Past Tense Adventure: The Story Game
A classic board game where young learners practise simple past tense through speaking tasks. Players move around a 24-space board, answering questions about past events, acting out past actions, and sharing stories in pairs and teams. Chance cards add surprise moves and quick speaking challenges.
A free Board Game for Young learners at CEFR A2 level. Topic: simple past tense in verbal form and nominal form (Remix).
Speaking prompts on the board
- Ask your partner what they ate for breakfast this morning and if they liked it.
- Act out getting dressed for school. Your partner guesses what clothes you put on.
- Describe what you did yesterday after school. Say at least two activities.
- Ask your partner: Where did you go last weekend? What did you do there?
- Your team must agree: What was the best thing you all did last week?
- Stand up and mime brushing your teeth. Your partner says what you did.
- Compare your day today with yesterday. How was it different?
- Ask your partner about a game they played. Did they win or lose?
- You have 30 seconds to tell the class about your last birthday party.
- Act out riding a bicycle. Show how fast or slow you went.
- Discuss with your group: What did you have for dinner last night?
- Explain what you did when it rained last time. Did you go outside?
- Ask your partner about a book or film they watched. What happened in it?
- Stand up and show with your hands how you caught a ball or threw one.
- You have 45 seconds to describe a trip you took. Say where and what you saw.
- Describe a time you helped someone. Who did you help and what did you do?
- Your team must agree on the best holiday you all had. Say why it was good.
- Ask your partner about their last school day. What lessons did they have?
- Act out cooking or eating your favourite food. Show how you made or ate it.
- Compare two things you did last month. Which one was more fun?
- Explain a time you felt happy or sad. What happened to make you feel that way?
- Ask your partner about a pet or animal they saw. What did it do?
- Stand up and mime sleeping, waking up, and stretching. Your team guesses.
- You have 60 seconds to tell the class about your best friend and what you did together.