Purpose: This is a warm-up activity that can be adapted for all levels and used to review any situational dialogue or grammar point previously covered in class.

Preparation Time:   10 minutes

Materials:  Paper or index cards, pen or marker

Preparation: Make 2 complete sets of sentences. Limit the number of sentences, based on the level of the group and what can be accomplished in 15 minutes.  For higher level students, a whole dialogue, poem or story could be put onto cards.  Write the words for each sentence on separate cards.  Scramble the words in each sentence and clip them together with a paper clip.

Procedure:  

1. Divide the group into two teams, each team standing around a table. 
2. Place each team’s pile of scrambled sentences in front of the room.
3. A runner from each team takes one scrambled sentence back to its team.
4. The team works together to unscramble the sentence.  When they think the sentence is in correct order, they send a different runner back to the teacher to whisper the solution. 
5. If the sentence is correct, the runner takes another sentence for his or her team to unscramble.
6. If the sentence is not correct, the runner returns to the team to try again.
7. When one team has unscrambled all the sentences, the game is over.