Do your German language students struggle with conjugation of the verbs SEIN and HABEN? Try this fun activity to reinforce and automate the correct usage of BIN, BIST, IST, SIND, SEID and HABE, HAST, HAT, HABEN, HABT. Suitable for pair work, small groups and team activities. A chart and a handout are included.

INCLUDED IN THIS PRODUCT:

♥ Suggestions on how to use

♥ Anchor charts / grammar overviews

♥ Handouts

♥ 2x 45 sentence cards (90 in total)

♥ 5 bug cards with the 5 forms of the verb SEIN ( BIN, BIST, IST, SIND and SEID)

♥ 5 bug cards with the 5 forms of the verb HABEN (HABE, HAST, HAT, HABEN, HABT)

♥ A printable fly swatter

INSTRUCTIONS:

☻Print & Prepare

• print out and laminate the bugs
• print out, cut up and laminate the sentence cards
• print out, cut up and laminate two fly swatters (optional)
• It’s best to use real fly swatters. Students can also just use their hands.

☻Play

SMALL GROUP ACTIVITY:

• place the bugs on the floor (facing up) and the sentence cards in a pile beside the bugs (facing down)
• students take turns flipping over a sentence card and swatting the bug with the corresponding form of the verb SEIN / HABEN
• then they read the sentence on the card

PAIR ACTIVITY:

• each student in the pair has their own fly swatter
• a teacher / helper or a fellow student flips over a sentence card
• the first student to swat the correct bug gets a point
• then they read the sentence on the card

TEAM GAME:

• the students form 2 lines (team A and team B)
• the first student at the front of each line gets a fly swatter
• the teacher flips a sentence card
• the first student to swat the correct bug wins a point for their team
• then he / she reads the sentence
• they hand over the fly swatters to those second in line and go to the back of the line

EXTENSION ACTIVITY

• students mix up the sentence cards and then work together to place them under the correct bug

OPTIONS FOR USE:

♥ Pair Work

♥ Small Group Activity

♥ Team Games

♥ Review

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