Choose one of the sentences before and ask your classmates why they are doing that thing. Can anyone think of a good reason?
wearing a nappy
yawning
eating an enormous cream cake on your own
bursting a rugby ball
burning your homework
nibbling a piece of wood
stealing money from your Granny’s purse
scratching your bottom
pulling your cat’s whiskers
sharpening your fingernails
carrying an elephant’s tusk
tying your brother or sister’s shoe laces together
putting spiders in a sleeping bag
tickling your cat
hiding your father’s car keys
tearing your textbook
drawing on your friend’s chin
carrying a falcon
riding a buffalo
spinning a tortoise on its back
drinking beer
tearing your teddy’s tummy
pulling your classmate’s ponytail or bunches
shaving your head
smelling your friend’s armpit
stepping on your geography teacher’s toes
putting up your middle finger
putting mud on your thighs
putting crisps in your cousin’s bed
putting staples in your mother’s clothes
shooting rubber bands at your PE teacher
shining a torch in your baby niece’s eyes
breaking pottery
painting on the wall of your dining room
training your dog to attack people
pushing people in the ice rink
hanging upside down from the living room light
playing loud music in your classroom
ripping up the grass in the park
suddenly shouting at your nephew
making your ethics teacher walk the plank
putting clothes pegs on your nephew’s ears
sliding down a flight of stairs on a tray
wearing a cape
scratching the ceiling with a rake
putting leaves in your aunt’s dress
begging
cutting the roots of a tree
burping
giggling in English class
spitting
swallowing insects
stealing flowers from the park
slapping your big brother’s cheeks
putting paper clips up your nostrils
sitting down in the entrance to the school
using a watermelon (not a ball) in a bowling alley
putting candy floss (= cotton candy) in your younger sister’s hair
kissing a sea lion
putting the teacher’s lunch into the rubbish bin
putting a mouse into the fridge
Do the same with your own ideas
What other things can you think of that you shouldn’t do at school?
—————————————-
PDF for easy saving and printing: PresentContinuousAccusations
Related pages
TEFLtastic 