Lots of Animals 2 FREE

Lots of Animals

An educational game to teach useful vocabulary, suitable for students from grade 2 onwards and those studying English as a second language. The game uses 50 photos to teach students 21 collective nouns that are commonly used to describe different groups of animals, such as shoal, colony, army, pack, flock, herd, brood, litter, swarm and troop.

Students hear a collective noun spoken and choose the matching photo. After six right in a row, Race Mode starts automatically. It asks questions at speed to test the students' memory and comprehension of the collective noun just covered, before continuing with new nouns. At the end of the race, students can see how well they have done relative to their other races. The game gradually focuses on any nouns that the students have difficulty recognizing, and speeds up as competence is gained.

By contrast to Race Mode, Story Mode slowly introduces new collective nouns by saying them as the photos are shown, allowing students to quietly look, listen and learn.

The game is controlled by on-screen gestures which are simple to demonstrate and easy to use, and the game can be played without voice prompts.

* 50 photos of groups of animals

* 21 collective nouns

* Race Mode tests memory and comprehension against the clock

* Story Mode allows students to look, listen and learn

* Slideshow Mode displays all the photos in alphabetical order

* Zoom and Pan Mode magnifies the images to see more detail

* Easy on-screen gestures to control the game

* Context-sensitive help

The paid version of this app has much higher resolution photos than the free version. The free version has lower resolution photos and does contain advertising but no push advertising. No internet connection is required.