Activity Information
Category Sort Worksheet Maker
Level:
Any.
Skills:
Reading, Writing.
Target Language:
Grammar, any subject matter or taught concept for non-ESL uses.
Activity Goal:
Test student ability to categorise words appropriately to check comprehension of a taught principle.
Summary:
This worksheet maker creates a worksheet with 2, 3 or 4 columns, each with a category heading. Students must sort words into the appropriate category or categories.
Example Usage:
- Distrbute worksheets.
- Students work individually or in pairs to sort words into appropriate categories.
- Students think of 3 other words to add to each category.
Notes and Ideas:
- Use to check grammar comprehension. Examples include: countable and uncountable nouns, noun / verbs / adjectives, prepositions of place etc.
- Use to sort objects by location. e.g. Items inside the house, inside the office, in the yard.
- Use to test subject concepts such as: solid, liquid, gas; continent, country, state; animal, vegetable, mineral; foods, drink, meals.
- As an extension, once students are finished they can add their own words to each category.
- As a speaking / listening exercise students can test themselves in pairs, taking turns to ask their partner which category a word belongs to.
Member Comments and Shared Worksheets
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Quickworksheets
Category Sort: Mass Nouns
A sorting worksheet in which students sort a list of nouns into the "countable" and "uncountable" columns. You could adapt this worksheet by adding a third category for nouns that can be both countable and uncountable depending on their usage and meaning (such as 'coffee').