Sentence Matching
Teachers use sentence matching to practice grammar and vocabulary. Each sentence is split into two halves. Students match the halves to make a sentence that makes sense.
The activities below are ready to use with a class. Open one and students drag or click the halves together on a phone, tablet, or computer.
Need your own sentences? The sentence matching creator lets you write the halves, then share the activity with students.
A2 Vocabulary: The Future
Match the words to their meanings. They all appear in the reading "The Future Is Already Here".
Play ActivityA2 Vocabulary: The Future Is Coming
Match the words to their meanings. They all appear in the reading "The Future Is Coming".
Play ActivityA2 Why Do We Love Being Scared? Pre-teach Vocabulary
Match the words from the text to their meanings.
Play ActivityA2 Working from Home: Pre-teach Vocabulary
Match the words from the text to their meanings.
Play ActivityAgreeing and Disagreeing: Phrase Match
Match the halves to make phrases for agreeing and disagreeing. Then sort them: which ones agree, partly agree, or disagree?
Play ActivityB1 Adidas vs Puma: Pre-teach Vocabulary
Match the words from the text to their meanings.
Play ActivityB1 Ferrari vs Lamborghini: Pre-teach Vocabulary
Match the words from the text to their meanings.
Play ActivityB1 Ferrari vs Lamborghini: Pre-teach Vocabulary
Match the words from the text to their meanings.
Play ActivityB1 Vocabulary: Universal Basic Income
Match the words from the article to their meanings.
Play ActivityB2 Adidas vs Puma: Pre-teach Vocabulary
Match the words from the text to their meanings.
Play ActivityB2 Ferrari vs Lamborghini: Pre-teach Vocabulary
Match the words from the text to their meanings.
Play ActivityB2 Vocabulary: Talking About the Future
Match the words and phrases to their meanings. They all appear in the reading "Will We Live Forever?"
Play ActivityB2 Vocabulary: The Future Is Arriving Early
Match the words and phrases to their meanings. They all appear in the reading "The Future Is Arriving Early".
Play ActivityB2 Vocabulary: Universal Basic Income
Match the words from the article to their meanings.
Play ActivityB2 Why Do We Love Being Scared? Pre-teach Vocabulary
Match the words from the text to their meanings.
Play ActivityB2 Working from Home: Pre-teach Vocabulary
Match the words from the text to their meanings.
Play ActivityChristmas Cracker Jokes
British Christmas Cracker jokes are famous for being so bad. See if you can match the set-up with the punchline for these cheesy jokes.
Play ActivityConspiracy Theories
Have you heard these conspiracy theories before? Which do you think are the most and least likely?
Play ActivityExpressions for Valentine's Day
Match the phrase halves to make popular expressions connected with love and romance.
Play ActivityFrench Protests: Politics Vocabulary (EN-DE)
Match the English words to the German translations.
Play ActivityJargon Decoder: Reformulating Markers
Match each piece of business jargon with its plain-English meaning. Notice how the second half starts with a reformulating marker: in other words, that is, put simply, to put it another way, what I mean is.
Play ActivityNews Lesson A2: Pre-teach Vocabulary
Match the words from the article to their meanings.
Play ActivityNews Lesson A2: Tesla Pre-teach Vocabulary
Match the words from the article to their meanings.
Play ActivityNews Lesson B2: Pre-teach Vocabulary
Match the words from the article to their meanings.
Play ActivityNews Lesson B2: Pre-teach Vocabulary
Match the words from the article to their meanings.
Play ActivityNews Lesson B2: Tesla Pre-teach Vocabulary
Match the words from the article to their meanings.
Play ActivitySuperstitions
Match the sentence halves to find some common superstitions. Can you think of any others?
Play ActivitySentence matching creator
Write your own sentence halves and share a matching activity with your class.
Open the sentence matching creator