Gone in 30 Seconds
ESL / EFL RESOURCES
TEACHER'S NOTES
Gone in 30 Seconds Board Game
Activity Type
Reading and speaking activity, group work
Language Focus
Past simple affirmative and negative sentences, regular and irregular past simple verb forms
Aim
To talk about everyday topics in the past simple tense.
Preparation
Make one copy of the game board for each group of three or four. Enlarge the game board to A3 if possible. You will also need to prepare some dice and counters.
Level
Pre-intermediate (A2)
Time
30 minutes
Introduction
This past simple board game helps students to utilize their knowledge of the past simple to talk about a variety of everyday topics.
Procedure
Explain that the students are going to play a board game where they have to talk about various topics for 30 seconds using the past simple tense.
Divide the students into groups of three or four.
Give each group a copy of the game board, a dice and counters.
Have one student keep the time in each group.
Students place their counters on the start square.
Students then take it in turns to roll the dice and move their counter along the board.
When a student lands on a square, they have to talk about the topic on the square in the past simple tense for 30 seconds without stopping.
If a student can't think of anything to say, makes a grammar mistake, or stops talking before the 30 seconds are up, they must go back to their previous square.
The first student to reach the finish wins the game.
As an alternative, you could have the students miss a turn instead of going back to their previous square.
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ESL / EFL RESOURCES
PAST SIMPLE AFFIRMATIVE AND NEGATIVE
Gone in 30 Seconds Board Game
the last time you woke up late
something interesting you did last
week
the last time you went to
a park
the last time you went out with
your friends
Move ahead 4 spaces
the house you lived in when you were a child
a restaurant you went to
recently
a town or city you lived in when you were a child
the last time you went to the cinema
Go back 2 spaces
what you did before class
how you came to class today
what you did last weekend
what you did last night
a holiday you didn't enjoy very
much
Oh no! Go back
the last time you went to
a beach
the last time you went to
a zoo
a frightening experience
you had
your last holiday
the last time you were bored
Go back 3 spaces
a place you visited last
year
Oh no! Go back
to the start
the last time you came home late
the last time you walked
very far
the last time you spent a lot of money
Finish
the last time you cooked some food
the last time you felt very
tired
what you studied in
the last English class
a party you didn't enjoy
Miss a turn
a hobby you used to have
the first time you went abroad
Move ahead 2 spaces
Go back 2 spaces
what you had for lunch
yesterday
a person you met last
week
the last time you played a game or
sport
Start
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