wake up late this morning cut myself shaving not have time for breakfast have a flat tire on way to work arrive late at work boss not be happy take taxi to the cinema tickets be sold ou
Trang 1(wake up) late this morning
(cut) myself shaving
(not have) time for breakfast
(have)
a flat tire
on way to work
(arrive) late
at work
boss (not be) happy
(take)
taxi
to the cinema
tickets (be) sold out
(take)
a walk
in the park
(use) public restroom
phone (fall)
in toilet bowl
(do) some work morning
she
(throw)
a shoe at me
it (start) raining
there (be) power outage
she
(start)
screaming
it (be) bad dream
a dog (jump) on me and (bite) me
I (lose) all my work
girlfriend
(get)
even angrier
I (wake up)
in my own bed
(run) away and (slip) banana peel
(not have) lunch until 13.15
(eat)
hot dog
instead
(not take) me
to hospital
my girlfriend (call)
an ambulance
I (fall)
in a manhole
I (twist)
my ankle
(go) home
at 18.45
unfortunately
(be)
closed
(go) to nice restaurant
girlfriend (be) angry
(be) late for date
(have)
a date
at 19.30
(get) stuck
in traffic
Board Game
Teacher tips: Sometimes students will need to use some extra words to make correct sentences – e.g My
girlfriend got even angrier Make sure to correct pronunciation if needed (e.g started).
Simple Past
‘A Terrible Day’
TIP: After playing the game,
why not tell or write the whole story using connecting words (e.g and, so, then, first, after that, finally, etc) Have fun!
Trang 2I woke up late this morning
I cut myself shaving
I didn’t have time for breakfast
I had a flat tire on my way to work
I arrived late
at work
My boss wasn’t happy
We took
a taxi
to the cinema
All the tickets were sold out
We took
a walk
in the park
I used a public restroom
My phone fell in the toilet bowl
I did some work in the morning
She
threw
a shoe at me
It started raining
There was a power outage
She
started
screaming
at me
It was just a bad dream
A dog jumped on me and bit me
I lost all my work
My girlfriend
got
even angrier
I woke up in my own bed
I ran away and slipped
on a banana peel
I didn’t have lunch until 13.15
We ate a
hot dog
instead
They didn’t take me
to hospital
My girlfriend called
an ambulance
I fell
in a manhole
I twisted
my ankle
I went home
at 18.45
Unfortunately
,
it was
closed
We went to
a nice restaurant
My girlfriend was angry
I was late for my date
I had
a date
at 19.30
I got stuck
in traffic
Answer Key