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    The document provides teaching notes for an ESL activity called "Just Say Yes" where students practice using the present perfect and past simple tenses. The activity involves students working in groups of three, taking turns asking each other questions from cards about experiences they have had using the present perfect tense. They then follow up with past simple questions to get more details. The goal is to determine who is telling the truth about their experiences and who is lying. The student who correctly guesses the most is the winner.

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    The document provides teaching notes for an ESL activity called "Just Say Yes" where students practice using the present perfect and past simple tenses. The activity involves students working in groups of three, taking turns asking each other questions from cards about experiences they have had using the present perfect tense. They then follow up with past simple questions to get more details. The goal is to determine who is telling the truth about their experiences and who is lying. The student who correctly guesses the most is the winner.

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    TEACHER'S NOTES

    ESL / EFL RESOURCES Just Say Yes

    Activity Type Introduction


    Reading and speaking In this amusing guessing game, students practice the present
    activity, group work perfect to talk about experiences at an unspecified time in the
    past. Students then use the past simple to find out more details.

    Language Focus Procedure


    Present perfect for
    Divide the students into groups of three and give each group a
    experience
    set of cards.
    'Have you ever...?'
    questions and short Ask the students to shuffle the cards and place them face down
    answers in a pile.

    Past simple Tell the students that they are going to take it in turns to interview
    the other people in their group. Explain that their task is to find
    out who is lying and who is telling the truth.
    Aim
    One student takes on the role of the interviewer and begins by
    To ask and answer
    taking the top card from the pile. This student asks the other two
    present perfect 'Have
    students the question on the card using the present perfect with
    you ever...?' questions
    'ever', e.g. 'Have you ever won a competition?'
    and use the past simple
    to ask for and give more
    The other students answer 'Yes, I have', even if it’s not true.
    information.
    The interviewer then asks the two students three past simple
    follow-up questions from the prompts on the card, e.g. 'What
    Preparation
    competition did you enter?'
    Make one copy of the
    cards for each group The interviewer then tries to work out if the students are lying or
    of three and cut as telling the truth, scoring one point for each correct guess.
    indicated.
    The next student then picks up a card and takes on the role of the
    interviewer and so on.
    Level
    The student with the most points at the end of the game wins.
    Intermediate
    Afterwards, have a class feedback session and elicit some of the
    Time interesting things that the students have done.

    35 minutes

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    PRESENT PERFECT - EVER

    ESL / EFL RESOURCES Just Say Yes

    you / win a you / raise money for you / write a love


    competition? charity? letter?

    •  What / enter? •  Which charity? •  Who?


    •  When? •  How? •  When?
    •  What / prize? •  How much? •  What / write about?

    you / fly in a you / call the you / go to


    helicopter? police? America?

    •  Where / go? • Why? •  Which city?


    •  When? •  When? •  When?
    •  How long? •  What / happen? •  What / see?

    you / skip you / won a medal or you / meet a


    class? trophy? famous person?

    •  Why? • When? • Who?


    •  When? •  What for? •  When?
    •  What / do? •  What / do with it? •  What / they say?

    you / buy something you / be near a you / lose something


    very expensive? dangerous animal? important?

    • What? •  Which animal? • What?


    •  Where? •  Where? •  When?
    •  How much? •  When? •  What / do?

    you / go on you / give you / swim in


    a date? a speech? the sea?

    •  Who with? •  What about? • Where?


    •  Where? •  Where? •  Who with?
    •  What / do? •  How / feel? •  How / feel?

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