Third Person Statements- Bluffing Coin Game
A LESSON PLAN FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHERS
Present Simple with -s practice with a coin deciding if students should lie or tell the truth and their partner guessing if it was fact or imagination, followed by controlled practice of negative third person Present Simple.
Lesson Plan Content:
Third person S statements bluffing coin game
Flip a coin and look to see if heads or tails is top without showing it to your partner. Say something true with -s if tails is top, but saying something untrue if heads is up:
- Heads = Make a false statement
- Tails = Make a true statement
Maybe after follow-up questions like “Why does she do that so early?”, your partner should guess if what you said is true or not. Then show the coin so they can see if you were lying.
Possible true or false third person S statements |
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My (best) friend My (English/ Japanese/ sports/ maths) teacher My aunt My classmate My coach My cousin My doll My father My father’s friend My grandfather My grandmother My great-grandfather My great-grandmother My middle brother/ sister My mother My mother’s cousin My oldest brother/ sister My pet My teddy bear My uncle My youngest brother/ sister
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’s birthday is/ isn’t… ’s favourite… is/ isn’t… ’s… is… minutes by… … at… o’clock/ …past…/ …to… … every morning … in January/ February/… … in spring/ summer/ autumn/ winter … on… days cleans – doesn’t clean cooks – doesn’t cook drinks – doesn’t drink drives – doesn’t drive eats – doesn’t eat feels – doesn’t feel goes – doesn’t go has – doesn’t have (in…) is – isn’t is from – isn’t from likes – doesn’t like listens to – doesn’t listen to lives – doesn’t live name is – name isn’t plays – doesn’t play reads – doesn’t read rides – doesn’t ride sings – doesn’t sing wakes up – doesn’t wake up wants (to) – doesn’t want (to) wants to – doesn’t want to washes – doesn’t wash watches – doesn’t watch wears – doesn’t wear |
Share one true thing you learned about your partner and see if it is true about anyone else in the class. Then ask about anything above you don’t understand, working together to make suitable statements each time.
Test each other on the positive and negative verbs above.
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