(It’s a quick way to produce a set of vocab cards.) Another way is to use this template for long sentences. One way is to write a set of 20 words that are related. This template can be used in a number of ways. The sentences can be used to introduce a role-play, a story, interesting facts, or statements that can be practiced, discussed or debated as a class. The Activity: Divide the class into pairs or small groups and ask the student to reorder the words. Example of a Word Jumble Handout – The jumbled sentences with space beneath them for students to write the answers. The first way is to write out a complete sentence in a random order (below) or write 3 or 4 words and ask students to write a sentence that connects them. (period), (comma) (semi-colon) : (colon) ' (apostrophe) ! (exclamation mark) ? (question mark) - (hyphen) _ (underscore)Įxtension Activity: Ask the students to think of substitutions (change the example sentence to something new) Word Jumble on a handout Is there any punctuation? (This can be useful for higher level students) Punctuation refers to the marks and symbols used in writing. The first word is…, The second word is…, The third word is… Writing some useful phrases on the board can really help. Student B writes down the words they hear and tries to put the words in the correct order. Student A picks up a card and reads the words (in the wrong order) to Student B. The Activity: Students work in pairs or small groups. Example of a Word Jumble Card – The upper part showing the jumbled words and the lower part showing the answer. It generates a lot of speaking because they can be used as a dictation exercise and it uses a lot of checking language. There are three styles of handout that you could use: cards, a worksheet and word tabs. When you have written your sentences, sort the individual words in the table and print the handout of your choice. When you open the Excel file, don’t write your words in the table but in the boxes provided near the bottom of the sheet called ‘Sentences’.
#JUMBLE WORDS IN PHRASES HOW TO#
Watch the video below for a brief introduction on how to use the template.Ĭaution: Only delete the sentences in the boxes.
#JUMBLE WORDS IN PHRASES DOWNLOAD#
Click on Word Jumble Template to download the Excel file. I recently created an Excel file to make it easier to produce the handouts that I wanted. You need to know which sentences you are going to introduce and how you want to introduce them. There are other ways of presenting this activity, but it requires a small amount of preparation before the class.
If student B is green, ask them to remember the green sentence.Įxtension Activity: One way to help students remember their ‘lines’ is to erase one or two of the words on the board. If student A is blue, ask them to remember the blue sentence. The groups then work together to reorder their sentence. The activity is the same as above but you can assign a color to a student or group.įor example: If the class is divided into groups of four, each person in that group is given a color. The Activity: Students work together in pairs or small groups to order the words and reconstruct the sentences. Example of Word Jumble using different colors. The reason for this is if students do notice you writing, you can’t block the area and they may notice the order of the words. The most difficult part of using the whole board is writing the words in a random order. If you have different color markers or chalk, write each sentence in different color. Finally, ask the students to arrange the sentences into a dialogue or to create a role-play based where they must use these phrases. Ask the students to change pairs (or move between groups) and check their answers. There is a number in the bottom right-hand corner to indicate the number of sentences inside the square (a number 1 circled in red means there is 1 sentence). I have divided the board into quarters in this example, because I have four example sentences. Word Jumble in a gridĭivide the board into a grid. All you need a board and something to write with. The sentences can be original, they can be taken from a course book, or they can be a way to introduce corrections. Word Jumble can be a good zero-prep activity, you only need a few sentences. It can be a useful activity as a first step to introducing key phrases or a dialogue. I have used this activity a few times and I have tried several different ways of presenting it. In ‘Five-minute activities’ (Penny Ur & Andrew Wright, Cambridge University Press) it is called Jumbled Sentences. It appears in several activity books and I have come across it in various course books as well. Word Jumble is a great activity to introduce example sentences and it allows students to think about sentence structure.
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