Roll the dice and move around the game board, which features mini worlds taken from the other digi-games. The more correct answers you get, the more opportunities there are to earn points and speed ahead. Game on!

In this version, students explore how language changes depending on the formality of the situation and the social relationship between speakers. From classroom conversations to professional emails, students decide whether a given sentence is more appropriate for a formal or informal context, deepening their understanding of audience, tone, and language conventions.

Let’s Roll – Formal vs Social Language is ideal for Year 4–6 students learning to adapt their language for different purposes and audiences. Use it during writing units, speaking and listening lessons, or as an engaging warm-up or consolidation task with the QR code.

Key Learning Outcomes:

• ✅ Identify formal and informal language in different contexts
• ✅ Understand how social relationships influence language choices
• ✅ Develop awareness of audience and tone
• ✅ Strengthen editing and writing skills through language awareness
• ✅ Engage in interactive gameplay to apply real-world language understanding

How to Play:

1. Students roll the dice and move their token across the themed game board.
2. On each space, they’re shown a sentence and asked to decide if it is formal or informal language.
3. Correct answers earn points, while incorrect answers miss the chance to score.
4. The game continues until all questions have been answered.
5. The player with the highest total score at the end wins!

Ideas for Classroom Use:

• 💡 Use during writing or speaking lessons to support tone and audience awareness
• 💡 Great for Year 5–6 students preparing for formal writing tasks or presentations
• 💡 Follow up with sorting or rewriting tasks: converting informal to formal language (and vice versa)
• 💡 Pair with a classroom discussion about tone in emails, texts, speeches, and conversations

Top Teacher Tips:

• 💛 Let students personalise their experience by choosing from six characters before the game begins
• 💛 Select the number of players or teams at the start of the game to suit individual, paired, or group play
• 💛 Send the QR code home for students to play as a homework or revision task

Let’s Roll – Formal vs Social Language transforms everyday communication choices into a fun and thoughtful learning experience, where every roll of the dice brings new opportunities to practise purposeful language!