(click here to play) This activity is the second of five levels which explore word order in sentences. In this activity, arrange sets of words into two different orders and think about how the meaning changes.
Learning objectives/outcomes: England:NLS: Y4 T2 S3: To understand the significance of word order e.g some re-orderings destroy meaning; some make sense but change meaning; sentences can be reordered to retain meaning.
Y5, T1, S1: to investigate word order by examining how far the order of words in sentences can be changed, which words or groups of words can be moved into a different order. NC: KS2: Writing: Language structure a: word classes and the grammatical functions of words, including nouns, verbs, adjectives etc.
Language structure c: The grammar of complex sentences, including clauses, phrases and connectives
Additional information: This activity can be used to explore how sentence order affects meaning. Megahops: Five megahops are awarded for successful completion of this activity. If mistakes are made, megahops are awarded depending on the number of mistakes. Flash 6 is required for this activity. Having technical problems with this activity? Click here
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