Intro Student 1 Student 2 Student 3 Student 4
Students work in groups of three to four. Each student is given the beginning of a story. One student reads the beginning of their story to the group. The student then continues the story by describing an event. The rest of the group then asks the student detailed questions so as to prompt the student to continue the telling of the story.
Students should focus on using the Past Simple and Past Continuous to properly describe each story. When the story has become difficult to continue, students should switch roles.
Student One's Situation: A man was drifting on a road...
A man was drifting on a road. Suddenly, the water on the road made him swerve.
What did the man do?
He slowed down.
How slow was he going?
He slowed down to 20 mph.
What happened when he slowed down to 20 mph?
He didn't crash and kept driving.
I was walking home from school yesterday…
My friends were at a motorcycle race…
When I was 14 years old…
My brother was learning to drive…
My friend and I were waiting for the bus the other day…
A woman was studying at the library…
While Joe was driving in the city…
I was stuck in traffic on the highway…