Basic questions ‘Morphin’

  

Basic questions ‘Morphin’
Subject	A basic questions/structure word game for older classes.
Richard’s comments.	I don’t see any reason why the concept couldn’t work in many different situations. Good for learning about sentence structures and substitution
Group size:	Suitable for classes of up to 8 in teams of two or individually.
Team teaching game?	Can be played with one teacher. More help can give extra support to the individual teams. That will make everything more productive.

 

Materials	Basic question cards or your own prepared sentences taken from the topic of the day.  You will need access to the board (Or something to write on)
Game set up.	This is a game to play at the table.

 

Playing rules.	Simply ask a basic question of the group. Go through the formal answer and practice.  Now in you teams change one word at a time in the sentence. One point for each change. Review each change on the board. Encourage the students to have a bit of fun with the answers. Silly phrases are fine if the grammar is correct. In fact why not encourage funny sentences?
What is your name? John is your name. John is your horse. John is my horse.		My name is John. My friend is John. My friend is running. My nose is running.
Variations.	Take alternates from other teams from the same word position for a bonus point.  Play a circle game. Give the students 10 seconds to think of a new phrase. The next student takes that phrase, and the game continues. Mistakes are out or occur a penalty. Handicap students with less or more time. Differentiation.