TEACHER’S NOTES

WORKSHEETS, ACTIVITIE S & GA ME S When, While, and As

Activity Type Introduction

Listening and speaking In this imaginative past simple and past continuous game,
activity students connect the past continuous and past simple together
with the words 'when', 'while' and 'as'.

Focus Procedure
Past continuous
Divide the students into groups of four.
Past simple
Give each group a set of activity cards and a set of picture cards.
'When', 'while', and 'as'
clauses Tell the students to spread out the two sets of cards face down on
the desk, keeping the two sets separate.

Aim Explain that the students are going to take it in turns to turn over
an activity card and a picture card and make a sentence in the
To make sentences in the
past continuous and past simple with the words 'when', 'while' or
past continuous and past
'as', using the two cards as prompts.
simple with the words
'when', 'while' and 'as'.
Demonstrate the activity by picking an activity card and picture
card.
Preparation
Write an example sentence using the past continuous and past
Make one copy of the simple with 'when', 'while' or 'as' on the board.
activity cards and picture
cards for each group of Example: Activity card: ride a bicycle Picture card: a fly
four and cut as indicated.
Keep the two sets I was riding my bicycle when a fly flew into my mouth.
separate.
Repeat with more examples and elicit possible sentences from
the students.
Level
Students then take it in turns to turn over an activity card and
Pre-intermediate (A2)
picture card and make a sentence in the past continuous and past
simple with 'when', 'while' or 'as'.
Time
Encourage the students to create imaginative sentences, but
30 minutes remind them that their sentences must be grammatically correct.
The other students in the group judge each sentence. If the group
members agree that a sentence is correct, the student who made
the sentence keeps the two cards.

If a student is unable to make a sentence or the sentence is

incorrect, the two cards are turned back over and play passes to
the next student.

Students continue in this way until all the cards have been used.
The student with the most cards at the end of the game wins.

Afterwards, get feedback from the class and find out the most
imaginative or amusing sentences.

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Activity cards

ride a bicycle walk in the park have lunch write an email

talk on the phone buy some food read a book play badminton

swim in the sea drive home do yoga surf the Internet

cook dinner do the housework go to bed ski down a mountain

play football study English watch TV do homework

do the gardening climb a ladder listen to music go to the cinema

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Picture cards

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