1. Give each student a single past form ('thought' or 'spoke' or 'went'). Begin improvising a story - for example: Once upon a time there was a very old fisherman who lived in a cave near the sea. Every day he went out in his little boat to catch fish. One day there was a terrible storm...
2. When you stop, a student has to continue, bringing his or her past form into the story. For example, if it was 'thought', he or she might say: ... and he could not go out to sea in his little boat. 'What can I do?' he thought, 'if I don't catch any fish, I won't have any money, or any food...
3. And on to the next student, until all have contributed, and all past forms have been woven in. Unlike the previous activity, students do not have to repeat what the one before them has said, and their contributions can be much longer and more elaborate.
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