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Teacher notes

Present perfect board gameLanguage point

Present perfect tense

Aim

To practise the present perfect tense anddevelop fluency.

Activity

Students ask and answer questions usingthe present perfect in order to move alongthe board and reach the end.

Organization

Group work.

Preparation

Make a copy of the board game foreach group of three or four students.

Each player needs a counter and eachgroup needs a dice.

What do I do?

1 Divide students into groups of 3 or 4.

2 Give each player a counter and each group a dice.

3 Students place their counters on START and throw the dice to decide who starts.

4 Student A throws the dice and moves forward that number of squares.

5 Student B asks Student A the question on that square. If Student A answers with the correct form, and the rest of the group agree that the answer is correct, Student A's counter remains where it is. If the answer is incorrect, the counter returns to its original square.

To develop fluency, encourage the group to develop a short conversation after each answer with follow up questions.

6 Students take it in turns, repeating step 5 and moving around the board

until one student reaches FINISH. This student is the winner!

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E S L B A S E R E S O U R C E S

Start

1

Have youev er left a

shopwi th outpay ing?

2Have you

boughtyourselfanything

expensive thismonth?

3

Have youever lied

about yourage?

4

Miss aturn!

9

Who haveyou phoned

today?

8

Go back 2spaces

7

Whathave you

eatentoday?

6

Whatcountrieshave youvisited?

5

Have youever brokena window?

10

Have youeaten in arestaurantthis week?

11

What ha veyou don e

today

12

What is themost

expensivething you'veever bought?

13

What citieshave you

visited thisyear?

14

Moveforward 2

spaces

19

How manytimes

have youbeen to

england?

18

Miss aturn!

17

What haveyou drunk

today?

16

How manytimes haveyou been

inhospital?

15

Have youreceived

a presentthis

month?

20

Have youever skied?

21

Have youever lo st

yourpasspo rt?

22

Wherehave you

beentoday?

23

How manyvacations

have you hadthis year?

24

Moveforward 3

spaces!

Finish28

Go back 2spaces!

27

Have youhad a goodday today?

26

What's thebest presentyou've everreceived?

25

Have youbought anyclothes this

month?

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