TEACHER’S NOTES

WORKSHEETS, ACTIVITIE S & GA ME S Was/Were Board Game

Activity Type Introduction

Grammar and Speaking In this was and were board game, students review the verb to be
Game: asking and in the past simple by playing a game where they give true or false
answering questions, true answers to questions.
or false, guessing (group
work) Procedure
Divide the students into groups of three or four.
Focus
Give each group a copy of the game board, a set of true or false
Was and were cards, a dice and counters.

Ask the students to shuffle the cards and place them face-down in a
Aim pile next to the game board. Nominate one student in each group
To review the verb to to keep score.
be in the past simple
by playing a board Players place their counters on the start square. Players then take
game where you give it in turns to roll the dice and move their counter along the board.
true or false answers to
questions. When a player lands on a square, they pick up a true or false card
from the pile and look at it, without showing anyone.

Preparation The player then answers the question on the square using was
or were by giving either true or false information as indicated on
Make one copy of the the card.
game board and cards
for each group of three When the player has answered the question, the other students
or four and cut the cards ask follow-up questions to determine if the player is lying or
out as indicated. Enlarge telling the truth.
the game board to A3 if
possible. Also, provide After a few questions have been answered, the other students
a dice and counters for guess whether the player's answer is true or false.
each group.
The player then reveals the answer. The students who guessed
correctly each score one point.
Level
The next player then rolls the dice and so on.
Pre-intermediate (A2)
When a player reaches the finish, the game ends and the points
are added up. The student with the most points wins the game.
Time
30 minutes This game can also be played without the true or false element.
In this version, when a player lands on a square, they answer
the question and talk about their answer for 30 seconds without
stopping. If a player can't think of anything to say, makes a
grammar mistake or stops talking before the time is up, they
move back to their previous square or miss a turn. The first
student to reach the finish wins the game.

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WORKSHEETS, ACTIVITIE S & GA ME S Was/Were Board Game

What was Were your Who was

Where were
Were you sick your first parents strict your favourite
last month? computer
you last
teacher and
Finish
when you
night?
like? were young? why?

Where were
you last New
Year's Eve?

What was What bands What was

What was the What was the Were you late
your country were popular your favourite
name of your best meal you to class last
like when you when you toy when you
first pet? ate recently? week?
were a child? were young? were a child?

Who was your

first crush?

What was Where were Were you

How were When was How old were
your favourite you last asleep at
you feeling the last public you five years
game as a Saturday eleven o'clock
yesterday? holiday? ago?
child? afternoon? last night?

When were
you born?

What was
What was
Were your favourite Who was What was the
your favourite How was your
you busy sport when absent from weather like
TV show last weekend?
yesterday? you were the last class? yesterday?
year? young?

How old were

you when you
learned to
ride a bicycle?

Who was your

Were you Who were What was
Where were best friend in
Start a naughty you with last your last
you born? elementary
child? Sunday? holiday like?
school?

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Give a Give a
TRUE Answer FALSE Answer

Give a Give a
TRUE Answer FALSE Answer

Give a Give a
TRUE Answer FALSE Answer

Give a Give a
TRUE Answer FALSE Answer

Give a Give a
TRUE Answer FALSE Answer

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