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    This document provides teaching notes for an ESL/EFL classroom activity called the "Growing Up Board Game." The game is designed to have students practice using the past simple tense and "used to" structure by moving around a game board and answering questions about their childhood memories and experiences growing up. Students work in groups to take turns rolling a die, answering a question on their space, and asking follow-up questions of others. The first student to reach the finish space wins. The goal is to have students build conversations and practice talking about their past.

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    Growing Up Board Game

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    This document provides teaching notes for an ESL/EFL classroom activity called the "Growing Up Board Game." The game is designed to have students practice using the past simple tense and "used to" structure by moving around a game board and answering questions about their childhood memories and experiences growing up. Students work in groups to take turns rolling a die, answering a question on their space, and asking follow-up questions of others. The first student to reach the finish space wins. The goal is to have students build conversations and practice talking about their past.

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    This document provides teaching notes for an ESL/EFL classroom activity called the "Growing Up Board Game." The game is designed to have students practice using the past simple tense and "used to" structure by moving around a game board and answering questions about their childhood memories and experiences growing up. Students work in groups to take turns rolling a die, answering a question on their space, and asking follow-up questions of others. The first student to reach the finish space wins. The goal is to have students build conversations and practice talking about their past.

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    Growing Up Board Game

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    Enedina Ortega
    This document provides teaching notes for an ESL/EFL classroom activity called the "Growing Up Board Game." The game is designed to have students practice using the past simple tense and "used to" structure by moving around a game board and answering questions about their childhood memories and experiences growing up. Students work in groups to take turns rolling a die, answering a question on their space, and asking follow-up questions of others. The first student to reach the finish space wins. The goal is to have students build conversations and practice talking about their past.

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    TEACHER’S NOTES

    ESL / EFL RESOUR CES Growing Up Board Game

    Activity Type Introduction


    Reading, listening and In this 'used to' board game, students practice 'used to' and
    speaking activity, group the past simple by discussing and answering questions about
    work childhood memories. It is ideal for teenagers and adults. This
    game also provides students with a great opportunity to practice
    building a conversation about growing up.
    Language Focus
    Procedure
    Used to
    Divide the class into groups of three or four.
    Past simple
    Give each group a copy of the game board, a dice and counters.
    Aim The students place their counters on the start square. The first
    To practice 'used to' student to throw a six starts the game.
    and the past simple by
    discussing and answering The players then take it in turns to roll the dice and move their
    questions about counter along the board.
    childhood memories.
    When a player lands on a square, the student on their right asks
    the player the question on the square about their experience of
    Preparation growing up.
    Make one copy of the The player then uses 'used to' and the past simple to answer the
    game board for each question.
    group of three or four.
    Enlarge the game board The group then explores the topic by asking follow-up questions
    to A3 if possible. Also, and giving comments.
    provide a dice and
    counters for each group. The first student to reach the finish square wins the game.

    Level
    Pre-intermediate (A2)

    Time
    30 minutes

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    USED

    Growing Up Board

    Who used to
    How often
    What games be your best
    did you use
    did you use friend? Do
    to get into
    to play? you still see
    trouble?
    him/her?

    What Did you use Who used


    Go Did you
    complaints Who did you to ride a to be your
    forward use to be a
    did your use to fight bicycle? If favourite
    good or bad
    parents use 4 spaces with? so, where relative?
    student?
    to have? did you Why?
    ride?

    Oh no! Did you use


    to have a
    Go back
    pet? If not,
    to the did you want
    start! one?

    What did you What used What did you Who did you
    Miss
    use to love to be your use to be use to play
    a
    doing in your best school frightened with? What
    free time? turn subject? of? did you play?

    What did you Who used What did What did you
    use to hate to be your you use use to do on
    doing in your favourite to look your school
    free time? singer/band? like? holidays?

    What TV What is your What used Go


    programmes best memory to be your forward
    did you use of growing biggest
    2 spaces
    to watch? up? problem?

    Go What used What used


    forward to be your Oh no! to be your
    3 spaces biggest Go back favourite
    dream? toy?

    What did
    Who used to What food
    you use to
    do at the Finish! be your idol did you use
    or hero? to like?
    weekends?

    What sports Did you use Where did


    did you use to have to you use to
    to play? Who be home at live when
    did you play a certain you were
    with? time? growing up?

    What used Where Who was Did you use


    to be your Go back did you your first to get good
    favourite 2 spaces use to go boyfriend/ grades in Start
    film? Why? on girlfriend? school?
    holiday?

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