Do you recognize yourself being a tired student is class sometimes and your thoughts might go somewhere else than actually focusing on the subject. Well, I have noticed this with many of students so I started making my own board games. My inspirations was based on some old language books from the 80s. If you are teacher of any language and you don’t really know how to practice grammar exercise the you might want try this out. All you need is a paper a pen and a dice. Of course you can tune it up with some colours on computer but you can also save time by letting the students fill in the gaps.<\/p>\n
We know that certain tenses can use certain time adverbs. It is not only easier to remember in the beginnig of your studies but it makes easier to choose for example the right form of the verb by combining verbs and verb tenses. For example:<\/p>\n
Jag var<\/strong> ute ig\u00e5r \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/strong>I was <\/strong>out\u00a0yesterday \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n (preteritum + ig\u00e5r\/ simple past + yesterday)<\/p>\n Hon har<\/strong> inte varit <\/b>i skolan hela veckan<\/b>. \u00a0 \u00a0 She hasn’t been<\/strong> to school all week<\/strong>.<\/p>\n (present perfekt + hela dagen \/ present perfect + all day)<\/p>\n Jag \u00e5ker<\/strong> till Uppsala i dag. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/strong>I travel <\/strong>to Uppsala today. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n (presens + i dag \/ present simple + today)<\/p>\n or<\/em><\/p>\n Jag\u00a0\u00e5ker<\/strong> till Uppsala i morgon. \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong>I travel <\/strong><\/strong>to Uppsala tomorrow. <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n (presens + i morgon \/present + tomorrow =futurum\/future) tense\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Han ska\u00a0flytta <\/strong>till Paris om en vecka. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong>I will move <\/strong>to Paris in a week.<\/strong><\/p>\n (futurum + om en vecka \/ future tense + in a week)<\/p>\n Here is a simple example:<\/p>\n Use an A4 sized-paper or Letter-sized paper (in the U.S) and draw some boxes on it and write different time adverbs in the boxes. Tell the students to throw a\u00a0dice and say a sentence with that time adverb in the box they land on. This excercis is easily manageable for smaller groups of 3-4 people. The grammatical board games are endless. You can create whatever board game you want as a teacher and also if you are a student and want to practice together with your friends.<\/p>\n Some adverbs you can use:<\/p>\n i fredags, i l\u00f6rdags morse, f\u00f6r tv\u00e5 sekunder sedan, f\u00f6r en minut sedan, i f\u00f6rrg\u00e5r, ig\u00e5r kv\u00e4ll, f\u00f6r tolv \u00e5r sedan, f\u00f6rra \u00e5ret, n\u00e4sta \u00e5r, hela m\u00e5naden, hela veckan, i morgon, i dag, i morgon, f\u00f6r en timme sedan, f\u00f6r tre timmar sedan, i eftermiddags, vid lunchtid, till middag, alldeles nyss<\/em> and many more.<\/p>\n \n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Do you recognize yourself being a tired student is class sometimes and your thoughts might go somewhere else than actually focusing on the subject. Well, I have noticed this with many of students so I started making my own board games. My inspirations was based on some old language books from the 80s. If you…<\/p>\n