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THEME 4 WHAT A LIFE

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

5 Convince Me With Your Reason

This activity enables students to describe places, people, and events in the past. It also helps them to practice their
speaking and listening skills.

Materials and Preparation

Copy and cut out the action cards on page 80.

Procedure

1 Divide the class into groups of four.
2 Shuffle the cards and give each group an equal deck of them. The first student picks up an action card and asks the
player on his/her right e.g., “Why were you sitting on the top of the roof when I saw you?” The other player must give
a convincing answer such as “Because I was watching the stars from the roof.”
3 If the explanation is convincing, the player can discard the action card.
4 If the player gives a doubtful answer and cannot convince the majority of the students in his/her group, s/he must
keep the action card.
5 The first player to get rid of all his/her action cards wins the game.

6 Tell Me About Yourself

This activity enables students to talk about personal experiences in the past. It also helps them to practice listening,
speaking and reading skills.

Materials and Preparation

Copy and cut up the worksheet on page 81 for each group of four students.

Procedure

1 Give each group a set of conversation cards.
2 Ask students to shuffle the cards and place them face down on the desk.
3 Tell them to take it in turns to take a conversation card from the pile and complete each sentence with their personal
experience. Ask them to talk at least for 30 seconds about each card. Encourage the other group members to ask for
detail in order to get extra information.
4 When the activity is over, get them to decide on the most interesting personal experience and share it with the class.

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