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He/She/They Game
| LEVEL |
Any age |
| Materials |
Action Cards (sing a song, play the piano, play baseball, listen to music, get on the bus, etc.)
Cubes: 2 pronoun cubes (he/she/they x 2) and 2 number cubes(1, 2, back1 x 2) .
"Start" and " Goal" sign cards
2 different colored chips |
| Language |
What does he/she do (after school)? He/she (feeds his pet) (after school).
What does she do (after school)? She studies math (after school).
What do they do (after school)? They play baseball (after school). |
| Object |
To practice third person singular and third person plural.
To practice different time phrases: after school, (in the morning, every day, on Tuesday, etc.) |
*How to Play*
| (1) |
Spread the Action Cards in line like a Sugoroku game. |
| (2) |
Put the "Start" sign card just before the first card and put the "Goal" sign card on the next to the final card. |
| (3) |
Divide the class in 2 teams and give each team a color chip. |
| (4) |
Put both chips on Start. |
| (5) |
The first player of each team throws their own number and pronoun cubes and moves their chips according to the number on the number cube. |
| (6) |
The first player asks the question using the pronoun shown on the pronoun cube (He/She/ They) |
| Example: She : |
What does she do after school? |
| (7) |
The second player answers the question with the verb card his team's chip is on. |
| Example: |
She draws a picture after school. |
| (8) |
The second player now throws the cubes and asks the question to the third player as above. |
| Example: They : |
What do they do after school? |
| (9) |
The third player answers according to the picture. |
| (10) |
The game continues in as above and the first team to reach the goal is the winner. |
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*Variation*
| (1) |
Use LET'S GO picture cards instead of the ACTION CARDS. |
| (2) |
Substitute other time words: every day / in the morning / on Tuesday, etc. |
| (3) |
For small classes or students who do not like competition, this activity can be done as a relay game in one line with a timer. The students have to try to get a better time with each round. |
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