Alibi ESL EFL game past continuous and simple worksheet pdf

Alibi ESL EFL Game to Practice the Past Continuous and the Simple Past Tense

Alibi is a fun game played as role play to practice the simple past tense and the past continuous tense. This game can be played with students of Intermediate level and up.

How to Play it?

You will need: two Suspect role cards and two Police officer role cards per four students

• Tell students there was a robbery at the school between 7.00 p.m. and midnight yesterday, and that all the money was stolen from the school safe. The police suspect the students from your class were responsible!

   

• Divide the class equally into police officers and suspects. (If there is an odd number of students, have more police officers than suspects.) Put the suspects into pairs. Give each pair Suspect role card A or B and send them out of the room to prepare their story.

   

• Put the police in pairs or groups and give them the corresponding Police officer role cards. Allow them time to prepare questions.

   

• When all the students are ready, bring the suspects back into the room. Separate them, and match them with a corresponding police officer. The police officers interview the suspects and make brief notes of the suspects’ answers.

   

• When the interviews have finished, the police officers return to their original pairs/groups and compare notes to see if there are any discrepancies in the suspects’ stories. The suspects return to their partners to discuss the answers they gave to the questions, and to see if they made any mistakes.

   

• The police officers report back to the whole class in turn and say if they think their suspects are guilty or innocent, giving reasons for their decision.

  
  

Have Fun!

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