Gone in 30 seconds Board Game. An Engaging ESL Board Game too talk about everyday topics in the past simple tense – Free Downloadable and printable PDF Included
Gone in 30 seconds Board Game – PDF
Activity Type: Reading and speaking activity, group work
Language Focus: Past simple affirmative and negative sentences, regular and irregular past simple verb forms
Aim: To talk about everyday topics in the past simple tense Level: Pre-intermediate (A2) Time: 30 minutes
Introduction
This past simple board game helps students to utilize their knowledge of the past simple to talk about a variety of everyday topics..
Preparation
Make one copy of the game board for each group of three or four. Enlarge the game board to A3 if possible. You will also need to prepare some dice and counters
Procedure
- Explain that the students are going to play a board game where they have to talk about various topics for 30 seconds using the past simple tense.
- Divide the students into groups of three or four.
- Give each group a copy of the game board, a dice and counters. Have one student keep the time in each group.
- Students place their counters on the start square.
- Students then take it in turns to roll the dice and move their counter along the board.
- When a student lands on a square, they have to talk about the topic on the square in the past simple tense for 30 seconds without stopping.
- If a student can’t think of anything to say, makes a grammar mistake, or stops talking before the 30 seconds are up, they must go back to their previous square.
- The first student to reach the finish wins the game.
- As an alternative, you could have the students miss a turn instead of going back to their previous square.
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