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Continue the Sentence

Overview

Students listen to the beginning of a sentence and complete it with their own ideas.

Learning Objective
Students practise extending ideas into full sentences.

Resources needed

  • None

Lesson stages

0 / 8 done
  1. 1 Say the beginning of a sentence, such as 'Yesterday I…'.
  2. 2 Ask one student to complete the sentence.
  3. 3 Encourage them to give more than one word if possible.
  4. 4 Invite other students to give different endings.
  5. 5 Repeat with new sentence starters.
  6. 6 Encourage creativity and clear meaning.
  7. 7 Support students with ideas if needed.
  8. 8 Finish by asking which sentences were most interesting.

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Variations

  • Use only past tense.
  • Chain sentences together.
  • Group activity.
More information

Teach: continue, finish, idea.

Allow short responses.

Do students form complete and meaningful sentences?

No materials needed.

Students give single-word answers.

Extending sentences improves fluency.