|
a
|
little |
while later |
|
after it was |
all |
over |
|
after a
|
fair/ little |
while |
|
as |
he/ I/ she had |
expected/ predicted/ promised |
|
at
|
exactly/ just |
that moment/ the same time |
|
by
|
total |
coincidence |
|
by a stroke of |
good |
fortune/ luck |
|
despite my
|
initial |
doubts/ misgivings |
|
for
|
just |
a moment/ a second |
|
had
|
already/ just/ nearly |
finished/ started |
|
he |
really |
wished he hadn’t… |
|
in |
actual |
fact |
|
in the |
very |
next moment |
|
it wasn’t |
at all |
what I had expected |
|
just in
|
the nick of |
time |
|
looking back
|
on it |
now |
|
once, when I was a |
young |
child |
|
one day |
near the beginning of
|
last year |
|
to his |
complete |
surprise |
|
was/ were
|
just |
about to… when… |
|
without |
any |
warning |
|
without |
me |
noticing/ realizing |
Teacher’s instructions
Cut up one pack of cards per group of two to four students, with the middle ones (in bold) in a separate pack. Students try to match up the beginnings and endings to make basic phrases, then add the ones in bold to the middle to help check and expand on their answers. After checking their answers, they can test each other in pairs and then try to use the phrases on the cards in communication.
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PDF for easy saving and printing: Longer storytelling phrases card game
Related pages
Longer phrases card games (TEFLtastic Classics Part 12 reprised)
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