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Teacher notes

Past board game

Language point What do I do?
Past simple tense 1 Divide students into groups of 3 or 4.

2 Give each player a counter and each

Aim group a dice.

To practise the past simple tense and 3 Students place their counters on
develop fluency. START and throw the dice to decide
who starts.

4 Student A throws the dice and moves

Activity
forward that number of squares.
Students ask and answer questions using
5 Student B asks Student A the question
the past simple in order to move along the
on that square. If Student A answers
board and reach the end.
with the correct form, and
the rest of the group agree that the
answer is correct, Student A's counter
Organization remains where it is. If the answer is
incorrect, the counter returns to its
Group work. original square.

To develop fluency, encourage the group to

Preparation
Make a copy of the board game for
each group of three or four students.
Each player needs a counter and each
group needs a dice.
develop a short conversation after each
answer with follow up questions.
6 Students take it in turns, repeating
step 5 and moving around the board
until one student reaches FINISH.
This student is the winner!

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Where
Wha t t im e
did you go What did
Start did you go
for your you eat for
Miss a
to bed last turn!
last breakfast?
night?
vacation?
9 8 7 6 5
Where did
What did Who did What did
you go to Go back 2 you eat for you see you do
school when
spaces lunch yesterday last
you were ?
yesterday? summer?
younger?
10 11 12 13 14
What did Where did What sports
you do you l iv e did you do When did Move
for your w hen you when you you last forward 2
last w ere fiv e were swim?
years old?
spaces
birthday? younger?
19 18 17 16 15

What did What did

What did What did
Miss a you watch
you wear you buy
you do last on TV
yesterday turn! yesterday
yesterday
? night? ?
?

20 21 22 23 24
How many
What did When did Where did Move
ph one call s
you eat for you last buy you spend
dinner last
did you
a New Year's
forward 3
ma ke
night? newspaper? Eve last year? spaces!
yest erd ay?
28 27 26 25
When did What food
Finish Go back 2 you last play
Who did
you kis s
did you
hate when
spaces! a game like you were
yest er day?
this? younger?

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