Unit 3
Communication
TELLING AN ANECDOTE TELLING AN ANECDOTE
Student A Student B
1 Look at the pictures. Use the prompts to tell 1 Listen to your partner telling an anecdote.
your partner the anecdote. Ask questions and show interest. Use the Useful
• Invent extra details in your anecdote and use the Language below.
Useful Language below.
• Give your partner time to ask questions and Useful Language
answer them. What were you doing …?
• Start the conversation with: Guess what How did you feel?
happened to me yesterday! What happened next?
Really?
That’s amazing/incredible!
Go on!
What a great story!
Students’ own answers
1 I was walking … 2 I found …
2 Look at the pictures. Use the prompts to tell
your partner the anecdote.
• Invent extra details in your anecdote and use the
Useful Language below.
• Give your partner time to ask questions and
answer them.
• Start the conversation with: Guess what
3 I picked up … 4 On the paper … happened to me yesterday!
There was … inside.
Useful Language
I felt excited/surprised.
Students’ own answers
1 I was walking … 2 A monkey jumped …
2 Listen to your partner telling an anecdote.
Ask questions and show interest. Use the
Useful Language below.
Useful Language
What were you doing …?
How did you feel? 3 Then it jumped … 4 I called …
What happened next?
Really? Useful Language
That’s amazing/incredible! I felt surprised/worried.
Go on!
What a great story! Students’ own answers
Students’ own answers
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