Passive Perfection Game

Level most. You can alter the difficulty by specifying the tenses they should use; having
them write the verb in simple or past participle form; including or omitting the Student 4
pile etc.

Class size 2 or more students. Can be played with two individual students, with each
student writing all four piles then swapping. Also in pairs, with each students writing two
piles. Also in threes, either by omitting the Student 4 pile or by combing Student 2 and
Student 3 in to one.

Preparation required extremely little, just some pieces of scrap paper for cards.

- Divide students into groups of 4, and have them choose a team name and a team
spokesperson
- Give each student about 5-10 blank cards
- Student 1 from each group writes a person/animal on each of their cards, e.g. my dad,
George Bush, a purple-spotted flying alligator. Encourage them to use their
imaginations!
- Student 2 writes a verb (simple form or past participle form depending on how much
they need to be tested on this) on each of their cards, e.g. killed, scratched, kissed
- Student 3 writes the name of a tense, e.g. past simple, future perfect continuous
- Student 4 writes by + person/animal e.g. by Cinderella or anything along those lines,
such as at 4 oclock, in the garden, with the lead piping in the drawing room etc.
(You could tailor this part to what you are specifically teaching at the time (e.g. passive +
by) or omit it altogether.)

- It adds an element of surprise and humour if the groups then switch cards so that one
team has all the cards written by another group. They should be kept in 4 separate piles,
as written by students 1,2,3,4.
- One card is drawn from each pile and the team makes a sentence in the passive form
using the information and tense given. A point is given if the sentence is correct and
makes sense. Of course, sometimes it wont make sense, depending on the nouns and
verbs they choose (e.g. the alligator was written by George Bush) but you could give
them a point if they get the grammar right and are able to suggest an alternative.