Funny excuses

Your best You are

START You haven’t friend is You lost your invited to
done your having a party job. dinner, but
(home)work. but you don’t you find the
want to go. meal horrible

You invited You have to You should

some friends read a book, take a plane, You are late for
to dinner, but MISS A but it is but you are an exam.
you burnt the TURN boring. afraid.
meat.

You scratched You don’t You have a Your mother in

a car at a want to stand crush on your law comes to
parking lot. in a line at the English visit you and
supermarket. teacher. your house is a
mess.

You have to You got a You have to The girl you

pay for your present, but give a love invited
dinner, but you you find it ugly speech, but you to a ball,
don’t have the and want to you forgot it but you can’t
money. change it. at home. dance.

You promised You stained

Your cat ate GO to be home You crashed your sister’s
the neighbor’s FORWARD 2 early, but it is your mum’s dress with red
hamster. SQUARES over midnight. car. wine.

You are at an You forgot You lost an

important your best important
meeting and friend’s document of GO BACK 3
your blouse is birthday. your firm. SQUARES
dirty.

The police You bought You a are

You didn’t stopped you, your girlfriend invited to a
wake up on but you forgot MISS A red roses, but cruise but you
time. your driver’s TURN they are get sea sick,
license. withered.

Everybody Your dog bit MISS A

finds you an old lady TURN
FINISH
rude. who hates
dogs.
 Instructions for the teacher.

Preparation
 Print the board games on tick paper or a cardboard; laminate them if you want to use them
many times.
 Find tokens for each student.
 Provide dices.
 Divide the class into groups of 3 – 4 students each.
 Give each group a board game and a dice.
 Give each student a token (or bean, coin, button, etc.).

The game
 The players put their tokens on the first square.
 The first student throws the dice and moves his token ahead the corresponding number of
squares.
 The student has to find a funny excuse for the situation.
Example: You haven’t done your (home)work. – My uncle trom India came to visit me.

 If the answer is correct, the student stays, if the answer is incorrect, he has to go back
where he came from.

 If the student comes to a square with the symbol , he rolls the die again.
 The first student who takes a number that places his token on “FINISH” or surpasses it is
the winner.