Building sentences

We can find language everywhere; therefore, it’s easy to see that we need language and how to build correct linguistic structures to understand and communicate with others. Children have to know the correct form of affirmative, negative, and interrogative sentences, and there are plenty of methods and activities to improve their linguistic skills. For instance, we can use small cards which contain the following words: adverb, adjective, verb, noun, and preposition. We can use this method as a kind of game in which kids will learn and enjoy at the same time while they're using them.

Firstly, we distribute all the cards in 5 bags; all of them should contain several examples of every word mentioned before. Secondly, we ask our students to form groups of 5 or 6 people. When everyone is ready, the teacher will give a bag to each group. Then, we will ask them to take all the cards and, between them, discuss the words that they could use to form sentences. For example, if someone gets the verb card, this person has to find a proper verb which matches well to the previous word. At the end of the lesson, we could ask some groups to share their results with their classmates. If the students ask for some help while they’re doing this activity, the teacher may offer it to them.