3 scores max per player; Leaderboard entries are deleted at the end of August each year
Use keyboard arrow keys or tap tablet to control the frog to catch the flies. Avoid the birds! Answer the questions to win points fast. Scoring is based on speed and the number of correct answers.
TOPIC
THE FROG FLIES game to learn English: Home - helping at home 1
Learning English action game with a jumping frog and tasty flies..
With our The frog flies game for "Helping at home" you will be learning the English vocabulary for the topic Helping at home. The language you will learn is in the vocabulary list below, and consists of 10 Sentences for things you do to help at home.
| 1 | I make my bed. | I make my bed. | |
| 2 | I tidy my room. | I tidy my room. | |
| 3 | I cook. | I cook. | |
| 4 | I lay the table. | I lay the table. | |
| 5 | I wash up. | I wash up. | |
| 6 | I dry the dishes. | I dry the dishes. | |
| 7 | I do the washing. | I do the washing. | |
| 8 | I dust. | I dust. | |
| 9 | I vacuum. | I vacuum. | |
| 10 | I do the ironing. | I do the ironing. | |
About this game
You are a happy hungry little frog in the jungle in the middle of a starry night. Catch the flies to feed yourself (and practice English just for fun).
You can play the game on a tablet or desktop computer. On tablet you move the frog by tapping where you want it to move to. On a computer, use the arrow keys on your keyboard to move. Sometimes a big bird swoops through the forest catching unwary amphibians so stay alert and get out of the way of its beak!
Scoring is based on the level of your chosen topic: for beginner topics (8 questions) catching a fly is +10 points,correct answers are +50 points, wrong answers are -20 points and being eaten by a bird is -10 points. For intermediate topics (15 questions) catching a fly is +5 points,correct answers are +25 points, wrong answers are -10 points and being eaten by a bird is -5 points. Your final score is your total points minus your time in seconds.
The highest score for each topic can be saved and seen by clicking on the star button, so get learning and maybe you'll get your own froggy name up in lights!
How to play The frog flies to learn
Helping at home in English
- Choose "The frog flies" from the English games page.
- On the settings page read the Method text, then click on PLAY to start the game.
- You are a small hungry frog sitting on a branch in a big jungle in the middle of the night.
- A fly is buzzing around above your head.
- Use your keyboard arrow keys or tap the screen on your tablet to move the frog and catch the fly.
- You get 10 points (beginner) or 5 points (intermediate) for catching the fly.
- When you catch a fly a question box opens with one text and 3 pictures from the topic you have chosen.
- Match the text to the correct picture by clicking/tapping on the correct picture, or type in 1,2 or 3 on your keyboard.
- If you answer correctly you score an additional 50 / 25 points - a wrong answer loses you 20 / 10 points.
- Additional branches are added to the scene occasionally
- Continue to catch flies and answer questions. Avoid the bird that flies across the screen.
Sound effects for this game supplied by freesfx.co.uk.