Racing to English

`Have you ever?' Question Track

TEACHERS NOTES

This track practises the present perfect tense.

Present Perfect
Meaning/uses	Forms
This usually refers to actions that happened in the past but which have present reference, for example: I have finished my work (so I am ready to go home now). I have just drunk a cup of tea (so I am not thirsty now). I've lost my money (so I want you to buy the drinks).	statements I/You/We/They have written. He/She/It has written. questions Have I written? Has she written? negatives I haven't written. He hasn't written.

MATERIALS REQUIRED

• The `Have you ever?' track (preferably enlarged to A3) - there are two tracks, one in black and white for photocopying and one in colour for printing

• A dice and some counters

PLAYING THE GAME

• This is a game for two to four players.

• Players take it in turn to throw a dice and move their counters round the track.

• After each move the players make up a question starting with the phrase in the square they have landed on.

• The next person must answer the question before they can throw the dice.
  NOTE:
  Initially players may simply be asked to answer `Yes I have' or `No I haven't' but a useful extension of this is to ask them to give much fuller answers, for example:
  `Have you ever ridden an elephant?'
  `Yes I have. I rode one, when we went to the zoo last year.' or
  `No I haven't, but I have ridden a bike.'

• PENALTY - If a player cannot ask an appropriate question s/he must move BACK the number of squares shown on the next throw of the dice.

STIMULUS FOR WRITING

This game is useful for stimulating written work.

• The pupils/students can write questions for each other to answer based on the game.

• The pupils/students can write extended answers to the questions; for example if asked `Have you ever seen an elephant?' a pupil/student must not only answer `Yes, I have' but must write the story of when/how they saw it.

Have you ever fallen...?	Have you ever had...?	finish
Have you ever talked...?	`Have you ever?'
Have you ever ridden...?	Question Track
Have you ever been...?	Have you ever found...?	Have you ever eaten...?
Rules Throw a dice. Move your counter. Ask the next person a question starting with the words in the square you have landed on. If they can answer the question they can throw the dice.		Have you ever flown...?
				Have you ever made...?
Have you ever touched...?	Have you ever stolen...?	Have you ever burnt...?
Have you ever broken...?
Have you ever taken...?
Have you ever been to...?	Have you ever seen...?	start

Have you ever fallen...?	Have you ever had...?	finish
Have you ever talked...?	`Have you ever?' Question Track
Have you ever ridden...?
Have you ever been...?	Have you ever found...?	Have you ever eaten...?
Rules Throw a dice. Move your counter. Ask the next person a question starting with the words in the square you have landed on. If they can answer the question they can throw the dice.		Have you ever flown ...?
				Have you ever made...?
Have you ever touched...?	Have you ever stolen...?	Have you ever burnt...?
Have you ever broken...?
Have you ever taken...?
Have you ever been to...?	Have you ever seen...?	start

Racing to English

© Gordon Ward 2010. Photocopiable only for use in the purchasing institution. Step 18: `Have you ever?' Question Track

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