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# Past Perfect Predicaments

From [Quick L2 games](https://listium.com/@danetteh/41814/quick-l2-games)  
By [Danette H (@danetteh)](https://listium.com/@danetteh)

List stats: 316 views · 1 like  
Published 14 March 2019 · Updated 14 March 2019

Category: education

- Time: 10-15 Minutes
- Level: Intermediate to Advanced
- Age: All ages
- Class size: Any
- Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/cstdhl8nclsduflk9hg1.jpg)
- Procedures:
  > "1. Print out or make up a set of past perfect predicament cards. Give each pair of students a shuffled set which should be placed face down on the desk. The first student takes the top card and reads the predicament to their partner.
  > 
  > 2. For example, I saw you at a party last week, you had a big smile on your face, the second student must now explain how they came to be in that situation by using the past perfect, e.g. Yes,I had just got a promotion or I was smiling because I had drunk a whole bottle of champagne.
  > 
  > 3. Make sure to model this well, students might think they need to explain what they were doing and not what they had just done or been doing.
  > 
  > 4. Finally catch up with some of the most interesting answers from the group as a whole and sort out any grammatical problems."
  > 
  > Link for more info.:
  > http://eslgames.com/past-perfect-predicaments/
- Speaking: true
- Listening: true
- Reading: false
- Writing: false
- Vocabulary: false
- Grammar: true
- Materials Required: Print out set of past predicament cards