The document outlines grammar games and exercises for teaching English, including sentence matching, gap fills, storytelling, quizzes, and error correction. It provides instructions and examples for each activity, targeting grammatical structures like infinitives, gerunds, and relative clauses. The exercises are meant to provide practice and production opportunities for these grammar points in a fun, game-based way.

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• My background and ‘Teaching Games’
• Session outline
Grammar Games
Practice and Production
• Sentence Matching
• Team gap fill
• Class story
• Group quiz
• Team error correction
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Sentence Matching
Daniel suggested to go to the swimming pool.
He decided to try the Spanish omelette.
Sarah didn’t want to do much exercise.
We’re planning going out later on.
They would like having pizza tonight.
I expect to win if we compete again.
I’m looking forward to stay in a luxury hotel.
He seemed to enjoy his big breakfast.
Target language: infinitive + to / gerund
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Sentence Matching
Daniel suggested to go to the swimming pool.
He decided to try the Spanish omelette.
Sarah didn’t want to do much exercise. We’re planning going out later on.
They would like having pizza tonight.
I expect to win if we compete again. I’m looking forward to stay in a luxury hotel.
He seemed to enjoy his big breakfast.
Target language: infinitive + to / gerund
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Sentence Matching
Daniel suggested going to the swimming pool.
He decided to try the Spanish omelette.
Sarah didn’t want to do much exercise. We’re planning to go out later on.
They would like to have pizza tonight.
I expect to win if we compete again. I’m looking forward to staying in a luxury hotel.
He seemed to enjoy his big breakfast.
Target language: infinitive + to / gerund
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1. I’d like __________________ French fluently before my holiday
next year.
2. I’ve never __________________ very well.
I usually burn the food.
3. This week I’ll __________________ swimming every day
because our hotel has a pool.
4. When I was young I __________________ the guitar really well
but now I’m terrible.
5. Sarah works hard at school. Next year __________________
to university.
6. The band are very popular but we __________________ tickets
to the concert.
Team Gap-fill
Target language: to be able to
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1. I’d like __________________ French fluently before
my holiday next year.
Team Gap-fill
Target language: to be able to
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1. I’d like __________________ French fluently before
my holiday next year.
Team Gap-fill
Target language: to be able to
to be able to speak to be able speak
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1. I’d like __________________ French fluently before
my holiday next year.
Team Gap-fill
Target language: to be able to
to be able to speak to be able speak
6. The band are very popular but we __________________ tickets
to the concert.
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Class story
Target language: non-defining relative clauses
Once upon a time …
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Class story
Target language: non-defining relative clauses
Once upon a time there was a
fairy. She was friends with a girl.
They met in a forest inTarragona
near a house.
One afternoon in winter the child
got lost. She started to cry near a
lake.
The fairy appeared at the lake and
took her home.
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Class story
Target language: non-defining relative clauses
Once upon a time there was a
fairy1. She was friends with a girl2.
They met in a forest inTarragona3
near a house4.
One afternoon in winter5 the
child6 got lost. She started to cry
near a lake7.
The fairy8 appeared at the lake9
and took her home10.
1. who was wise and beautiful
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
who which where when whose
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Class story
Target language: non-defining relative clauses
Once upon a time there was a
fairy1. She was friends with a girl2.
They met in a forest inTarragona3
near a house4.
One afternoon in winter5 the
child6 got lost. She started to cry
near a lake7.
The fairy8 appeared at the lake9
and took her home10.
1. who was wise and beautiful
2. whose parents were very busy
3. where the girl liked to play
4. which was
5. when it was very cold
6. who didn’t go to school
7. which turned into silver
8. who was worried about the girl
9. where the girl was waiting and feeling sad
10. which wasn’t very far away
who which where when whose
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Class story
Target language: non-defining relative clauses
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Once upon a time there was a fairy.
She was friends with a girl.
They met in a forest in Tarragona near a house.
One afternoon in winter the child got lost.
She started to cry near a lake.
The fairy appeared at the lake and took her home.

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Group quiz
Target language: to be able to
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I’ve always ____ ____ ___ play football quite well

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Group quiz
Target language: to be able to
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I’ve always ____ ____ ___ play football quite wellbeen able to

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Group quiz
Target language: to be able to
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I’ve never been able to play the guitar
Something you’ve never been able to do:
_________________________
_________________________
Mike

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Team Error Correction
Target language: to be able to
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Team Error Correction
Target language: to be able to
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Thanks for listening
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