbshttp://www.marks-english-school.com/games/b_auxiliary.html

Spelling and Commonly Confused Words Games

Spelling and Commonly Confused Words TEKS 4:17B, 4:17C, 4:19I

Two crosswords to help you with confusing words
http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/spelling/recognising/confusingwords/game.shtml

A game about words that sound the same but are spelled differently
http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/spelling/recognising/homophones/game.shtml

A hangman game (just spelling)
http://www.manythings.org/hmf/8999.html

Break words apart into syllables to spell better and build a robot
http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/spelling/soundandspell/syllables/game.shtml

Fish with a gnome to learn common spelling rules for making words plural
http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/spelling/soundandspell/syllables/game.shtml

A hangman game with definitions words (spelling and vocabulary)
http://www.manythings.org/hmjs/voa-assorted.html

Sight-word hangman
http://www.manythings.org/hmf/8993.html

Three hundred most common words in English hangman
http://www.manythings.org/hmf/8971.html

A clever new look at the classic look, say, cover method of practicing spelling
http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/spelling/waystolearn/lookcover/game.shtml

Find 28 words containing the letter C
http://www.english-online.org.uk/games/lettergame.htm

For games to test your ability to choose between homophones and common misspellings
http://www.learnenglish.org.uk/words/activities/common_errors01.html
http://www.learnenglish.org.uk/words/activities/common_errors02.html
http://www.learnenglish.org.uk/words/activities/common_errors03.html
http://www.learnenglish.org.uk/words/activities/common_errors04.html

Ten word-searches to help you with common letter patterns
http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/spelling/recognising/letterpatterns/game.shtml

Save the world from alien invaders and learn about silent letters
http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/spelling/soundandspell/silentletters/game.shtml

Learn the difference between “lie” and “lay”
http://www.learnenglish.org.uk/CET/flashactivities/lielay01.html

Learn the difference between “little” and “few”
http://www.learnenglish.org.uk/CET/flashactivities/little_few01.html

Learn the difference between “some” and “any”
http://www.learnenglish.org.uk/words/activities/some_any01.html

‘Between the Lions’ alphabet soup with jokes
http://pbskids.org/lions/games/soup2.html

Linking Sentence Parts Games

Linking Sentence Parts TEKS 4:18B and 4:18C

Try to match the two independent clauses that best make sense together
http://www.learnenglish.org.uk/Words/Activities/LinkerMatch02.html

Match the “If” statement with the most logical conditional
http://www.learnenglish.org.uk/words/activities/mixed_conditionals.html
http://www.learnenglish.org.uk/words/activities/zero_conditionals01.html

Answer questions while you play a round of golf. Low score wins
http://www.marks-english-school.com/games/g_present.html http://www.marks-english-school.com/games/g_presperf.html

Parts of Speech Games

Try to match the part of speech to each “care” word
http://www.learnenglish.org.uk/words/activities/partsofspeech.htm

Attempt to match types of words to their definitions
http://www.learnenglish.org.uk/words/activities/partsofspeech.htm

Help the gorillas find the parts of speech in each sentencehttp://www.funbrain.com/cgi-bin/gg.cgi?A1=m&A2=0&A3=0&AFUNCT=1&ALEVEL=1

Vocabulary Games

‘Word Play’ animation of simple words
http://pbskids.org/lions/games/wordplay2.html

Ball Hog! Match synonyms and antonyms to win the tournament (multiple players can play)http://www.fekids.com/kln/games/ballhogs/ballhogs.html

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