Past continuous and Used to bluff

Past continuous and Used to bluffing games

Activity 1: Past Continuous and used to sentence completion bluff

Choose one of the sentence stems on the next page below for your partner to complete as quickly as they can, using their imagination if they can’t think of anything true. Ask follow-up questions if you like and guess if it is true or not. Then take turns doing the same.

Activity 2: Past Continuous and used to presentations bluff

Choose one of the topics on this page below and talk about it for at least two minutes. Again, it can be a true or false story. Your partner won’t interrupt you or ask questions, so just keep on talking. When they have finished (and perhaps asking questions), they will guess if your story is true, is false, or is a mix of true and false. They don’t have to guess which details are made up, just the overall truth of the story. Then take turns doing the same.

A hobby that I lost interest in

My oldest possession

A childhood possession I remember well

A concert I went to

A car crash I saw or was in

A time I injured myself

A ceremony I really enjoyed

A nice/ unpleasant surprise

The most frightening thing that has ever happened to me

A concert I went to

A time when I got really lost

The first time I met _________________

A crime that I witnessed

A crime that I was a victim of

Try to guess the stories of the people in the book and then listen and check.

What can you say when listening to an anecdote to show interest and encourage them to say more without interrupting?

Used to sentences to complete

I used to ___________________________________________________ until I was ten

I didn’t used to _______________________________________________ until recently

I used to _____________________________, but I don’t any longer (= I don’t anymore)

I used to _____________________________________ until my mother told me to stop

I used to ______________________________________________ (almost) every day.

I used to _________________________________________________ a long time ago.

Past Continuous sentence to complete

Section A

I ________________________________________ while I was walking down the street.

___________________________________________________ while I was taking a bath.

I _________________________________________________ while I was riding my bike.

Section B

I accidentally hit someone while ______________________________________________

I last cried while __________________________________________________________

The last time I shouted was while ____________________________________________

I last got angry while _______________________________________________________

I met my (ex) boyfriend/ girlfriend/ husband/ wife while ____________________________

I was robbed while ________________________________________________________

I was shouted at while _____________________________________________________

I was insulted while _______________________________________________________

I was criticized while ______________________________________________________

I was arrested while _______________________________________________________

I lost something valuable while _______________________________________________

I last felt nauseous (= felt sick) while _________________________________________

I last spent 5000 dollars while _______________________________________________

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Related pages

Past continuous page

Used to page

Past tenses page

Bluffing games blog post

Sentence completion blog post