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cookies

whisper

July

act

see

2013

sell

eat

walk

man

speak

teacher

cat

email

pub

find

oranges

ride

in March

move

bag

cry

shop

police

football

nurse

last week

India

thirsty

kind

put

happy

yesterday

hug

gold

look

quickly

dry

new

blue

full

well

strong

chair

forest

between cheerfully

young

look

new

last night

across

study

tired

make

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In this class activity, teams work together to make up a story in the past simple tense.
Before class, make one copy of the cards and cut as indicated.
Procedure
Divide the class into four teams. Choose one student in each team to keep score.
Shuffle the cards and place them face down in a pile.
Take the top three cards and write the words on the board.
Explain that the aim of the activity is to make up a story in the past simple tense. Tell the
class that the teams must work together to continue the story.
One student from the first team starts the story. The student can say anything, but they must
keep talking until they use one or more of the words on the board.
Every word used scores 1 point, so in any one turn a team can gain between one and three
points. When a student uses a verb, it must be in the past simple tense.
Once the student has completed their turn, the next team plays and continues the story.
Before the next team starts, the teacher wipes out any words used and takes new ones from
the pack and writes them on the board. So there should always be three words on the board
at any one time.
Try to repeat the last sentence as you move from team to team, so the main idea of the story
is kept alive.
The team with the highest score at the end wins.

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