10 min · second year and up

Categories

The classic with categories in the target language – practises vocabulary against the clock. In France it is called “Le petit bac”, in Latin America “Basta”.

How to play

  1. 1

    Each student draws a table with four to six categories, e.g. animal, food, country, verb.

  2. 2

    A letter is chosen.

  3. 3

    Everyone fills in the row with words in the target language starting with that letter.

  4. 4

    The first to finish shouts “Stop!” – correct words score 10 points, duplicates 5.

Variations

  • Unit categories: only categories from the current topic.
  • With articles: nouns only count with the correct article.
Tip

Simply skip difficult letters such as Q, X or Y.

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With the sample words – in Lenguvo you use the words of your unit.

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Categories
AnimalFoodCountryVerbJobColour

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