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# Grammar and sentence construction

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The learner builds an utterance from words and checks order, agreement and the relationship between form and meaning.

## At a glance

![Duolingo: building a heard French sentence from word tiles](https://gamemechanics.pro/images/mechanics/learning-duo-101-5.webp)

[Duolingo](https://blog.duolingo.com/duolingo-101-how-to-learn-a-language-on-duolingo/) · © Duolingo. All rights reserved. Excluded from MIT and CC BY 4.0.

1. Word bank for constructing the sentence

- Use contexts where word order or form changes meaning.

- [Duolingo](https://blog.duolingo.com/duolingo-101-how-to-learn-a-language-on-duolingo/)

## How it works

Build sentences from words

## Variants

### Variants

<a id="family-39-branch-1"></a>

- Build sentences from words <a id="family-39-variant-1"></a>
- Change word forms <a id="family-39-variant-2"></a>
- Agree word forms <a id="family-39-variant-3"></a>
- Insert prepositions <a id="family-39-variant-4"></a>
- Select tense <a id="family-39-variant-5"></a>
- Replace repetition with pronouns <a id="family-39-variant-6"></a>
- Change word order for meaning <a id="family-39-variant-7"></a>
- Insert punctuation <a id="family-39-variant-8"></a>
- Connect sentences <a id="family-39-variant-9"></a>
- Correct grammar <a id="family-39-variant-10"></a>
- Rephrase for another purpose <a id="family-39-variant-11"></a>
- Form questions <a id="family-39-variant-12"></a>

## Design example

Assemble understandable instructions from word cards.

## Context and limits

A mechanic map for games with explicit learning goals, from first encounters with a topic to professional practice. It covers children, teenagers and adults; choose subject, difficulty, context and controls for the learner. Player actions, subject content, instructional support and assessment are distinct layers. Scores and game completion alone do not establish mastery or skill transfer.

## Connected materials


## Sources and provenance

Educational reference expanded from all 64 families and 749 variants of the original children-education taxonomy, with original editorial additions dated 2026-10-20. Sources support specific methods and examples, not the entire classification or its effectiveness.

- [Duolingo](https://blog.duolingo.com/duolingo-101-how-to-learn-a-language-on-duolingo/) (id: source-872a30e434db6d16)

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