
After each clue appears, they have to produce a conclusion.Ĭlue #1: You look around the office, terrified. Suddenly, you notice a cigarette butt on the floor!Īnna might have been a smoker. Here is a Google presentation I have been using with my students. Analysing clues that gradually appear during the investigation, students invent what must / might / can’t have happened at the crime scene before they arrived. The aim of the game is to recreate the events leading to the main character’s death. a set of clues (written words of pictures) that might be either completely random or somehow connected.a character (who sadly gets murdered in the first scene).a setting (a living room, a classroom, an office etc.

This activity is usually lots of fun and enables you to engage the whole group into the creation process.

I have been using them with upper-intermediate, advanced, FCE, and CAE students who often struggle with the concept of using modal verbs for something other than expressing ability or obligation.ĭeduction: Crime Scene Investigation Variant A In this post, I am describing activities where students practice using past modal verbs for speculation and deduction.
