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A sentence swapping game

 

Swapping sentences memory game

(from an idea in Nick Bilbrough's 2011 book Memory Activities for Language Learning)

Instructions.

Hand out a slip of paper, each one with a sentence on. See below.

Students move around the class. On approaching a partner they swap sentences, practise saying their partner’s sentence aloud several times, trying to memorise them. They move on to another person and repeat the process. Allow about 10-15 minutes of this, then pupils sit down and try to write out as many sentences as they can from memory. A good amount may be 5, but it depends on the class.

Alternatively, write up about 15 sentences on the board from which pupils select one each to write on their own piece of paper. Once they have done so, remove the sentences from the board.

Below are first a set of easy standard sentences for near-beginners. These are followed by a set of absurd sentences which might amuse the class. It doesn’t matter if a few pupils get the same sentences.

 

SET 1

 

Je joue au football avec mes amis

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Je regarde un film à la télé

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Je fais mes devoirs dans ma chambre

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Je vais à la piscine pour me baigner

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Je prends des céréales au petit déjeuner

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Je joue au basketball dans le gymnase

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Je joue sur mon ordinateur dans ma chambre

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Je fais des courses au supermarché

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J’aime le français, les maths et les sciences

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Je n’aime pas jouer au tennis

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J’achète du chocolat et des bonbons

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Je n’aime pas la musique classique

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Je mange du poulet et des frites au restaurant

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Je fais de la gymnastique à l’école

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Je vais au supermarché avec mes parents

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J’habite à Paris en France

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J’ai un frère, une sœur et un chien

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Je vais à l’école en bus

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Je joue au parc avec mes amis

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Je mange de la pizza au restaurant

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Je travaille beaucoup en cours

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SET 2

Je mange mon chat dans le jardin

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J’adore les devoirs. C’est fantastique.

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Je prends du poisson au petit déjeuner

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Je vais à l’école en avion

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Je joue au football dans ma chambre

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J’ai un chat, un chien et un crocodile

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Je regarde la radio dans le jardin

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Dans ma chambre il y a un éléphant et un dinosaure

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J’habite dans une grotte (cave) dans le jardin

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Je mange de l’eau minérale tous les jours

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Je joue au football avec mon crocodile

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Je parle anglais, français et klingon

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Je mange mon ordinateur à huit heures

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Je suis végétarien – j’adore la viande

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Je joue au tennis à la piscine

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Je mange du crocodile avec des frites

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J’écoute la télévision dans ma chambre

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J’ai deux pères et trois mères

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