Turn a hand of Spanish word cards into a sentence worth sharing. Frases en juego is an interactive, teacher-led game that gets two teams combining vocabulary, conjugating verbs and checking agreement as they compete to reach a points target.

One game, different grammar goals
Set the language challenge to match your lesson: describe a routine in the present, recount an event in the past, or express a future plan. Learners can edit verb cards into conjugated forms or multiword verb phrases, so you can reuse the game with different grammatical targets. Simply tell the class which tense or structure to practise.

How it works
Each team starts with seven cards. Students select and arrange cards to build a useful phrase or a complete sentence, adapt available forms and use jokers to supply missing language. The teacher accepts the response or gives the team another chance to correct it. The game calculates points, replenishes played cards and tracks turns. First to the chosen target wins.

Why use it in class?

• Move from recognising vocabulary to creating original Spanish sentences.
• Make word order, verb forms and gender/number agreement part of a shared challenge.
• Encourage discussion: teams decide which cards to play and how to make their sentence work.
• Adjust the support: Easy starts with two jokers per team, Medium with one and Hard with none.
• Choose phrase-building for shorter language production or Sentence mode for fuller responses.
• Reward an ambitious play: an accepted sentence using all seven cards earns 250 points in total.

15 topics, or mix them all
Personal information; appearance and personality; family and relationships; daily routine; home and household tasks; school and education; free time and sports; media and technology; food and restaurants; clothes and shopping; town and transport; holidays and travel; health and wellbeing; jobs and future plans; the environment.

Built for classroom use

• Spanish cards with English glosses.
• Click or drag cards to build and reorder a phrase.
• Gender choices where available, with separate singular and plural cards.
• Jokers, card exchanges and passing options when teams need a new approach.
• Adjustable winning target from 200 to 1,000 points.
• Automatic scoring, Undo, game history and full-screen mode.

What’s included?

• The complete downloadable HTML game.
• A two-page Teacher Quick Start PDF, including rules, scoring and an agreement reference.
• A START HERE text file with opening instructions.

Extract the ZIP, open the HTML file in a modern desktop browser and project it for your class. No internet connection, subscription or student accounts are required. The teacher checks meaning and grammar; this resource does not automatically mark language accuracy. Progress saves in the same browser when local storage is available.

Adaptable for A1-B1 Spanish classes.