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"A and An Song" - English Lesson for "A and An" - Rockin' English

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Update May 2020 - Added the option to choose level. Click on the 'select' button on the first screen.

Update June 2019 - This game should now work on an interactive whiteboard. Let me know if it does not.

This is a mini game for practising prepositions in English. It is suitable for English as a second language students rather than native speakers. The prepositions are generally basic and the vocal is quite low level.

A preposition is a word or phrase that shows a relationship between 2 things in a sentence. For example the sentence "The book is on the shelf" contains 2 objects (book and shelf) and the preposition 'on' denotes a relationship between them. Other examples of preposition include 'under', 'by', 'with', 'without', 'because of'. In this game, all the preposition used are prepositions of place which means that they describe where objects are in relation to other objects.

The aim of this game is to give students an opportunity to practise prepositions in a way that has a clear visual context. And in a way that is interactive with immediate feedback. Students can actively move objects and see them positioned according to a preposition; it is hoped that through this, students can get a more concrete understanding of prepositions and their meaning. Each time a student reads and understands a preposition and then moves the object accordingly, they are re-enforcing the meaning in a realistic context.

To play the game a student just has to read the sentence and then move the matching object to the correct position. The objects can be moved with their a mouse or by touch using a mobile device. A total of 9 scenes are used in this game: front room, bathroom, bedroom, fridge, park, cafe, classroom, TV and office. These were chosen in the hope that they provide real-life context and match situations in which students may actually hear and use prepositions in their daily life. The prepositions used in this game include the following: in, on, under, above, next to, right, left, behind, in front of and between. For each of the 9 scenes there are 12 objects that must be positioned correctly; once this has been done, the student proceeds to the next scene. The scenes get progressively more difficult both in terms of the language and the time allowed.

If you think this game is too fast or too difficult for your students' English level, then you can play in 'slow' mode. To play slowly, just click on 'slow' at the title screen, or change the settings by clicking on the button in the game.

This game is made in Javascript using the CreateJS framework. If you have any comments, questions or feedback, then please use the form below to post a message or send me an email using the contact form linked at the top of the page.

Audio by Jason Wright - Crazy Uncle with a Mic

Please leave any comments below.

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Update May 2020 - Added the option to choose level. Click on the 'select' button on the first screen. Update June 2019 - This game should now work on an interactive whiteboard. Let me know if it does not. This is a mini game for practising prepositions in English.

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Updated November 2022 - let me know if there are any problems.

You can set this page as a homework task for a group of students; doing so will give you a record of who has completed the task. Visit the teacher's section for more information.

In the teachers section you can also get embeddable code to add this game to your blog or webpage. You can also create direct links to this page with content pre-selected.

This is game for practicing English phrases - primarily aimed at ESL (English as a second language) students. An image is presented and you have to move the clouds around to create a matching phrase.

The idea for this game is to allow players to construct accurate sentences and acquire language in an engaging way. It is hoped that this game can facilitate language acquisition by having players associate the language seen with the meaning of the image that is presented.

When playing, you are presented with an image and a set of words in clouds. To create a phrase that matches the meaning of the image, you have to click and drag the clouds to re-order them. When the clouds are correctly ordered they disappear and that round is correct. To complete the game, you have to correctly re-order the clouds for each image twice.

As the game progresses a timing element is introduced and it becomes necessary to re-arrange the words before the timer runs out. When the timer runs out, the clouds start to fall downwards past the bottom of the screen. If this happens three times, the game is lost. This timer is intended to make the game more interesting and challenging as I thought that just moving the clouds around would get quite tiresome after a while. With the challenge of speed, it is hoped that the game and learning process can be more engaging. In order to prevent the timer being intrusive or annoying, it only appears after ten or so turn. What is more, it can be removed altogether if the player so chooses.

Clouds are used as it is hoped that they can be visually appealing and so being more engaging for players.

If you have any feedback or comments then feel free to add a message below.

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An online ESL game to practice sentence order in English. Look at the images and arrange the clouds to make the English phrase grammatically correct.

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