Teaching Resource
Build a Sentence Card Game
A fun and engaging card game that focuses on building simple sentences that include a subject, verb, and object.
Use this teaching resource in the classroom when teaching writing development and learning about simple sentence construction. Ideal to use as a small group activity with teacher support.
This card game is played in a similar way to Rummy. Players take turns to pick up and put down cards until they can build a sentence that is grammatically correct and makes sense. The winner of the game is the first person to build three sentences or one ‘trump’ card sentence.
This teaching resource includes:
- an instruction card
- a set of playing cards
- an answer card.
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Common Core Curriculum alignment
- CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.K.1.F
Produce and expand complete sentences in shared language activities.
- CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.1.1.C
Use singular and plural nouns with matching verbs in basic sentences (e.g., He hops; We hop).
- CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.2.1.F
Produce, expand, and rearrange complete simple and compound sentences (e.g., The boy watched the movie; The little boy watched the movie; The action movie was watched by the little boy).

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