TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCE

Andria and Catherine

Level: Intermediate/ Students from High School- 2nd or 3rd grade.

Goals: Students will be able:
- To practice the Simple Past;
- To review the interrogative pronouns;
- To freely speak about their own experiences.
Length: 30 minutes
Material: an empty bottle; ten Truth or Consequence cards; a radio.
Step 1: Students sit in a circle. An empty bottle and the cards(see attachments)
are put in the middle of the circle.
Step 2:
One student turns the bottle. The person to whom the bottom of the
bottle points is the one who makes the question while the student on the
opposite side is the one who answers it.
The "questioner" student picks up one card and reads the question
aloud. The "questioned" one must choose between telling the true and
commenting on that topic or doing "the consequence". If he opts for the second
option, he must do what the card brings as a consequence.
Step 3:
After that, the bottle is turned again and other students play the
questioner and the questioned. If, by chance, the bottle points towards a
student who has already been the interrogated one, he can choose somebody
else to answer. It is important to have everybody talking at least one time. While
students are talking, others are free to inquiry more questions about the topic.

Attachment: (cards)
* If the class is too big, the teacher will need to divide the students in small
groups, so that everybody gets a chance to talk.
 TRUTH TRUTH
1. I had a platonic love 2. One corruption act I
for... committed.....

Tell: Tell:

-Who was the person? - Why did you do that?

- Did you have the courage to - What did you do?

talk to her/him?
- Did you regret it?
- Where did you seen her/him
for the first time? CONSEQUENCE
Kiss the floor

CONSEQUENCE
Say I love you to an unknown
person in the schoolyard.

TRUTH
TRUTH
3. The most embarrassing
moment of my life was... 4. The greatest regret of my
life was....
Tell:
Tell:
- When was it?
- When did it happen?
- Why was it embarrassing?
- Where did it happen?
- Who was with you?
- Why did you regret it?
CONSEQUENCE
Wear an extravagant makeup
and walk around the school. CONSEQUENCE
Get a broom and dance in the
school hallway for five
minutes.
TRUTH TRUTH
5. The craziest thing Ive done 6. My first kiss was....
in my life was....
Tell:
Tell:
- When was it?
- What was it?
- How was it?
- When was it?
- Where was it?
- Where was it?
- Who was with you?
- Why did you do that?

CONSEQUENCE
CONSEQUENCE
Dance Macarena
Make a love declaration to your
teacher (in English)

TRUTH TRUTH
7. The biggest lie I 8. Something I did and
invented was... nobody knows....

Tell: Tell us a secret!

- Why did you do that? - What was it?

- When was it? - When was it?

- Did people believe you?

- How did you feel? CONSEQUENCE

CONSEQUENCE Sing a song of your choice(more
than one stanza)
Hug an unknown person in
the schoolyard.
TRUTH TRUTH

9. The first time I... (flew, went 10. My unforgettable birthday

to school, lost somebody was....
especial etc) Tell:
Tell - When was it?
- How was it? - Where was it?
- When was it? - Who was with you?
CONSEQUENCE - Why was it unforgettable?
Ask( in English) for the school CONSEQUENCE
doorman where you can find a
good place to have lunch. Take someone to dance