2 separate card games, both follow the rules just like the game ‘Uno’. Suitable for young learners of English from about age 5 to 12. Game play for both is suitable for 2-8 players. I have used them successfully with both individual pupils where game play was only myself and my pupil, up to groups of 8 in a classroom. Deck 1: Print 2 or 3 copies (depending on size of the group) double sided per group, cut out cards and shuffle. Deal 5-7 cards, depending on size of the group and age* Pupils must put down a card with either the same character or same pronoun. Only one card can be put down at a time (I know, this varies from the proper Uno, but makes it work better). When they put down a card, they should say the full sentence to get some speaking practice. If a player does not have a card, he/she must pick up one card. If that card can be played, then he/she can put it down. If not, he/she misses a turn and it goes to the next player. As a variation with older children, it also works to have to pick up until you can play. It gets a bit crazy sometimes with one person having 10+ cards in their hand, thus not suitable for the little ones. Chesire Cat - wild card. Can be played on any card and any card can be played on it. Draw 2 - can only be played on the correct character or another Draw 2 card. It makes the next player take 2 cards. That player then takes his/her turn - if he/she puts down another Draw 2 card, the next player takes 4 and so on. Winner - first person to get rid of his/her cards. Deck 2: This is a much bigger set than Deck 1, so only one copy per group is necessary. Print pages 1-7 single sided, then reload and print page 8 seven times on the reverse side, or use card stock so pupils can’t see through the cards. Game play proceeds as with Deck 1, except pupils put down cards with the same pronoun or same verb. Balloon cards are wild. *Dealing: younger children up to about 7 tend to do best with a maximum of 5 cards due to their small hands. Also, if you have a large group it’s best to only start with 5 cards so that there will be enough for a discard pile. **These cards are meant to accompany Alice in Wonderland (A2 reader). They use words and grammar found throughout this story. Look at my other resources for more games and activities part of this unit.

Speaking practice for young learners of English at the A1-A2 level. I could also be used for extra revision for young B1 pupils. It’s a guessing game for pupils to practice proper formation using past simple questions (Did you…?) and answers (Yes, I did / No, I didn’t). It can then be followed by a speaking or writing exercise in which the pupils must make full sentences about one person. Game Play: Prepare one game board per pupil. Pre-teach any necessary vocabulary. Remind pupils that in yes/no questions, they do not need to change the verb form. Player A decides who she/he is from the board, and keeps it secret. Player B asks yes/no questions to guess who player A is. To guess the name, pupils should be encouraged to use full question form - ‘Are you [name]?’ rather than simply saying the name (you know, extra practice and all!) Switch roles and repeat. verbs used: eat, drink, laugh, cry, go, look for, see other vocabulary: biscuit/cookie, mushroom, tea, water, beach, forest/wood, key, book, caterpillar, hare **Note: this activity complements vocabulary from Alice in Wonderland. Look at my other resources to find more games and activities part of this same unit on past tenses and Alice in Wonderland.

A quick worksheet for pupils to practice correct spelling of common jobs. Also a question for discussion afterwards.

Essay writing template for teenagers to help structure an essay on the best inventions from the last 100 years.

Revision and extra support for pupils learning about the history of EU expansion and current members of the EU. File consists of cut out cards for pupils to organise into groups according to when each country joined the EU. These can also be used for general geography revision along with a large blank map. This can further lead to discussion looking at the geographical location of countries in accordance with when they joined the EU - discuss with pupils about why and what influenced expansion to these different regions. Cut outs are complemented with a student worksheet, organised alphabetically. The first activity is to practise proper spelling (Look, Cover, Write) of country names. The second row is for pupils to learn the corresponding capital cities. ps. I’m new to selling on TES, so would really appreciate your reviews to hopefully help me sell more! Thanks!

The first file contains example sentences with underlined words which need to be matched to cards with the type of speech (verb, noun, etc). After practicing matching the example sentences to the types of speech, pupils can then try practice exam questions from past KS2 exams which test knowledge of parts of speech. ps. I’m new to selling on TES, so would really appreciate your reviews to hopefully help me sell more! Thanks!