this is based on a template from Swanswickhall and adapted to fit Echo 2 ch 2 Auf dem Markt, it is quite easy and contains fruit and veg and some simple quantities, hope there are no spelling errors.

This is a domino game for beginners, e.g. year 7 pupils who have just learnt, my name is, greetings e.g. hello, good evening, good bye and how are you? It needs printing onto paper / card and cutting up before the lesson or you can give it out and ask the pupils to cut it up. keep the pieces as one domino, e.g 2 parts on it, this works well in groups of 3 or in pairs. How to play - get the pupils into groups, give an envelope with all of the pieces in to each group, one person shuffles the dominoes and gives them out to the players equally. the player with the star on the left goes first and places that domino down. The player who has the english tranlsation of the word / phase on their domino in their hand goes next and places their domino next to the first domino. It continues until one player has used up all of their dominoes. That player is the winner. Get pupils to continue playing until the end so that they practice all of the phrases - the final domino if played correctly is the one with the star on the right.

This is a game to practice / check understanding of body parts and aches and pains. I teach this to year 8, but then revisit it during GCSE. It works well in pairs / groups of 3 or 4. *. The domino consists of a Target language ( German) word / phrase and then an English phrase, the dominoes are cut up like that and then put into a plastic wallet / envelope and then given to a pair or group of pupils. One pupils shuffles the dominoes and then gives them out equally to the players. The person who has the domino with the star on the left goes first and places that domino down first. The person who has the matching English word / phase to the first German word / phase goes next and places their domino next to ( connected to) the first domino. .Players do not take turns as it depends on which dominoes they have. The first player to get rid of their domino wins, however the pupils should continue playing until all dominoes are used to practice all of the vocabulary.

I used this with year 8, but it is suitable for whenever you introduce perfect tense in German as this differs from school to school or for a lower group at GCSE or in year 9, who are struggling to grasp the perfect tense. It is designed to be played in pairs / groups of 3, but could also work with groups of 4. How it works - like my other domino games, each domino consists of a Target language phrase ( except the first and last domino) and an English phrase, so has 2 parts. Do explain this to pupils or they cut it up into single phrase boxes ( if you get pupils to cut it up, I normally do it myself to avoid this). How to play : see the instructions on one of my other games for all the details, but the first domino to be played is the one with the star on the left and the last one is the one with the star on the right.

This could be used for year 7 when introducing school subjects and opinions or when recapping in year 9. It would link to Echo 3 ch 2 Coole Schule for a lower group or for a middle group as a starter activity.

This game is a great group activity and my pupils really like it. I use it when teaching Echo 2 ch 2, but I have not stuck exactly to the vocab in the book.