Alibi. This ESL classic is often given as a suggested activity for practising the past continuous tense. However, in my experience, students often revert to the past simple in the heat of the moment. Nevertheless, it’s still an often hilarious game which encourages inventive thinking while posing and answering questions. Inform students that a terrible crime was committed the previous night. Maybe someone broke into the school and wrote something terrible on the board or perhaps the teachers’ secret biscuit stash was stolen. Tell the students that they are suspected of commiting this crime and that they will soon be interrogated in an attempt to find the guilty party. Put students into pairs and tell them that they have a little time before the interrogations begin.
Elicit a few examples of alibis, for example, eating in a restaurant, watching a movie, being at the gym. Give students ten minutes to flesh out their alibis and make sure their stories match. The interrogation begins.
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