Ghosts


INTRO This is a communicative game for reviewing past tense.

STEP 1 Draw the above on the whiteboard.

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" 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
* they make a grammar mistake
* they take too long
* they make a ridiculous sentence
A
B
C