Activity

Past Simple BINGO Spinner

An activity to practice past simple sentences.

Students work in pairs.
They play Janken to decide which student should go first.
The winner spins his or her pencil on the spinning wheel.

For example:
If the tip of the pencil stops at a number 1, he or she shades off the box with that number and says the sentence, “I/He/She/... drank juice this morning.”

They take turns.
They get points depending on how many bingos they get.

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  • BINGO SPinner.docx (1.13 MB)
  • 2
    Submitted by akopoito January 16, 2024 Estimated time: 10-20 minutes
    1. Aurelio Mizukami January 17, 2024

      @akopoito, This is an interesting activity. To spin a pencil is really fun, but just as a suggestion you could also use an online number generator instead of a pencil. Here is a link to the generator: https://pickerwheel.com/tools/random-number-generator/

    2. kuhlista January 17, 2024

      Great activity!! I really like the pencil spinner bingo idea. I think a way to improve it just a bit/make the students work a bit harder would be to write out the present tense of the verb, the object, and then the time all separately so they have to change the verb tense and then put all of the words together. Ex: drink / juice / this morning

    3. Fernand January 17, 2024

      Hi. Thanks for submitting this activity. Question. Isn't it better to do an activity where students can express themselves using simple English instead of premade sentences where they probably will forget after the lesson? You could make an activity where students could talk about their winter vacation, or during the weekend, or even the night before. I'm sure they can do it. They can say "I watched TV" or "I played video games". After that, they can ask their partner. "What did you do last weekend?" Or simply, "how about you?" Give it a try! Good luck!

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