Grammar
Look at the sentence and choose the correct option:
I have been to Brazil three times in my life.
OR
I went to Brazil three times in my life.
Explain why!
The correct answer is "I have been to Brazil..." because it talks about a life experience in an unspecified time (Present Perfect).
"I went" would require a specific past time like "in 2022".
Fashionable
De moda, novedoso, a la moda.
Your phone is ringing right now! How do you say "Yo atiendo" in English?
Correct answer: "I will answer it."
(We use will for instant, spontaneous decisions).
Say the past participle of these verbs:
- To be
- To buy
- To meet
Been
Bought
Met
Choose the correct past forms:
"While we walked / were walking in the forest, a wolf appeared / was appearing."
While we were walking in the forest, a wolf appeared.
Choose one player from your team.
Board Challenge!
Write one correct sentence using the Past Simple and the Past Continuous together. You have 30 seconds!
Kettle
Pava eléctrica, hervidor eléctrico.
Imagine you bought tickets for a Coldplay concert tomorrow. How do you tell the class about your plan.
I am going to the Coldplay concert tomorrow or I am seeing Coldplay tomorrow.
Say the past participle form of these verbs:
- To know
- To ride
- To see
Known
Ridden
Seen
The Alibi
The teacher is a detective. Someone stole the school trophy yesterday at exactly 4:00 PM! Choose two players. They stand up and tell the teacher what they were doing at that exact moment.
Board Challenge!
There is a mistake in this sentence. Send a player to the board to rewrite it correctly:
"If you want to pass the exam, you ought to studying more."
The correct sentence is:
"If you want to pass the exam, you ought to study more."
(Modal verbs like ought to or should are always followed by the infinitive form without -ing).
Plug (something) in
Conectar, enchufar.
Ultimate Future Challenge!
Look at the verb 'THINK'. Your team has to create three correct future sentences using 'THINK'.
Look at these three time expressions.
Say the correct preposition (FOR or SINCE) for each one:
"... 2018"
"... five hours"
"... last Monday"
SINCE 2018
FOR five hours
SINCE last Monday
Hot Potato Challenge!
The teacher will start a 40-second countdown. Your team must collectively build one complex past sentence. Every player must add one sentence or part to create the sentence.
Explain the difference in meaning between these two sentences to the teacher:
"I am flying to London tomorrow."
"I think I will fly to London next year."
Present Continuous for future: It's a 100% fixed plan or arrangement (they already have the tickets).
Will: It's a future prediction, hope, or distant intention based on an opinion (not a concrete plan yet).
Court
Pista, cancha.
The Fortune Teller
You have to make four crazy predictions about the teacher's future using "will" or "won't".
Explain the exact difference in meaning between these two sentences:
"My sister has gone to the tech store to fix her phone."
"My sister has been to the tech store to fix her phone."
Sentence 1 (Has gone): She is still at the tech store right now. She hasn't returned.
Sentence 2 (Has been): She went to the tech store, fixed the phone, and she is already back home now.
The teacher will suddenly say two completely random and unrelated words. You have 40 seconds to create a sentence.
Words:
Monkey / Shower
Fluency Challenge! Choose the best speaker in your team.
Stand up and talk to the class for 45 seconds straight about something fun you did in your last holidays. You CAN'T REPEAT WORDS.
Knock Down
Derribar.
Translate this sentence:
"Sé que mañana vas a jugar al tenis a las 5, pero ¿me vas a ayudar con la tarea antes?"
I know you are playing tennis tomorrow at 5, but will you help me with my homework before?
Drama Challenge!
Listen "Where have you been?" by Rihanna
Two players from your team must stand up and act out a dramatic couple's fight.
THE RULES:
Player 1 must look at Player 2 furiously and shout the exact Rihanna line: "Where have you been?!"
Player 2 must defend themselves by giving a dramatic excuse using the Present Perfect + JUST or ALREADY.
The Word-by-Word Memory Chain
Your team must build one correct sentence combining Past Simple and Past Continuous.
⚠️ THE RULES:
Player 1 says the first word. Player 2 repeats word 1 and adds word 2. Player 3 repeats words 1 and 2, and adds word 3, and so on...
The sentence MUST contain either WHEN or WHILE.
If someone forgets a word or breaks the grammar, the chain breaks!