Transitions at Sea: Whales, Sugar, Tut, Dogs, Seeds & Olives
A present-perfect battleships grid where young learners practise linking ideas with transition words while exploring six fascinating real-world topics.
A free Battleships Game for Young learners at CEFR B2 level. Topic: Whale song, sugar and sugar tax, mystery of the death of king Tut, working dogs, seed variety preservation and olives.
Grammar focus: transition words
Grid rows
- Marine biologists
- Health officials
- Egyptologists
- Rescue dogs
- Seed bank scientists
- Olive farmers
Grid columns
- in recent years
- since last year
- over the past decade
- for centuries
- since the program began
- in recent times
Vocabulary
- whale song
- migration route
- recording
- sailor
- species
- behavior
- sugar risk
- sugar tax
- obesity
- health effect
- sugary drink
- rate
- mummy
- DNA sample
- chamber
- pharaoh
- artifact
- foul play
- hiker
- training
- disaster relief
- community
- scent-detection
- survivor
- seed variety
- vault
- endangered
- diversity
- germination
- drought-resistant
- weather
- equipment
- production
- grove
- harvest
- olive oil
Printable worksheet
This Battleships Game comes with a free printable worksheet: 2 parts for students to do after the game, and an answer key for the teacher. It prints at three levels (Support, Core and Challenge); this is the Challenge sheet. Sign in free to print the whole sheet.
What's on the worksheet
- Play Battleships on paper · Draw 3 ships on your grid: one of 3 squares and two of 2 squares. Don't show your partner. To fire, say a full sentence. Your partner says hit or miss.
- Build the sentence · Use the words to write a full sentence.
Part 1: Play Battleships on paper
Draw 3 ships on your grid: one of 3 squares and two of 2 squares. Don't show your partner. To fire, say a full sentence. Your partner says hit or miss.