TEACHER'S NOTES

ESL / EFL RESOURCES Heads and Tails

Activity Type Introduction

Reading and writing This fun team activity can be used to help students practice the
activity, group work past, present and future passive.

Procedure
Language Focus
Divide the class into teams of three.
Past, present and future
passive
Tell the students that they are going to complete the beginnings of
present simple passive sentences with appropriate sports.
Aim
Give each team a copy of the worksheet and set a time limit.
To complete past,
present and future When the time is up, ask the teams to swap their worksheet with
passive sentences with another team for marking.
appropriate words.
Teams score one point for each correct answer.

Preparation Go through the correct answers and write the scores up on the
board.
Make one copy of the
worksheet for each group
Sentence Heads (Sports)
of three.
1. Cricket 8. bowls
2. Darts 9. Tennis
Level 3. Golf 10. Chess
4. Horse racing 11. Football
Upper-intermediate
5. Japanese game 'Go' 12. rugby
6. boxing 13. Table tennis
Time 7. Mah-jong 14. 100 metres

25 minutes Then repeat the process with sentence tails. Sentence tails are
passive sentences in the past, present and future about punishments.

Sentence Tails (Punishments)

1. guillotined   8. b
 reathalysed/arrested/prosecuted
2. flogged/caught   9. burnt
3. be headed 10. stoned to death/divorced
4. hanged 11. caned/beaten
5. electrocuted 12. given detention
6. fined 13. Australia
7. cut off 14. towed away/wheel-clamped

The team with the most points at the end of the game is the winner.

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 PASSIVE

ESL / EFL RESOURCES Heads and Tails

A. Complete the beginnings of these present simple passive sentences with appropriate sports.

Sentence Heads (Sports)

1. _________________ is enjoyed in countries that used to be directly oppressed by Britain.

2. _________________ is played mainly by men in pubs.
3. _________________ tends to be played with a small, pitted ball by rich people
4. _________________ are betted on by many people.
5. The _________________ is played with nothing but a simple board and small round counters.
6. In _________________ a man may not be hit below the belt.
7. _________________ is played by the Chinese, but it used to be banned.
8. In _________________ the big balls have to end up as close as possible to the little ball.
9. _________________ is played by two or four people, often on grass.
10. ________________ is played by big men in parks in Germany.
11. ________________ is watched by millions on TV.
12. In ________________ a try can be converted into a goal.
13. ________________ is dominated by the Chinese.
14. The ________________ is an event often won in the Olympics by black competitors.

B. Now, complete the endings of these past, present and future passive sentences with
appropriate punishments.

Sentence Tails (Punishments)

1. Enemies of the French Revolution were _________________________________________

2. Slaves who tried to escape often got ___________________________________________
3. The only English king to be executed was _______________________________________
4. Until a few years ago, murderers in England were _________________________________
5. Murderers in the USA are still sometimes _______________________________________
6. If you are caught without a TV licence in the UK, you may be _______________________
7. In a few Muslim countries, thieves have their hands _______________________________
8. If the police think you have been drinking and driving, you will be ____________________
9. In Europe, witches used to be ________________________________________________
10. One punishment for an adulterer is to be ______________________________________
11. Students in French schools who misbehave are never _____________________________
12. English school children are often _____________________________________________
13. In the 19th century, English criminals were often deported to ______________________
14. If you park in the wrong place, your car may be _________________________________

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