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.
Agreeing 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 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 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 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