Practise constructing noun groups using articles, adjectives and nouns using this fun sorting mat activity!

Students use word cards to create a noun group about different animals at the zoo that include an article, one or two adjectives and a noun. They then record their noun group phrase onto the recording sheet provided.

You can place the cards face up so that students can craft specific descriptive noun groups, or place them face down and see what crazy groups are created at random!

This activity also provides a great opportunity to reinforce when to correctly use the articles ‘a’, ‘an’ and ‘the’ when creating a noun group.

We’ve provided two versions of the sorting mat and all task cards in full colour, low colour and black & white printing options for your convenience. Top Teacher Tip: If your colour printing budget is limited, print the task cards in black and white on red, blue and orange coloured card!

We’ve also included three different versions of the recording sheet so you can select the best one to suit your class and context. Enlarge to A3 for more writing space!