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THEME 4 WHAT A LIFE

FUNCTIONS
F1 Describing places, people, and events in the past
11 GRADE F2 Ordering events
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F3 Talking about personal experiences in the past
1 Order Quickly

This activity enables students to order the events in the past. It also encourages students to improve their speaking,
reading, and writing skills.

Materials and Preparation

Make enough photocopies of the worksheet on page 77 for each student.

Procedure

1 Hand out a photocopy for each student.
2 Tell them to rewrite the sentences using the correct past forms and a conjunction.
3 Remind them that they have only 5 minutes to finish.
4 The one who finishes first reads his/her sentences. If there is a mistake, another student gets the chance to read his/
her sentences.
5 The student who has the most correct sentences wins the game.

2 Letters Talk!

This activity enables students to form sentences describing places, people, and events in the past. It also encourages
students to improve their speaking, reading and writing skills.

Materials and Preparation

No special preparation is needed.

Procedure

1 Divide the students into teams of four or five. If there aren’t many students, pair work can also be preferred.
2 Tell students that each group/pair needs a piece of paper for writing.
3 Explain that students are going to race to make sentences using only words that begin with certain letters (auxiliary
verbs, prepositions and articles aren’t included) and add that their sentences must describe a place, a person, or an
event in the past.
4 The first group/pair to make a grammatically correct sentence scores one point for each word.
5 Write the letters M and W on the board and give the students the following example: ‘‘My mother was making my
morning meal while Mary was whispering to me.’’ (9 points)
6 Then, write random letters on the board and start the game. If students have problems with the letters, you can only
count the words that begin with the letters you’ve given.
7 In their groups/pairs, the students work together to come up with a sentence.
8 The first group/pair raising their hands can answer.
9 If the sentence is correct, award that group/pair accordingly.
10 If the sentence is illogical and letters aren’t used properly, that group/pair is out of the round and no points are
awarded. Another group/pair can then try to answer.
11 Play several rounds using different letters each time.
12 The group/pair with the most points wins in the end.
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