Activity

Who killed Tom?

Present perfect continuous review mystery game.

  1. Set the scene: there are 4 suspects who were Tom`s friends. Rikuto, Shun, Karen and Hana. Tom, the exchange student, was killed that morning on the school grounds by one of them.

  2. Students make groups and they number themselves in order. Number 1 comes to you for the first sentence as many times as it takes to write down what they heard.

  3. After writing the sentence and its translation, they check with a teacher and the next person can go.

  4. After unfolding the story and the suspects alibis, students begin to piece together the mystery killer.

  • Students loved this activity because they were determined to get justice for Tom.
  • The themes of dating and unrequited love got students excited and more invested into the story.
  • The English is pretty high level. For lower level classes, just cut out unnecessary parts and simplify the English.
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Submitted by ericainjapan July 23, 2024 Estimated time: 50 minutes
  1. Mullberry July 24, 2024

    I once did an acvity like this and the JTE put himself as the killed person lol it was very funny but I like the idea of a lovers quril more. Great idea!

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