Objectives & Sequence: This lesson is intended to be used as a review of Grammar - Past Simple & Continuous.
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 their story beginning 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 swimming in a lake...
A man was swimming in a lake. Suddenly, the water in the lake started to become very cold.
What did the man see in the water?
He saw a large green monster.
What was the monster doing?
The monster was swimming closer to the man.
What did the monster look like?
The monster was green and looked like a large snake.
- I was walking home from school yesterday….
- My friends were having a picnic in the park…
- When I was 14 years old…
- A man was taking a nap on his sofa…
- My brother and I were waiting for the bus the other day…
- A woman was studying at the library…
- While Joe was working out at the gym…
- I was waiting in line at Starbucks….