Learning grammar can be more fun for students if it is taught through the use of interactive games and activities that both entertain and challenge students linguistic skills. Below are some popular iPad apps you can use with your younger learners to improve their grammatical skills. From learning about pronouns and punctuation marks to mastering the use of adjectives and superlative forms, these apps offer a wide variety of educational materials in the form of videos, lessons, guides, games, animated stories and many more so students can not only learn grammar but have fun while doing so. (links of the apps are under the visual)
1- Grammaropolis
‘Grammaropolis uses the parts of speech as animated characters whose personalities are based on the roles they play in the sentence.’
2- Grammar For Kids
‘A perfect app for kids to practice the 8 parts of speech: Noun, Pronoun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Preposition, Conjunction and Interjection.’
3- Practice English Grammar
‘Improve your English grammar now with more than 1000 questions, 750+ flashcards and 100+ games. Learning by doing & tracking your progress!’
4- Grammar Hammer 7-10 No longer working
‘Grammar Hammer lets kids find and fix grammar and spelling mistakes embedded in entertaining, illustrated stories. They are proofreading and editing these stories, while gaining skills they will use for the rest of their lives.’
5- English Grammar Punctuation Marks Game
‘The English Grammar Punctuation Marks Game lets you practice identifying different punctuation marks and how to properly use them.’
6- Grammar Fun Free No longer working
‘Grammar Fun allows kids of all ages to learn correct grammar by matching grammatical constructs to the corresponding words in a sentence. A child friendly interface makes this a fun filled activity.’
7- iGE: the interactive Grammar of English from UCL
‘The interactive Grammar of English (iGE) is a comprehensive introductory course in English grammar which takes you from the most basic elements to the most complex constructions.’
8- Practice English Grammar
‘Improve your English grammar now with more than 1000 questions, 750+ flashcards and 100+ games. Learning by doing & tracking your progress!’
9- SentenceBuilder for iPad
‘SentenceBuilder™ is designed to help elementary aged children learn how to build grammatically correct sentences. Explicit attention is paid to the connector words that make up over 80% of the English language. Sentence Builder offers a rich and fun environment for improving the grammar of all children.’
10- The Pronoun Party
‘Learn pronouns in four different Levels! For each level, the child can choose one of four games to play; the party, the beach, the bedroom and the park.’
11- Grammar Dragon No longer working
‘The grammar dragon has captured all of your friends from the castle. You must rescue a different person on each level by correctly identifying various parts of speech.’
12- Grammar Wonderland No longer working
‘Fly, swim, feed, and toss your way to grammar mastery. Who knew grammar practice could be so much fun? Lead your character through many wonderful adventures as you practice using nouns, verbs, adjectives, and more! ’
