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Holiday Romance
Name:
Who was the man?

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Fold

Where did he go on holiday and who did he go with?

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Where did they stay?

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Who was the woman?

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Where did the man meet the woman?

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What did the woman say to the man?

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What did the man say to the woman?

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Where did they go together and what did they do?

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What happened next?

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At the end of his holiday, what did the man decide to do?

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Holiday Romance
In this activity, students create a story by inventing answers to questions and writing them
down. The language focus is on past simple regular and irregular verbs as well as travel and
holiday vocabulary.
Before class, make one copy of the worksheet for each student.
Procedure
Ask the students to work in groups of five or six.
Tell them that they are going to write a story about a holiday romance by imagining answers
to some questions.
Ask each group of five to six students to sit in a circle.
Give a copy of the worksheet to each student and ask them to write their name at the top
and then fold the paper as indicated.
The students should hand their paper to the person on their right.
The student on the right answers the first question (Who was the man?) by inventing details
and writing the answer in the space provided. The student then folds the paper and passes
the paper to the person on the right who answers the next question and so on.
Make sure the students fold the paper correctly. They shouldn't be able to see what was
written before.
This continues until all the questions have been completed.
Encourage the students to be as imaginative or as amusing as they like.
When the last question has been answered, ask the students to give the story back to the
person whose name is at the top of the worksheet.
This person corrects any mistakes they find, and then reads the story to the group.
When everyone has finished, ask each group to choose the best story from their group. This
story can be read aloud to the class. The class then votes for the best story.

Written by Marco Olivo for Teach-This.com 2013