More this that these those touching gamesĪs well as running and touching, if you put a mix of singular and plural flashcards in two rows on the floor, students can try and hit the closer flashcards for “this” and “these” and the further away flashcards for “that” and “those” with a sticky ball, fly swat, plastic hammer, etc. The prompts could also be flashcards showing distant and close objects, pointing at particular objects in the classroom, etc. It is also possible to play this game without running around by students holding up cards that they are given which say “those” etc. To add speaking, students could also be told to shout out the relevant sentence when they touch the appropriate wall.
For example, if four cards saying “this”, “that”, “these” and “those” are put on the four walls of the room, students could run and touch the “that” wall if the teacher says “bin” and there is only one in the classroom and it is at the far side of the room.
This is another running game, but one in which students try to touch cards representing “this”, “these” etc instead of objects or cards representing things. To make it more fun, students could also be asked to stretch to touch both objects for “these” and “those” sentences at the same time (probably only possible with strategically placed flashcards). The game can also be played with flashcards on a group of desks or around the room. If that would be too chaotic, students can be limited to walking quickly and/or one representative from each team can do the running. Students compete to be first to run and touch those things then sit back down in their places.
“These are tables” to mean the ones closest to the teacher and “That is a curtain” to mean the one furthest away. The teacher calls out or writes descriptions of things that there are more than one of in the classroom, e.g.
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