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Editor's note: Below is an abridged description of an activity recently posted
on the FLTEACH listserv. It was intended for practicing the past tense but
could be adapted for a number of structures or functions.

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Make a transparency of the verbs you want students to use so they can
see the words “Wahrheit” [truth] and “Lüge” [lie] and the specific information in
parentheses after the verb. They are to write 2 true statements and 1 false one
about something they did over the weekend or during the past week. For
instance:

Verbs:
1. I saw __. (a film)
2. I called __.
3. I put on __. (clothing item)
(etc.)

Student writes:
a) I saw "Catch Me If You Can."
b) I saw “Gangs of New York.” (this is a lie)
c) I saw “Seabiscuit.”

Then they get in groups of 3. Student A reads her 3 statements and Students
B and C each have to guess which one is a lie, in the target language. At the
end, each counts up which of the other two students got the most correct
guesses.

Haring, C. Teaching the Passe Compose. Foreign Language Teaching Forum
listserv. FLTEACH@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU (6 Nov. 2004).
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