Take turns continuing a story starting with the words “Brian had a strange weekend” and the words on the cards below in sentences like “He usually… but last weekend… Then….”. Use as many of the cards as you can.
| Useful phrases for storytelling Then/ After that Later Suddenly To his surprise |
Words to use in the stories/ Cards to cut up
speak | break | buy | draw | catch |
| chat | clean | cut | kick | come |
| relax | enjoy | drink | ask | drive |
| eat | sing | lie | walk | get up |
| go | hang | have | see | write |
| hurt | listen to | wear | help | listen |
| make | meet | watch | swim | sleep |
| pay | play | wash | feel | put |
| read | ride | look | dance | put on |
| run | rush/ hurry | shop | skate(board) | close/ shut |
| sit | smell | spill | try | stand |
| stay | steal | go …ing | ski | jump |
| say/ tell | tidy | trip | take | wake |
| cook | call | mix | travel | lock |
| spend | study | brush | wait | fly |
| surf | visit | do | understand | open |
When your teacher stops you, ask about any words above you aren’t sure about, trying to put them into the “He usually… but last weekend…” sentence structure each time.
Listen to a similar story and tick off the verbs above which are used.
Listen again and write the past form of the verbs above which are used to talk about the past.
Tell a similar story about Brian’s plans for next weekend, thinking about bad things that happened last weekend that he doesn’t want to do again.
| Useful language for talking about next weekend On Saturday (morning) On Sunday (afternoon) In the morning Then/ Next/ After that Later want to plan to might will probably |
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