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Level
Sentence Maker! is an ideal game for students who have reached the language level A2-B1 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR). The teacher may adapt the game to the level of the class by choosing to vary the degree of complexity of the language structures and tenses practised in the game.
Language aims • Helping to learn, reinforce and correctly use different tenses (past simple, present simple, present continuous, future simple) • Testing the students’ knowledge of vocabulary and their ability to form sentences using common verbs • Promoting the learning and the correct use of time expressions.
Material • • • • • •
The game contains: A board 66 cards with time expressions A numbered die A die showing personal pronouns A die showing one positive, one negative, one question form, one continuous form and two jokers • Place markers
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THE BOARD
THE CARDS
It contains 66 spaces. Every space shows a verb which should be formed according to the time expression chosen from the pack of cards and rolling each die.
Every card shows a time expression to use with the verb on the board, which is obtained by rolling the die, and the subject pronoun obtained from rolling the pronoun die. Every time expression card has a points value.
1. speak 2. call 3. look for 4. go out 5. go in 6. move 7. pay 8. find 9. clean 10. hear 11. wash 12. wait 13. switch on 14. switch off 15. carry 16. take 17. send 18. watch 19. drink 20. eat 21. write 22. read
23. finish 24. use 25. start 26. sleep 27. have 28. be 29. run 30. cook 31. see 32. know 33. choose 34. love 35. do 36. follow 37. lose 38. draw 39. study 40. put 41. want 42. can 43. make 44. get up
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45. play 46. study 47. swim 48. come 49. arrive 50. open 51. close 52. work 53. live 54. ride 55. drive 56. listen 57. offer 58. throw 59. catch 60. dry 61. go 62. get dressed 63. travel 64. wake up 65. give 66. buy
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1. EVERY MONDAY 2. LAST TUESDAY 3. LAST WEDNESDAY 4. LAST THURSDAY 5. LAST FRIDAY 6. LAST SATURDAY 7. LAST SUNDAY 8. LAST NIGHT 9. NEXT TUESDAY 10. EVERY DAY 11. NEXT THURSDAY 12. NEXT FRIDAY 13. NEXT SATURDAY 14. NEXT SUNDAY 15. IN JANUARY 16. LAST FEBRUARY 17. LAST MARCH 18. LAST APRIL 19. LAST MAY 20. LAST JUNE 21. LAST JULY 22. LAST AUGUST 23. LAST SEPTEMBER 24. LAST OCTOBER 25. LAST NOVEMBER 26. LAST DECEMBER 27. YESTERDAY AFTERNOON 28. YESTERDAY MORNING 4
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29. NEXT MARCH 30. NEXT APRIL 31. LATER 32. NEXT JUNE 33. NEXT JULY 34. NEXT AUGUST 35. AT THE MOMENT 36. NEXT OCTOBER 37. NEXT NOVEMBER 38. NEXT DECEMBER 39. NOW 40. LAST WINTER 41. LAST SPRING 42. IN THE SUMMER 43. IN AUTUMN 44. NEXT WINTER 45. NEXT SUMMER 46. FROM SEPTEMBER TO JUNE 47. IN TWO DAYS 48. THE OTHER DAY 49. EVERY MORNING 50. TODAY 51. TOMORROW 52. YESTERDAY 53. A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO 54. IN TEN DAYS 55. EVERY WEDNESDAY 56. MOST WEEKENDS 57. A MOMENT AGO 58. IN TWO WEEKS 59. IN JUST A MOMENT 60. A FEW MINUTES AGO 61. LAST MONTH 62. LAST WEEK 63. THREE WEEKS AGO 64. IN TWO HOURS 65. IN A FORTNIGHT 66. BEFORE 5
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