TEACHER’S NOTES

ESL / EFL RESOURCES How did you feel...?

Activity Type Introduction

Reading, listening
and speaking activity,
pairwork
Language Focus
Adjectives to describe
feelings and emotions
In this insightful board game, students practice describing how
they felt the last time certain things happened to them.
Procedure
Demonstrate the activity by asking students how they felt the last
time the following things happened to them:
How did you feel...

...the last time you had a difficult test?

Aim
To describe how you
felt the last time certain
things happened to you.
Preparation
Make one copy of the
game board for each
pair of students. Enlarge
the game board to A3 if
possible. Also, provide a
dice and two counters for
each pair.
...the last time you went on holiday?
...the last time you couldn't fall asleep?
Encourage the students to give as much information as possible
and ask them follow-up questions. If need be, elicit suitable
adjectives to describe their feelings and emotions.
Explain that the students are going to play a board game where
they talk about how they felt the last time certain things happened
to them.
Divide the students into pairs.
Give each pair a copy of the game board, a dice and two counters.
The students place their counters on the start square.

Level The first student to throw a six starts the game.

Pre-intermediate The students then take it in turns to roll the dice and move their
counter along the board.
Time When a student lands on a square, their partner asks them the
25 minutes 'How did you feel...?' question on the square.

The student then answers the question by describing how they

felt the last time the thing happened to them.

Encourage students to ask their partner follow-up questions to

continue the conversation and gain more information.

The first student to reach the finish wins the game.

When everyone has finished, have a class feedback session to

find out how students felt about each topic and to elicit suitable
adjectives to describe their feelings and emotions. Any interesting
findings can be discussed in more detail.

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 ADJECTIVES

ESL / EFL RESOURCES How did you feel...?

...the last ...the last

...the last ...the last
time a shop time you
time you had time you had
Finish nothing to
assistant tried watched a
an argument
to sell you comedy on
do? with a friend?
something? TV?

...the last ...the last

time you Go back time you
did a lot of 1 space stayed awake
exercise? all night?

...the last
...the last
time many Super skip! ...the last
time you
people liked Move time you went
helped
a post you ahead on holiday?
someone?
wrote online?

...the last
...the last ...the last
time you had
time you time you had
to wait a long
made a a difficult
time at an
mistake? test?
appointment?

...the last
...the last
Miss time you
time you
a turn laughed a lot?
cheered
someone up?

...the last ...the last

...the last
time you time a beggar
time you ate
travelled by asked you for
too much?
boat? money?

...the last
...the last ...the last
time a
time someone time you
motorist
interrupted travelled by
drove closely
you? airplane?
behind you?

...the last ...the last ...the last

time you Oh no! time a waiter time you got
were invited Go back or waitress stuck in a
somewhere? ignored you? traffic jam?

...the last ...the last

Go
time you got time a friend
forward
soaked in cancelled on Start
2 Spaces the rain? you?

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