Singular and Plural Mimes

Singular and Plural Mimes
Instructions for teachers
Cut up one set of cards per class or per group of two to four students. There are two
games which can be played with those cards.

Singular and plural miming guessing game
The teacher or a student takes a card and mimes interacting with that thing or things until
someone says the right word or sentence to describe it. To practise spelling, you could
also ask them to write their guesses down. For example, if someone mimes juggling they
should race to say and/ or write “balls” or “They are balls”.

Singular and plural miming race
The teacher or a student writes up or says what is on their card and gives points for the
first person to mime the right thing and/ or the best mime to represent that thing or things,
e.g. the best mime of drawing with two different pencils for “(They are) pencils”.

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Cards to cut up
Basic plurals to mime and say or spell

(It is a) ball.

(They are) balls.

(It is a) bag.

(They are) bags.

(It is a) banana.

(They are) bananas.

(It is an) egg.

(They are) eggs.

(It is a) jacket.

(They are) jackets.

(It is a) mirror.

(They are) mirrors.

(It is a) pencil.

(They are) pencils.

(It is a) piano.

(They are) pianos.

(It is a) racket.

(They are) rackets.

(It is a) shoe.

(They are) shoes.

(It is a) snake.

(They are) snakes.

(It is a) sock.

(They are) socks.

(It is a) spider.

(They are) spiders.

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Trickier plurals to mime and say or spell

(It is a) baby.

(They are) babies.

(It is a) cockroach.

(They are) cockroaches.

(It is a) (hair)brush.

(They are) (hair)brushes.

(It is a) key.

(They are) keys.

(It is a) mosquito.

(They are) mosquitoes.

(It is a) suitcase.

(They are) suitcases.

(It is a) toothbrush.

(They are) toothbrushes.

Always plural

(They are) scissors.

(They are) binoculars.

They are pants.

(They are) glasses.

(They are) tweezers.

(They are) sunglasses.

(They are) shorts.

(They are) stairs.

(They are) pajamas.

(They are) goggles.

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