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Choose your very own mini character and learn how to build sentences in Welsh!

Choose a mini character from the boy/girl selection, then choose the Practise or Play mode in Game 1 or Game 2.

• Practise mode: Practise building sentences in Welsh by clicking on the different options in the selection towers. Once you've made your selection, you can read and listen to the sentence you've created. You can practise as many times as you wish.

• Play mode: First of all, click on the flashing PLAY button to hear a sentence. Then build a sentence to match what you've heard. Click on the NEXT button to check your answer. If you don't get it right first time, click on the TRY AGAIN or SEE ANSWER button. You can listen to and build as many sentences as you like.

You can listen to the sentences again by rolling the mouse over the text. There is also South Wales and North Wales audio for the third person masculine singular (fe/fo).

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Although this activity is suitable for 7-11 year old learners of Welsh Second Language at Key Stage 2 level, depending on ability, the language in Game 1 is more suited to 7-9 year olds, and Game 2 is more suited to 9-11 year olds.

• Game 1: helps young students build positive and negative sentences using the verb hoffi. Focusing on the first person singular, third person singular (masculine and feminine) and first person plural, this game helps students to learn the structure of Welsh grammar, using the themes of Anifeiliaid Anwes, Hobïau and Bwyd.

• Game 2: helps young students build positive and negative sentences using the verb hoffi. Focusing on the first person singular, third person singular (masculine and feminine) and first person plural, this game helps students to learn the structure of Welsh grammar, using everyday verbs in the present, future and past tenses.

Fi Fach can be used independently or as a classroom activity. A selection of some of the words used in the game is listed below.

Using the full screen mode, show the class on the interactive whiteboard how to play the game. Now put the students in pairs or small groups and get them to look at the Practise section only in Game 1. Once you are happy that the students have learnt the meaning of the vocabulary and sentence structure, get them to move on to the Play mode in Game 1. Likewise, do the same for Game 2, depending on the ability and/or age of the students.

Once the students are confident using the interactive game to build sentences, get them to create flash cards to replicate those in Fi Fach in order to create their own sentences, without the aid of the computer. They may wish to build their own sentences using other nouns that fit into the existing themes (eg bochdew, cath, pysgodyn aur for the theme of Anifeiliaid Anwes). Alternatively, get them to create brand new sentences using completely different themes and vocabulary.