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Sorting harder grammar

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Sorting harder grammar

An AR classroom game for Grade 6. Learners can aim with their hands at the camera or play by tapping the screen.

This set has 4 rounds in an interactive sorting activity.

Curriculum indicatorต 1.2 ป.6/1

A look before you play

Sample questions

A few real prompts from the game to help you choose an activity for your class.

  1. Sort the words into groups.

    Sort into

    • followed by "ing"
    • followed by "to"
    • enjoy
    • want
    • finish
    • decide
    Read the explanation

    Some verbs are followed by "ing" and some by "to".

  2. Sort the sentences into groups.

    Sort into

    • the subject acts
    • the subject is acted on
    • They clean the room.
    • The room is cleaned.
    • He wrote a letter.
    • A letter was written.
    Read the explanation

    Separate sentences where the subject acts from ones where it is acted on.

  3. Sort the words into groups.

    Sort into

    • helps the environment
    • harms the environment
    • recycle
    • pollute
    • save water
    • waste energy
    Read the explanation

    Separate what helps the environment from what harms it.

Before you play

Game teaching guide

What children will practise

Practise sorting harder grammar: verbs followed by -ing versus to, active versus passive, actions that help or harm the environment, and countable versus uncountable nouns (ต 1.2 ป.6/1).

What's in the worksheet

4 sorting questions - enjoy and finish take -ing; want and decide take to - They clean the room. versus The room is cleaned. - recycle and save water versus pollute and waste energy - bottle and tree are countable; plastic and air are not

How to use it in class

Use in the P6 environment unit, 5 minutes in team mode. - For item 1, have pupils say real sentences, I enjoy reading. I want to read., to hear the difference - After item 3, each team suggests one more way to help the planet - For item 4, explain that plastic as a material is uncountable, but a plastic bottle is countable Play it linked to a class and the results go into the mark book.

Common sticking points

- Item 1: putting decide with -ing by guessing from meaning; there is no rule, these are learnt one by one - Item 4: putting plastic with countables, thinking of plastic bags one by one - Item 2: calling The room is cleaned. active, missing is + past participle