Build grammar skills and team spirit with our fast-paced Subject-Verb Agreement Race Game! This collaborative classroom challenge helps students identify and correct subject-verb agreement errors while developing their editing, reading, and critical thinking skills.

Perfect for small groups, this game gets students racing to fix mismatched subject-verb pairs on sentence strips. It’s an energising way to reinforce grammar rules while promoting teamwork and peer discussion—ideal for your literacy block or grammar rotations.

Subject-Verb Agreement Race Game is a fun and interactive way to consolidate sentence structure and editing skills. Use it for revision, small-group instruction, or a fast finisher activity that keeps learners engaged and thinking critically.

Key Learning Outcomes:

• ✅ Identify and correct subject-verb agreement errors in simple and compound sentences
• ✅ Strengthen grammar and editing skills in a practical context
• ✅ Collaborate effectively in team-based learning
• ✅ Build fluency and confidence with sentence structure
• ✅ Apply grammar knowledge through hands-on peer discussion

What’s Included:

• Sentence strips with common subject-verb agreement errors
• Teacher instructions and gameplay suggestions

Materials Needed:

• Printed sentence strips
• Scissors for cutting strips
• Whiteboard markers and write-and-wipe sleeves (optional)
• Clipboards or flat surfaces for group work

How to Use:

1. Print and cut out the sentence strips featuring subject-verb agreement errors.
2. Divide students into small-group teams and give each group a shuffled set of strips.
3. Students read each sentence, spot the subject-verb error, and rewrite the sentence correctly.
4. The first team to accurately correct all sentences wins!
5. Review each team's corrections as a class to consolidate learning.

Ideas for Classroom Use:

• 💡 Use as a warm-up activity before grammar instruction
• 💡 Include in your literacy centres or grammar rotations
• 💡 Assign during small-group work for targeted revision
• 💡 Set up as a timed challenge for fast finishers or early finishers
• 💡 Use as a team-building activity during writing lessons

Top Teacher Tips:

• 💛 Provide a mini grammar refresher before the game begins
• 💛 Use write and wipe sleeves to make the game reusable with whiteboard markers
• 💛 Assign roles (reader, writer, checker) to encourage participation from all group members
• 💛 Swap corrected strips between teams for peer editing before the final check
• 💛 Challenge students to write their own incorrect sentences for others to correct
• 💛 Add a mastery round with trickier errors and a timer for advanced learners

Subject-Verb Agreement Race Game is an engaging, hands-on resource that brings grammar to life through movement, collaboration, and friendly competition—perfect for your Year 3 English Unit: Exploring Clauses.