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# Sentence Showdown

From [Quick L2 games](https://listium.com/@danetteh/41814/quick-l2-games)  
By [Danette H (@danetteh)](https://listium.com/@danetteh)

List stats: 316 views · 1 like  
Published 14 March 2019 · Updated 14 March 2019

Category: education

- Time: 10-15 Minutes
- Level: Intermediate to Advanced
- Age: All ages
- Class size: 6 or more
- Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/dwjcl6lqr534wmwg9dfn.jpg)
- Procedures:
  > "1. Write a sentence at the top of the whiteboard/blackboard with the words jumbled.
  > 
  > 2. Write something like, “cat cute that so is” (That cat is so cute).
  > 
  > 3. Solve this example sentence yourself, eliciting help from your students to arrange the words properly.
  > 
  > 4. Once they understand the concept, split the class into 2 teams.
  > 
  > 5. Call on one student from each team to compete next. I like to choose the texting, chatting kids in the back of class first.
  > 
  > 6. Once a student from each team is in position to write on their side of the board, it’s time to play.
  > 
  > 7. Write a new jumbled sentence at the top of the board.
  > 
  > 8. While the two students race to write the sentence correctly, encourage the class to help their teammates.
  > 
  > 9. The first team that writes the sentence correctly gets a point. The team with the most points at the end of class wins.
  > 
  > Easy: 1 point — “buffalo like smell you a” (You smell like a buffalo).
  > Medium: 2 points — “forever and me friends be you will” (You and me will be friends forever).
  > Hard: 3 points — “I’ve heard that’s thing ever funniest the” (That’s the funniest thing I’ve ever heard)."
  > 
  > Link for more info.:
  > http://monkeyabroad.com/kick-ass-esl-game-sentence-showdown/
- Speaking: false
- Listening: false
- Reading: false
- Writing: true
- Vocabulary: false
- Grammar: true
- Materials Required: 15 or more jumbled sentences prepared, board and markers