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The document outlines a classroom activity designed to teach students the difference between present perfect and past simple through a true or false guessing game. Students create surprising statements about themselves and their classmates, while others ask follow-up questions to determine the truth. The game encourages group interaction and language practice in a fun and engaging way.

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Believe it or not

The document outlines a classroom activity designed to teach students the difference between present perfect and past simple through a true or false guessing game. Students create surprising statements about themselves and their classmates, while others ask follow-up questions to determine the truth. The game encourages group interaction and language practice in a fun and engaging way.

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TEACHER’S NOTES

WORKSHEETS, ACTIVITIE S & GA ME S Believe it or not!

Activity Type Introduction


Grammar and Speaking In this amusing present perfect and past simple game, students
Game: true or false, make surprising true or false present perfect statements about
sentence completion, themselves and their classmates determine whether they are lying
asking and answering or telling the truth by asking past simple follow-up questions.
questions, guessing
(group work) Procedure
Demonstrate the game by writing a surprising or unbelievable
Focus true or false statement on the board in the present perfect using
one of the introductory phrases from the cards, e.g. 'This may
Present perfect and past
seem hard to believe, but I've been to Tibet'.
simple
Ask the students to determine whether the statement is true or
false by asking you past simple follow-up questions, e.g. 'When
Aim
did you go to Tibet?' Answer each question in turn. After a few
To play a true or false questions, ask the students if they think the statement is true or
guessing game by false. Then, reveal the answer.
making present perfect
statements and asking Next, divide the students into groups of four.
past simple follow-up
questions. Give each group a set of sentence cards and true or false cards.
Ask the students to shuffle each set of cards separately and place
them face down on the table in two piles. Students will also need
Preparation a pen and paper for keeping score.
Make one copy of the
One player goes first and picks up a sentence card from one pile
cards for each group of
and a true or false card from the other, without showing anyone.
four and cut as indicated,
keeping the sentence
If the player picks up a true card, they make a true present
cards and true or false
perfect statement about themselves from the prompt on the
cards separate.
sentence card. If the player picks up a false card, they make a
false statement, but pretends it's true.
Level
The other group members then take it in turns to ask past simple
Intermediate (B1) follow-up questions to the player to try to determine whether the
statement is true or false.

Time After a few questions have been asked, each group member
35 minutes decides if the player's statement is true or false.

The player then reveals the answer. Each group member who
guessed correctly, scores a point. The sentence card is then
discarded and the true or false card is placed back in the pile and
shuffled.

The turn then passes to the next player. The game continues until
all the cards have been used.

The student with the most points at the end of the game wins.

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PRESENT PERFECT VS. PAST SIMPLE

WORKSHEETS, ACTIVITIE S & GA ME S Believe it or not!

This may seem hard to believe, but You may not believe this, but I've
I've been to... never been to...

You'll find this hard to believe, but You won't believe this, but I've
I've already... worked...

As amazing as it sounds, I haven't


Believe it or not, I've woken up...
seen... yet.

You won't believe this, but I've just... Believe it or not, I've had...

You may not believe me, but I haven't


Would you believe, I've never had...
had... since...

This may sound unbelievable, but I know it's hard to believe, but I’ve
I've... never...

You'll never believe this, but I've You'll find this hard to believe, but
always liked... I've always been interested in...

This may seem hard to believe, but


You may not believe this, but I've...
I've never liked...

Believe it or not, I've always been


You won't believe this, but I've met...
good at...

You may not believe me, but I've Would you believe, I've never been
never tried... able to...

I know it's hard to believe, but I've As amazing as it sounds, I've never
seen... made...

You may not believe this, but I've You'll never believe this, but I've
walked... visited...

This may sound unbelievable, but I've This may seem hard to believe, but
ridden... I've taken...

You may not believe this, but I've This may seem hard to believe, but
gone... I've taken part in...

TRUE FALSE

TRUE FALSE

TRUE FALSE

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