English Language Games Part 1

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WORDBUILDING CUBE

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ALL (3)ALL (3)ALL (3)ALL (3)ALL (3)AND (4)AND (4)AND (4)AND (4)AND (4)ANT (3)ANT (3)ANT (3)ANT (3)ANT (3)ARE (3)ARE (3)ARE (3)ARE (3)ARE (3)EAR (3)EAR (3)EAR (3)EAR (3)EAR (3)REA (3)REA (3)REA (3)REA (3)REA (3)SIT (3)SIT (3)SIT (3)SIT (3)SIT (3)SASASASASAT (3)T (3)T (3)T (3)T (3)P OP OP OP OP OT (5)T (5)T (5)T (5)T (5)OPT (5)OPT (5)OPT (5)OPT (5)OPT (5)TTTTTOP (5)OP (5)OP (5)OP (5)OP (5)E AE AE AE AE AT (3)T (3)T (3)T (3)T (3)TEA (3)TEA (3)TEA (3)TEA (3)TEA (3)AAAAATE (3)TE (3)TE (3)TE (3)TE (3)DEN (4)DEN (4)DEN (4)DEN (4)DEN (4)END (4)END (4)END (4)END (4)END (4)MAD (6)MAD (6)MAD (6)MAD (6)MAD (6)DDDDDAM (6)AM (6)AM (6)AM (6)AM (6)etc.etc.etc.etc.etc.


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MAN (5)MAN (5)MAN (5)MAN (5)MAN (5)NEW (6)NEW (6)NEW (6)NEW (6)NEW (6)MEW (6)MEW (6)MEW (6)MEW (6)MEW (6)MEN (5)MEN (5)MEN (5)MEN (5)MEN (5)WWWWWAN (6)AN (6)AN (6)AN (6)AN (6)WWWWWAD (7)AD (7)AD (7)AD (7)AD (7)BBBBBAN (4)AN (4)AN (4)AN (4)AN (4)BBBBBAD (5)AD (5)AD (5)AD (5)AD (5)BBBBBUN (4)UN (4)UN (4)UN (4)UN (4)BIN (4)BIN (4)BIN (4)BIN (4)BIN (4)OOOOOWN (6)WN (6)WN (6)WN (6)WN (6)N ON ON ON ON OW (6)W (6)W (6)W (6)W (6)WWWWWON (6)ON (6)ON (6)ON (6)ON (6)A RA RA RA RA RT (3)T (3)T (3)T (3)T (3)R AR AR AR AR AT (3)T (3)T (3)T (3)T (3)TTTTTAR (3)AR (3)AR (3)AR (3)AR (3)GUM (6)GUM (6)GUM (6)GUM (6)GUM (6)MUG (6)MUG (6)MUG (6)MUG (6)MUG (6)etc.etc.etc.etc.etc.


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WORD BUILDING CUBE

Hello Friends!Hope all of you eager to spend your holidays joyfully and usefully! How about a few Language Games?Now, welcome to our new game of words.You know very well that puzzles are problems designed as a mental challenge. Solving a puzzle often

provides a rewarding experience, helping you to think in a new way. There are many types of puzzles such ascrossword puzzles, jigsaw puzzles and mechanical puzzles. Rubik’s Cube, which was sold 200 million units in theearly 1980s, is a very well known mechanincal puzzle.

The Rubik’s Cube is a three-dimensional puzzle. Initially each of the six sides of a Rubik’s Cube is adifferent solid color. The colors of the cube faces can be scrambled by twisting various sections of the cubearound any of its three axes. The challenge is to restore a scrambled cube to its original configuration.

Some of you are familiary with the Rubik’s Cube. It may be still lying on your showcase shelves! How aboutusing the Rubik’s Cube to construct words! Here is the easiest way to convert your old Rubik’s Cube into a newWord Building Cube!!

As the Rubic’s Cube has six sides with nine blocks on each side, you will get nearly 54 blocks to write theletters of the alphabet on them. Use two sets of letters of the alphabet (26 x 2 = 52). There will be two blocks leftempty. You can use them as jokers! These jokers represent any letter of the alphabet and they have no scorevalues attached to them.

Now you have to write each letter of the alphabet on the blocks and the letter score is given along with themodel here. Following the model given here write the letters on the Rubik’s Cube with a permanent marker pen.Don’t forget to add the score value at the bottom of each letter. Vowels should be written in RED colour andConsonants in BLUE or BLACK colour.

As you have the Word Building Cube ready, now, take a pencil, a note-pad or a piece of paper to writewords. You can use a sand-clock /stop watch / any watch to note the time.

How to start the game?

This game can be played with one, two, three or four friends of yours or if you wish you can play it alone.Sometime solo games improve our imagination a lot!

The letters of the cube faces can be scrambled by twisting various sections of the cube around any of itsthree axes. The challenge is to form as many words using the letters on a scrambled side. You have 3 +3+3letters of which atleast 3 are vowels and the remaining are consonants. Try to form as many words as you canwith the 9 letters present there, on one chosen side, and write them on the paper / note-pad. You can fix a timelimit, say 1 minute, 2 minutes or 3 minutes. Within this time whoever forms the maximum number of words shallbe the winner. You can also count the score value at the bottom of each letter and whoever scores the highestpoints can be declared winner.

You have to use one letter only once in a single word. If the players agree to use the letters more than oncethey can do so, for it is their game you know! (The given model will tell you more about the formation of words.)

Any word ( noun, pronoun, adjective, verb etc.) any form or plural or tense is acceptable as long as it isfound in a standard English dictionary. Proper names, abbreviations and words spelt with apostrophes or hy-phens are not acceptable. Words within words are permissible. E.g., MANED - man, men, mane, name, a,an, am, me, mead, dean, dam, dame, end, den, made, mend, damn,etc.

When the time runs out, everyone must stop writing and each player in turn shall read aloud the list ofwords he / she has composed. After reading the lists each one shall count the number of words and total thescores. Scoring more is fun, isn’t it?

After this one round take up the cube, scramble the sides as you like, roll it or keep it on a table / floor. Youwill have 9 letters on one side. You can play as many rounds as you wish, but each time it is better to play with newset of letters and words which will improve your vocabulary to a great extent. Do you believe that you canconstruct nearly 50,000 words with this cube?!

I hope you will score more and construct many new words. You can use a good dictionary whenever thereis doubt about spelling. If you feel bored after playing it several times, you can very well erase the letters withpetrol and your old loving Rubik’s Cube is there!

How is this new game? Hope to meet you soon with new games. Bye!

ENGLISH LANGUAGE GAMES

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ALPHABET GAME WITH STORIES & RHYMES

Hello Friends!How about a new Alphabet Game with stories and rhymes?This is how you can make the Game Board and play it :Select a piece of thick drawing sheet (white or colour) or k.g.card (10” X 10”). Draw the boxes and fill them

with colour and words as per the given model here. Two/ Three different colours would be a pleasant idea! Doesthis board remind you of Snake and Ladder Board? Yes, it is the same with a difference!

A set of Pawns / Buttons and a Dice have to be used for playing this game. This game can be played withone, two, three or four friends of yours or if you wish you can play it alone. Sometime solo games improve ourimagination a lot! Just try it.

How to play?

As you play the Game of Snake and Ladder, you have to play this game too.At first, roll the dice. Wait till you get the number 6. The player who gets six has to keep his pawn on the

‘START’ square. Likewise, all players have to wait for getting six and when they get it, they have to place theirpawns on the ‘START’ position.

Those who have already placed their pawns on ‘START’ square can proceed with the game when their turncomes. As you go on rolling the dice you get the numbers and you have to move your pawn on the board alongthe arrow mark, i.e., if you get 2, you have to move two spaces ahead and place your pawn there.

There you a letter ‘B’ !Now, you have to construct a word using the letter ‘B’ . You can construct as many words as you can think

of. Your friends can also contribute to your letter. You can also construct sentences using the words containingthe letter ‘B’ . You can choose any TENSE, PERSON and / or VOICE to construct the sentence with the verb youhappen to come across on the board.

You can construsct words and sentences like this :

BALL BAT I BUY A BAT.BANK BUY WE GO TO THE BANK.BAND BEND YOU BEND THE BAR.BEST BIND HE BUYS BUISCUITS.BUT TUB SHE BUILDS A BUILDING.BOWL BATTERY THEY TAKE BANANAS.RAVI BUILD SUMAN BOWLS VERY VELL.

You can very well change the tense of the verb, if you wish. The voice can also be changed if you constructa sentence with an object.

Construction of sentences is very easy! Choose a suitable SUBJECT and VERB. Place them together.You have a ready made sentence! If you wish, you can add an OBJECT and also a COMPLEMENT to it. You cansubstitute the VERBS and SUBJECTS to get more sentences.

Please, do not forget to add “s”/ “es” to the “Verbs“ when they are used with the “Third Person SingularSubjects” (He, She, It or even Proper Nouns such as Sumanth, Suma, Spoorthy, Levine, Pasha etc.) inconstructing the sentences of “Simple Present / Present Indefinite T ense” .

When your pawn occupies the place of ‘STORY’ you have to narrate a story and you have recite a rhymewhen it goes to the place of ‘RHYME’ ! If you fail to tell a story or rhyme you have to miss a turn and the otherplayer who tells the same has to be given an extra turn to roll the dice.

The game proceeds till all the pawns enter the centre position. Players can help each other while wordbuilding and constructing sentences or transforming sentences.

Do you like this Alphabet Game ? Would you like to say anything about it? Please do write to us. BeforeI conclude, let me tell you this, you can make any number of Sentences using given model and SentenceStructures . You can substitute the words with your own ideas. This is one way of learning sentence construction.

I hope you will have a good time with this Sentence Game Board. This is one way of introducing the lettersof the alphabet and make the students to constuct words and sentences.

Meet you soon with some more models. Bye! Yours,Bedre N. Manjunatha

ENGLISH LANGUAGE GAMES

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SENTENCE GAMEWITH VERBS, STORIES & RHYMES

Hello Friends!How about a new Sentence Game with verbs, stories and rhymes ?This is how you can make the Game Board and play it :Select a piece of thick drawing sheet (white or colour) or k.g.card (10” X 10”) Draw the boxes and fill them

with colour and words as per the given model here. Two / Three different colours would be a pleasant idea! Doesthis board remind you of Snake and Ladder Board? Yes, it is the same with a difference!

A set of Pawns / Buttons and a Dice have to be used for playing this game. This game can be played withone, two, three or four friends of yours or if you wish you can play it alone. Sometime solo games improve ourimagination a lot! Just try it.

How to play?

As you play the Game of Snake and Ladder, you have to play this game too.At first, roll the dice. Wait till you get the number 6. The player who gets six has to keep his pawn on the

‘START’ square. Likewise, all players have to wait for getting six and when they get it, they have to place theirpawns on the ‘START’ position.

Those who have already placed their pawns on ‘START’ square can proceed with the game when their turncomes. As you go on rolling the dice you get the numbers and you have to move your pawn on the board alongthe arrow mark, i.e., if you get 2, you have to move two spaces ahead and place your pawn there.

There you a verb ‘SIT’ !Now, you have to construct a sentence using the verb ‘SIT’ . You can choose any TENSE, PERSON

and / or VOICE to construct the sentence with the verb you happen to come across on the board.You can construsct sentences like this :

I SIT I SIT ON THE FLOORWE SIT WE SIT HEREYOU SIT YOU SIT IN THE LIBRARYHE SITS HE SITS IN HIS ROOMSHE SITS SHE SITS IN THE HALLTHEY SIT THEY SIT IN THE THEATRERAVI SITS RAVI SITS ON THE ASS!

You can very well change the tense of the verb, if you wish. The voice can also be changed if you constructa sentence with an object.

Construction of sentences is very easy! Choose a suitable SUBJECT and VERB. Place them together.You have a ready made sentence! If you wish, you can add an OBJECT and also a COMPLEMENT to it. You cansubstitute the VERBS and SUBJECTS to get more sentences.

Please, do not forget to add “s”/ “es” to the “Verbs“ when they are used with the “Third Person SingularSubjects” (He, She, It or even Proper Nouns such as Sumanth, Suma, Spoorthy, Levine, Pasha etc.) inconstructing the sentences of “Simple Present / Present Indefinite T ense” .

When your pawn occupies the place of ‘STORY’ you have to narrate a story and you have recite a rhymewhen it goes to the place of ‘RHYME’ ! If you fail to tell a story or rhyme you have to miss a turn and the otherplayer who tells the same has to be given an extra turn to roll the dice.

The game proceeds till all the pawns enter the centre position. Players can help each other while con-structing sentences or transforming sentences.

Do you like this Sentence Game ? Would you like to say anything about it? Please do write to us. BeforeI conclude, let me tell you this, you can make any number of Sentences using given model and SentenceStructures . You can substitute the words with your own ideas. This is one way of learning sentence construction.

I hope you will have a good time with this Sentence Game Board.Meet you soon with some more models.

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2 Letter words

AN (2)AM (4)ME (4)WE (5)

3 Letter words

CAN (5)VAN (6)MAN (5)WED (7)DEW (7)END (4)DEN (4)MAD (6)DAM (6)

4 Letter words

DEAN (5)MEAN (6)MANE (6)NAME (6)AMEN (6)MEAD (7)MADE (7)DAME (7)MEND (7)

5 Letter words

CANED (8)CAVED (11)NAMED (8)MANED (8)VANED (9)WANED (9)

3 Letter words

CAD (6)NEW (6)MEW (6)MEN (5)AND (4)WAN (6)WAD (7)CAW (8)

4 Letter words

CAVE (9)CANE (6)CAME (8)CEAD (7)DAMN (7)VEND (8)VANE (7)WADE (8)WANE (7)

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DICE CUBE GAMEHello Friends!

How about a new Dice Cube Game ?This is how you can make a set of dice and play it :

J Select two small pieces of wood measuring 8 cms. in length, 1.5 cms. in width and 1.5 cms inthickness to make dice. (If you want bigger dice you can make them keeping the standard measurement inlength and width.) You can get these small pieces of wood at the photo-frame shops.J Now paste a white sheet on the dice and draw dividing lines making room for 4 letters. Following the

model given here write the letters on the dice with a sketch-pen or marker. Don’t forget to add the score value atthe bottom of each letter. Vowels should be written in RED colour and Consonants in BLUE or BLACK colour.There will be one blank space and that can be used as a joker for which there is no score.J When you finish writing the letters you can cover each face of the dice with cellophene tape so that

the letters will not get erased or disfigured while playing.J Take a pencil, a note-pad or a piece of paper to write words. You can use a sand-clock /stop watch

/ any watch to note the time.J Now you have a pair of dice and other accessories to start the game. This game can be played with

one, two, three or four friends of yours or if you wish you can play it alone. Sometime solo games improve ourimagination a lot!J Now roll the dice on the table / floor / desk. Have a close look at the faces of dice. You have 4 + 4

letters of which atleast 2 are vowels and the remaining are consonants. Try to form as many words as you canwith the 4 + 4 letters present there and write them on the paper / note-pad. You can fix a time limit, say 1 minute,2 or 3 minutes. Within this time whoever forms the maximum number of words shall be the winner. You can alsocount the score value at the bottom of each letter and whoever scores the highest points can be declared winner.J You have to use one letter only once in a single word. If the players agree to use the letters more

than once they can do so, for it is their game you know! (The given model will tell you more about the formation ofwords.)J Any word ( noun, pronoun, adjective, verb etc.) any form or plural or tense is acceptable as long as

it is found in a standard English dictionary. Proper names, abbreviations and words spelt with apostrophes orhyphens are not acceptable. Words within words are permissible. E.g., MANED - man, men, mane, name, a,an, am, me, mead, dean, dam, dame, end, den, made, mend, damn,etc.J When the time runs out, everyone must stop writing and each player in turn shall read aloud the list

words he / she has composed. After reading the lists each one shall count the number of words and also totalsthe scores. Any player who uses all the 8 letters in a single word may be awared a bonus of 50 points!J After this one round take up the dice and roll them again. You will have other letters on the top. You

can play as many rounds as you wish, but each time it is better to play with new set of letters and words whichwill improve your vocabulary to a great extent.

I hope you will score more and construct many new words. You can use a dictionary whenever there isdoubt about spelling. There is one game called Dictionary Game . I will tell you all about it later.

For more details you can refer to “English Language Games” published by Navakarnataka PublicationsPvt. Ltd., Bangalore.

Meet you soon with some more models. Bye!Yours,

Bedre N. Manjunatha

Address : Bedre N. Manjunatha M.A.,

Transmission Executive,All India RadioCHITRADURGA - 577 501.Phone : (R) (08194) 228074.

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