Instructions

1. Print two sets of the words on the following pages, and print each set on a different colored
paper/cardstock. I usually have a green team and a blue team, so Ill use those colors in this description.
Shuffle up the green stack and the blue stack, keeping the colors separate.
2. Divide your students into two teams, and explain one half will be el equipo verde, while the other will be el
equipo azul. Draw a t-chart on a whiteboard as you explain, and label them verde and azul (use this to keep
track of points).
3. Pass out the green papers to the green team, and the blue papers to the blue team. Have the students
distribute the papers evenly. Depending on how many students you have, each student might have three or
four papers.
4. Explain that you are going to say a sentence in English, and they need to look at their words and see if
they have anything needed to create the Spanish translation. If they have a word, they need to grab it, go to
the front of the room, and form the sentence with their other teammates up there. Point out where in the
room the blue students should form their sentence, and where the green students should form theirs. Also,
explain that they need to have the words in the correct order when theyre in front.
5. Give them an example sentence, such as He has my cat, and explain that students with l, tiene, mi and
gato would race to put their sentence together in front of the room. Tell students to include pronouns in this
game, such as l, nosotros, and yo.
6. Begin the game! Call out the first sentence and award a point to the team who forms theirs first. Feel free
to make the last sentences worth multiple points.

Hints: Make sure there are clear pathways in your room for students to get to the front. Also, you might want
to hint that the words nosotros and tiene will be used often, so students with those words should give their
other words away to teammates, so they just have one word.

Variation: If you have a Smartboard or Doc-cam, project the English sentences on the screen as well as
saying them out loud (just make the font bigger on the next three pages, and make the pages only have one
column). You can also copy and paste the English sentences onto a Powerpoint, with one sentence per page.

Sentences to form + answers

1. Im 17 years old.
yo tengo diecisiete - aos

7. My cat is 16 years old.

mi gato tiene diecisis - aos

2. They have a cat.

ellos tienen un - gato

8. We are going to open the presents.

nosotros vamos a abrir los - regalos

3. We have two brothers.

nosotros tenemos dos -hermanos

9. They have a younger brother.

ellos tienen un hermano - menor

4. Our grandma has the balloons.

nuestra abuela tiene los - globos

10. Your brothers have the piata.

tus hermanos tienen la - piata

5. You have my cat.

t - tienes - mi - gato

11. I have 17 cats.

yo tengo diecisiete - gatos

6. I have your presents.

yo tengo tus - regalos

12. Our grandma is 60 years old.

nuestra abuela tiene sesenta - aos

nosotros tenemos dos - globos

13. They have an older sister.

20. He has his cats.

ellos tienen una hermana - mayor

l tiene sus - gatos

14. We have the lights.

21. I have a piata.

nosotros tenemos las - luces

yo tengo una - piata

15. They have 60 balloons.

22. He is going to break the lights!

ellos tienen sesenta - globos

l va a romper las - luces

16. I have a younger brother that has a cat.

23. We are 16 years old.

yo tengo un hermano menor que tiene

un gato

nosotros tenemos diecisis - aos

24. You have the balloons.

17. We are going to break the piata.

t tienes los - globos

nosotros vamos a romper la piata

25. Our sister has a cat.
18. Our grandma has a cat.

nuestra hermana tiene un - gato

nuestra abuela tiene un - gato

26. My older brother is 17 years old.
19. We have two balloons.

mi hermano mayor tiene diecisiete - aos

27. He is going to open his presents.

lights and flowers.

34. They have to decorate with

l va a abrir sus regalos

luces y flores

Ellos tienen que decorar con

28. We have the lights and the piata.

have the lights.

35. My grandma has the balloons and I

nosotros tenemos las luces y la piata

y yo tengo las

Mi abuela tiene los globos

luces

29. You are 16 years old.

t tienes diecisis aos
balloons.

36. You have to decorate with the

T tienes que decorar con los --

globos
30. I have two brothers and one sister.
yo tengo dos hermanos y una - hermana
31. Our sister is going to open her presents.
nuestra hermana va a abrir sus regalos
32. I have to open the presents.

Yo tengo que abrir los regalos

33. My Little sister has to break the piata.
Mi hermana menor tiene que romper la piata

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