Verb Quest (app review & giveaway!)

Smarty Ears has done it again! They are on the move and have started creating new apps again! I am so excited! I got to check out their newest one, Verb Quest, to share with all of you! They were also so generous to provide me with ANOTHER copy to give away!!

This app uses a cute wizard theme. I love Harry Potter so this alone made me happy!

Like all other Smarty Ears apps, you can import players from their FREE Therapy Report Center app, or just add right onto the app itself.

When you add a player, you can select a picture or an avatar.

Here is a view of the settings you can alter to meet your needs:

You can also modify the settings while in the activity.

Once you are ready, click the desired students/players, and click “play.” You can then select or adjust the activity level for the players. Just click “modify” to do so. Here you can select the levels. You can see which ones were played already, set ones to “on” and others to “off.”

For level 1:

simple present tense
simple past tense
simple future tense (regular)
present, past, and future
irregular present tense
simple present – to be
irregular verbs – past tense
future tense – irregular verbs
present tense – to be (was/were)
present participle – irregular
present/past/past participle
present and past progressive
modals
negative modals
present perfect regular and irregular
past perfect
future perfect
tense shift 1
tense shift 2
gerunds, infinitives, and participles

I love the progression laid out, on simple to more complex/abstract concepts. Note, you can only work on 1 concept at a time per student (which I like)!

Check out what simple present tense looks like:

For this activity, students are presented with a picture, a cloze sentence and 2 choice answers. They are also presented with the cloze sentence as an audio. They can click “hint” if desired. This just moves the correct answer into the space in the cloze sentence.

Students get to move their wizard along the top, see their accuracy in the bottom left corner, and can record their productions of their new created sentences after they select the appropriate verbs. This is great to get receptive and expressive use of the targets.

If incorrect, students get a sound, and can correct their responses, which I love! I love that the app allows you to select the pace and doesn't move onto the next picture/prompt until you tap the app.

Once you complete a level, students are congratulated! You are prompted to either try a few more on this level (great if you think your students needs more practice) or move onto the next level.

At any time, you can click “done” and you are brought to the report cards page. Just click the student to see the reports. As you can see you can see the awards and reports. As students play, they get “awards.” My students LOVE seeing themselves get awards in the Smarty Ears apps. They get such a kick outta it!

The progress reports log the date, current level and skill worked on, and you can see if hints were used too! You can sort by session or by level. You can easily share (print, email) for safe keeping.