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PONG

Aim: Break the bricks, score points

Method:
Use your mouse or arrow keys to move the paddle to bounce the ball up the screen.

Answer questions by breaking the white bricks.

Your final score is based on correct answers, bricks broken and time taken.

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Appearance

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Appearance

Pong game to learn Welsh : Appearance

This is our version of the classic early computer game "Breakout" ( itself a development of the even earlier "Pong" game - we prefer that name ) where a player controls a bar that knocks a ball or puck around the screen.

Play Pong to learn Welsh at learn-welsh.net

In our version of Pong/Breakout, there are 3 types of bricks for you to break: green bricks are worth 2 points; yellow bricks are worth 50 points; white bricks which are worth 10 points and result in a Welsh language question for the topic you have chosen.

With our Pong game for "Appearance" you will be learning the Welsh vocabulary for the topic Appearance. The language you will learn is in the vocabulary list below, and consists of 20 Sentences that describe what people look like.


1	Mae llygaid brown a gwallt coch 'da hi.	She has brown eyes and red hair.
2	Mae llygaid glas a gwallt melyn 'da hi.	She has blue eyes and blond hair.
3	Mae llygaid llwyd a gwallt brith 'da fe.	He has grey eyes and grey hair.
4	Mae llygaid gwyrdd 'da fe. Mae e'n foel.	He has green eyes. He is bald.
5	Mae llygaid brown a gwallt byr 'da fe.	He has brown eyes and short hair.
6	Mae llygaid brown a gwallt brown 'da hi.	She has brown eyes and brown hair.
7	Mae llygaid glas a gwallt glas 'da fe.	He has blue eyes and blue hair.
8	Mae llygaid brown a gwallt hir 'da hi.	She has brown eyes and long hair.
9	Mae llygaid brown tywyll 'da fe. Mae barf 'da fe.	He has dark brown eyes. He has a beard.
10	Mae llygaid brown 'da fe. Mae mwstas 'da fe.	He has brown eyes. He has a moustache.
11	Mae hi'n dal.	She is tall.
12	Mae hi'n fyr.	She is short.
13	Mae e'n ganolig.	He is medium height.
14	Mae e'n gyhyrog.	He is muscular.
15	Mae e'n denau.	He is thin.
16	Mae e'n dew.	He is fat.
17	Mae hi mewn cadair-olwyn.	She is in a wheelchair.
18	Mae dreadlocks 'da fe.	He has dreadlocks.
19	Mae hi'n gwisgo sbectol.	She wears glasses.
20	Mae gwallt du, cyrliog 'da hi.	She has black, curly hair.

You start with 5 lives. If the ball goes below the paddle, a life is lost and you lose 200 points.

The game ends if you you answer all 10 questions or lose all your lives.

Notes

This version of Pong is a one player game to learn or revise Welsh vocabulary
Our Pong for Welsh is a scoring game - play a few times and set a personal best score!
Addictive! You may end up trying to avoid the white bricks so that you can play for longer…

Duck shoot * The frog flies * UXO * Pong

The beetle and the bee * Cat and mouse * Four in a row

Sow grow * Rock fall * Pelmanism

Mix and match * Hangman * The spelling game

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How to play Pong to learn
Appearance in Welsh

Screenshot of Pong to learn Welsh at learn-welsh.net

Select the Pong game from the games selection page.
On the settings page there are brief instructions on how to play.
Click on PLAY to enter the game screen.
The clock starts when the bell rings.
Move your mouse (or finger drag in the white bar for touch screens) to move your paddle left and right.
Knock the ball back up the screen to break the bricks.
You start with 1000 points.
You lose 1 point every 2 seconds.
200 points are deducted from your score for each life lost
Green bricks score 2 points, yellow bricks score 50 points, white bricks score 10 points and open the question screen.
For each question click/tap on the picture that matches the Welsh audio you have heard.
Wrong answers lose you 25 points but correct answers win you 50 points.
Continue breaking bricks and answering questions until you have cleared all the question bricks.
The game also ends if you lose all 5 of your lives.

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Pong game to learn Welsh : Appearance

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How to play Pong to learn Appearance in Welsh

How to play Pong to learn
Appearance in Welsh