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Do you want to get students excited, involved, and motivated? Just say, “Let’s Play.” They will leap into action. They will come, eager, open and ready to follow your instructions.

Games reinforce learning because you involve two of the most important learning components, repetition and fun. You learn to actively involve students through the use of color coded P/S cards in a game format. They recognize the thinking that takes place and realize that they are learning while they are having fun. They often do not realize that practicing with these cards is a form of drill. They are learning, they are enjoying, and they are having a positive experience. That sets a positive feedback loop for the learning of pronouns and verbs in different tenses. You have options for practicing how to make negative forms, yes/no question formations, and WH-questions for different tenses. Other games you learn that empower students include P/S bingo and matching sentence strips with pictures. A sample lesson with the cards follows.

TO BE - PRESENT TENSE - am, are, is

A. Student 1 (S1) places the pronoun cards to the left. Then on the right put the tense marker card, the verb card and a noun or adjective card. Start with one or two. Then add more. S1 points to a pronoun card. S2 says the sentence. Then change roles.

B. Work in pairs. S1 = Student 1. S2 = Student 2

.

Pronoun

Cards

Tense Marker Card: Present Tense

__.__

to be:

am, are,

is

Verb Card: to be

a student

Noun Cards

an adult

to be

am, are,

a parent

is

+		DIALOG 1 - Singular Positive Sentences		+		DIALOG 2 - Plural Positive Sentences
+		S1	S2 (Student 2)	+		S1	S2
1a	1P	I	I am a student.	2a	1P	we	We are students.
1b	2P	you	You are a student.	2b	2P	you	You are students.
1c	3P	he	He is a student.	2c	3P	they	They are students.
1d	3P	she	She is a student.	2d	3P	Mr. & Mrs. White	Mr. and Mrs. White are students. /mis t-r -n mi s-Z wiet/
1e	3P	it	It is a student.
1f	3P	Pat	Pat is a student.
1g	3P	no one	No one is a student.			Repeat in random order

C. NOTE: 1P = first person, who talks, 2P = second person, who listens,

3P = third person, who is the topic or focus of the conversation by the first person.

D. NEGATIVE SENTENCES: Place 3x5 cards this way.

The contraction for is not is isn't. The pronunciation is /i z-nt/.

The contraction for are not is aren't. The pronunciation is /ornt/.

Verb Card:

am, are,

Pronoun

Card

Present Tense Marker Card:

am, are,

Negative Card: not

__.__

to be

a child

Noun or Adjective Cards

a baby

a teenager

E. TO BE: Questions in Present Tense: YES/NO-QUESTIONS. ORAL PRACTICE:

a student

Noun Cards

a mother

__.__

Tense Marker Card:

Present Tense

?

Question Card

to be

Present Tense:

am, are,

Verb Card

is

Pronoun Cards

I

you

she

hungry

angry

Adjective Cards

-		DIALOG 3 - Negative Sentences Do NOT use "no one".		-		Dialog 4 - Negative Contractions Do NOT use "no one".
		S1	S2			S1	S2
3a	1P	I	I am not a child.	4a	1P	I	I'm not a child.
3b	2P	you	You are not a child.	4b	2P	you	You aren't a child.
3c	3P	he	He is not a child.	4c	3P	Pat	Pat isn't a child.
3d	3P	she	She is not a child.	4d	3P	She	She isn't a child.
3e	1P	we	We are not children.	4e	1P