Ghosts

INTRO This is a communicative game for reviewing past tense.

STEP 1 Draw the above on the whiteboard. Each team has 3 lives.

STEP 2 Divide the class into teams. Brainstorm past tense verbs (get a lot). Explain the rules on the right. Model the exercise. The idea is that the first team

starts with the word "First", the second team "Next", the third team "Then" and so on, making past tense sentences. Every time you come round to "First" the story can start in a new situation.

STEP 3 The  teams that  lose three lives die and  become  ghosts. The last team is

the winner.

First, he got out of bed.

Next,

Then,

After that,

Finally, 

Past Tense Verbs

went

read

said

found

etc, etc

A team loses a life if

* they repeat a verb

  already used

* they make a grammar mistake

* they take too long

* they make a ridiculous sentence

A

B

C

GHOSTS